The Bakery from the Beginning to 2004

History of the Union Cooperative Bakery building, constructed in 1913 as an extension to the cooperative store located in the basement of the Socialist Labor Party Hall. It provided Italian and French baked goods to the community of italian granite workers in the area in the first decades of the twentieth century. …

Bakery Open—Fresh Bread for You at Last!

UPDATE: The Bakery Window has extended its hours it is now open on Wednesday and Thursday from 12:30 to 4:30 pm, and Friday from 12:30 to 3:30 pm
How can bread be both fresh and historic? If you buy it directly from the "Rise Up Bakery" window at the historic Union Cooperative Store bakery building—now restored as a modern wood fired bakery.

You can now purchase bread right from the wood fired oven.
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Rise Up Bakery gets its own Baker—Jim Haas

The Barre Historical Society has had the good fortune to find an artisan baker with long and unique experience running a wood fired bakery. This month (July 2019), Jim Haas will become the first baker since Joe Piccolini closed the Bakery in the early 1940s. …

Union Cooperative Store Bakery Building Reopening as “Rise Up Bakery”

Saturday, December 15, 2018 from 4:00 to 9:00 pm

The Barre Historical Society announces the grand reopening of the Bakery building, exactly 105 years to the day from its first opening.
The restored Bakery building is now ready to bake. The sewer has been connected and the heating and electricity, and all the other amenities have now been installed to complement the wood-fired oven. The Bakery is already to make the baked goods from start to finish—all right on the premises. Let the festivities begin!

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The Bakery rises up!

The first phase of the restoration of the Union Cooperative Store bakery building is nearing completion. If all goes well,… …

Here’s to the Bakery! Fundraiser by the Three Penny Taproom

What do great beer, fine food, and the Barre Historical Society have in common?  All three are helping restore the Union Cooperative Store bakery building, built by union labor in 1913, and now part of the Socialist Labor Party Hall National Historic Landmark.

Eat and/or drink at Three Penny Taproom in downtown Montpelier (108 Main St). Five percent of all day's sales will be donated to restore the Barre Historical Society’s Rise Up Bakery. …

Wood-fired oven is coming to the Bakery!

Can you smell the bread baking? Not quite yet, but we are getting closer. In the first two weeks of… …

Bakery restoration update 2017: the future looks bright

The restoration of the historic Union Cooperative Store bakery building is moving ahead at warp speed. Here is an update on the most recent grants and news about future plans, community support offers, and still unmet needs. …

Bricks & Mortar—a historic headache

Maintenance of historic structures is a good thing, but sometimes good intentions work against preservation.

Both the Old Labor Hall and the Union Cooperative Store bakery building have brick exteriors. In the case of the Hall, the brick on the outside of the building is just a cladding on a wood frame structure. The Bakery brick walls are actually structural, supporting the roof. Despite their different uses, the brick exteriors present similar challenges. …

They forgot the ice cream! Ben and Jerry’s Community Action Team Helps Out

Ben and Jerry's Foundation Community Action Team make a grant to the Rise Up Bakery and send volunteers to help with the work. …

Bakery Kickstarter Success!

The Union Cooperative Store bakery building Rise Up Bakery Kickstarter campaign successfully met its goal. What's next? …

Union Cooperative Store Uses a Kickstarter Campaign to “Rise Up”

The Union Cooperative Store Bakery building is about to be restored as an educational bakery, starting with a Kickstarter campaign to raise $25,000 by May 17, 2015. …