White Birch Community Center expands offerings in Cornerstone Building

Kay and David Reynolds carried meatballs, spinach dip and crackers on small paper plates to the spacious active living space in Henniker’s Cornerstone Building. The pair sat in the same space where Kay’s mother, grandmother and great-grandmother grew up. Several generations of Kay’s family lived in the Hazen Homestead off Main Street until the 1950s; it was eventually sold and developed. Kay walked around the perimeter of the space the old house occupied, and gazed at all the additions: a kitchen, a foyer and a space where her mother now does crafts in a group called the Knit Wits. “It’s kind of fun for her to come here and reminisce,” said Kay, who’s the eighth generation in her family to live in Henniker. The Cornerstone building on Main Street in Henniker. Credit: GEOFF FORESTER / For the Monitor The old house had many lives, including being home to a quilt shop that closed in 2024.

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