| August 15, 2000 2000 Federal Save America's
Treasures Grants
Index :
Alaska
Sitka Pioneer Home, Sitka
Award amount: $150,000
Funding will go to replace the home’s roof.
Unalaska Aerology Building, Unalaska
Award amount: $100,000
Funding will help preserve stairs, wood finishes and mosaics as the building is made
into a Visitors Center.
Alabama
Saturn V Rocket, G.C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville
Award amount: $700,000
Funding will restore the rocket and construct exhibits.
Tannehill/Brierfield Ironworks, McCalla
Award amount: $250,000
Funding will protect the archeological site and construct exhibits.
Arkansas
Central High School National Historic Site, Little Rock
Award amount: $ 500,000
Central High School was the first important test for implementation of the U.S.
Supreme Court’s historic 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision. This
National Historic Landmark has become a symbol of the end of racially segregated public
schools in the United States. The school is experiencing extensive material failures
– crumbling ceiling and wall plaster, basement and foundation problems, deteriorating
roofs – due to moisture infiltration. Funds will be used to eliminate moisture
sources and to repair damaged plaster.
Arizona
"Saving Southwest Traditions: The Pottery Project," Arizona State Museum,
Tucson
Award amount: $ 400,000
The Arizona State Museum houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of
Southwest Native American ceramics in the world. Storage facilities lacking environmental
controls threaten the collection. If left unchecked, these irreplaceable objects could
disintegrate. Funding will support appropriate museum storage and protection and
conservation work on individual pieces.
California
Angel Island Immigration Station, Tiburon
Award amount: $ 500,000
A National Historic Landmark, Angel Island Immigration Station served as the primary
West Coast port of entry for immigrants to the United States. Chinese immigrants detained
at the station carved poetry into the walls of the barracks, leaving an invaluable
historical record of the Pacific immigration experience. Long-term deterioration and water
damage threaten the structural integrity of the buildings. Many of the inscriptions have
weathered to the point that they are barely legible. Funding will enable stabilization of
the buildings and conservation work to ensure that the poetry is not lost.
Knight Foundry Water-Powered Iron Works, Sutter Creek
Award amount: $ 250,000
One of the few intact late-19th-century industrial workplaces, Knight
Foundry is powered by Knight Water Motors, the direct-drive water turbines invented by
founder Samuel Knight. In continuous operation as a foundry, pattern shop and machine shop
from 1872 to 1996, it is a repository of nearly extinct foundry skills. Structural decay
and water damage threaten the building and the collection of patterns, tools and
machinery. Funding will support stabilization of the buildings and machinery restoration.
Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano
Award amount: $320,000
Funding will stabilize and repair the Sanctuary Dome of the Mission.
Colorado
Old First National Bank, Telluride
Award amount: $ 250,000
The Old First National Bank is a key structure in Telluride’s National Historic
Landmark District, which is significant for its 19th-century
"Boomtown" architecture. Designed by prominent Colorado architect James Murdoch,
the building also housed the Telluride Power Company, operator of the first commercial
alternating current power plant. The bank’s masonry facades have deteriorated over
time and have suffered damage due to inappropriate repairs. This grant will address these
problems.
Connecticut
Mark Twain House (Nook Farm), Hartford
Award amount: $2,000,000
Funding will help make structural repairs, install a heating, ventilation and air
conditioning system, and build a Collections Annex.
The District of Columbia
Anderson Cottage, United States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home
Award amount: $ 750,000
Built in 1842-43, Anderson Cottage was the country home of George W. Riggs, a
prominent banker in Washington, D.C. In 1851, it became part of the U.S. Soldiers’
and Airmen’s Home. Anderson Cottage was a summer retreat for Presidents Buchanan,
Lincoln, Hayes and Arthur. Funds will support restoration of the Cottage for use as a
learning center dedicated to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, who wrote the first draft
of the Emancipation Proclamation there.
The Charter Murals, National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.
Award amount: $ 500,000
The Charter Murals, The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of
the United States, were completed by artist Barry Faulkner in 1936. Located in the
National Archives Rotunda above the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the
Bill of Rights, these murals are viewed by thousands of visitors each day. Protruding
bulges from fallen plaster mar the murals, and years of dirt build-up have dulled them. In
conjunction with a major renovation of the Rotunda, this grant will support comprehensive
conservation treatment of the murals.
Dance Heritage Coalition
Award amount: $ 90,000
Katherine Dunham Archives, East St. Louis, Illinois
Hulla Huhm Dance Collection, Honolulu, Hawaii
Gertrude Kurath, Eleanor King, and Kealiinohomoku Collections, Flagstaff, Arizona
These dance collections require urgent attention to conserve their historic costumes,
musical instruments, and historic photographs. Storage facilities lack climate control,
threatening the records of grass-roots dance troops’ collections. Funds will address
these problems and ensure the preservation of these important African American, Korean
American and Native American traditions.
Historic Sound Recording Collections of the American People, Smithsonian Institution
Award amount: $ 750,000
Together the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress hold the largest and
most significant collections of audio recordings documenting the American experience from
the 1890s to present. These collections contain icons of American oratory, such as Martin
Luther King, Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech, and tens of thousands of recordings
of every genre of American spoken word and music. Many elements of the collections are in
poor condition and could be lost due to unstable original media. This grant will support
conservation of the original recordings and copying to stable formats.
Florida
Old City Hall, Safford House, and Historic Railroad Depot, Tarpon Springs
Award amount: $150,000
Funding will repair these three properties in the Tarpon Springs Historic District.
Hawaii
USS Missouri, Honolulu
Award amount: $ 300,000
The USS Missouri is the last bombardment battleship to be completed for the
United States Navy, as well as the last that remained in service. The formal instrument of
Japanese surrender that ended World War II was signed aboard the USS Missouri. The
ship last served in the Persian Gulf during the 1991 Operation Desert Storm. Corrosion of
the superstructure and the wear of 400,000 visitors in one year have taken a toll on the
ship. Funding will enable the USS Missouri Memorial Association to address these
issues and enable this popular historic ship to remain available to the public.
Illinois
Aurora Civil War Memorial, Aurora
Award amount: $300,000
Funding will repair the foundation, control dampness, and improve accessibility.
Cahokia Mounds Archaeological Collection, Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Award amount: $ 55,000
The Cahokia Site is one of the most important pre-Columbian archaeological sites in
North America. The well-preserved artifact-bearing deposits at the site chronicle the
development of one of the first urban centers in the Western Hemisphere. Inadequate
storage facilities and collection management practices have resulted in damage and loss to
components of the collection recovered from the National Historic Landmark site. This
grant will help support appropriate housing and conservation of the collection.
Edward E. Ayer American Indian History Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago
Award amount: $ 125,000
The Edward E. Ayer Collection, the most comprehensive collection of manuscripts, maps,
artifacts, paintings and photographs about Native Americans. The collection is in great
demand by scholars, and funding will stabilize and preserve the collection so that it will
remain available for research.
Glessner House, Chicago
Award amount: $ 250,000
The 1886 Glessner House is one of the last and most mature of noted architect Henry
Hobson Richardson’s residential designs. Many of the furnishings are original to this
National Historic Landmark house. The lack of an adequate climate control system has
resulted in damage to interior finishes and furnishings. Funds will support conservation
of deteriorated historic materials and enable the installation of a climate control
system.
Frederick C. Robie House, Chicago
Award amount: $ 250,000
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Robie House is one of the most important buildings
in the history of American architecture. Completed in 1910, the building was a catalyst
for a revolution in domestic architecture, presaging many of the developments and styles
that would arise throughout the 20th century. Like nearly all of Wright’s
flat-roofed structures, the National Historic Landmark Robie House suffers from water
infiltration that is damaging its interior features. Funding will correct the water
penetration and repair damage to the interior.
Indiana
Indiana Cotton Mill, Cannelton
Award amount: $ 250,000
Begun in 1849, the Indiana Cotton Mill was one of the first American mill buildings to
wed utility and aesthetics. Steam powered the mill, an innovation at a time when most
mills used waterpower. This National Historic Landmark is constructed of native Indiana
sandstone and has been vacant for several decades. Funds will be used to restore the
building.
Iowa
Woodbury County Courthouse, Sioux City
Award amount: $ 300,000
A National Historic Landmark, the Woodbury County Courthouse is the largest Prairie
School style structure in the nation. It epitomizes the theories, design and presentation
of this purely American style of architecture. Water infiltration has resulted in
extensive damage to structural elements and interior finishes and features. Funding will
repair and restore the internal structural elements, decorative plaster ceilings, leaded
glass windows, fixtures and stenciling.
Kansas
Chase County Courthouse, Cottonwood Falls
Award amount: $ 250,000
The 1873 Chase County Courthouse represents the Kansas settlement period and is the
oldest continuously operating courthouse in the state. This Second Empire building is
constructed of native limestone. Funds will support completion of a restoration that will
enable the building to continue to serve the community.
Kentucky
African American Heritage Center, Trolley Barn Complex, Louisville
Award amount: $1,000,000
Funding will repair the Trolley Car Barn for use as a Heritage Center.
River Heritage Museum, Paducah
Award amount: $300,000
Funding will help fund general renovations to the museum.
Louisiana
African House, Yucca House and Prudhomme-Roquier House, Natchitoches
Award amount: $ 250,000
These three National Historic Landmarks are key components of the Cane River National
Heritage Area. Dating from the late 18th and early 19th centuries,
they represent the Creole and African American architectural and cultural traditions of
the area and era. Each building suffers moisture and structural problems. Funds will be
used to halt deterioration of these important structures.
Maryland
Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood
Award amount: $ 400,000
A National Historic Landmark, Sotterley Plantation is an intact fabric of landscape,
architecture and archaeological holdings. The structures and features that comprise this
90-acre site date from the 18th through the early 20th centuries and
include the 1717 Manor House and a rare surviving slave cabin. Funds will be used to
correct structural failures in several buildings and restore damage done by moisture and
insects.
Massachusetts
American Antiquarian Society Library, Worcester
Award amount: $ 400,000
Established to collect, preserve and make available for study all materials printed in
the United States prior to 1877, the American Antiquarian Society is the nation’s
third oldest historical society. Lack of a fire suppression system in the Society’s
1910 building and antiquated storage facilities threaten these irreplaceable collections.
This grant will enable this National Historic Landmark institution to address these
concerns.
Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield
Award amount: $ 400,000
Constructed in 1903, the Colonial Theatre has been considered one of the best
acoustical theatres in the nation. Maintained in a controlled state of deterioration by a
long-term owner, the theatre needs a comprehensive restoration to return it to its former
grandeur. Funding of this restoration will enable the theatre to once again host the
performances for which it became famous.
Orchard House, Concord
Award amount: $ 400,000
This 300-year old National Historic Landmark was the family home of Louisa May Alcott
and the setting for her autobiographical classic, Little Women. Literary greats
such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau were frequent
visitors. A large collection of archival materials, including books, papers, photographs,
and artwork, remains in the house. Lack of climate control, improper storage and water
infiltration threaten the collection. Funds will be used to address these problems.
Sewell Building, Dimmock Center, Roxbury
Award amount: $300,000
Funding will repair the Sewell Maternity Building (formerly the New England Hospital
for Women).
Michigan
Cranbrook House, Bloomfield Hills
Amount awarded: $300,000
Built between 1908 and 1920, the Albert Kahn-designed Cranbrook House is an
outstanding example of early 20th-century design and craftsmanship. Cranbrook
House was the residence of George and Ellen Booth, founders of the Cranbrook Educational
Community, an idealist institution dedicated to combating shoddy machine-age goods by
making beautiful objects and creating architectural settings with the finest quality
details.
This National Historic Landmark house contains fine art, antiques and unique examples
of the Arts and Crafts movement. Funding will support restoration of portions of the roof,
terrace and plaza deck.
Missouri
St. Louis Civil Court Records, St. Louis
Award amount: $ 175,000
The St. Louis Civil Court Records form a premier judicial collection documenting
westward expansion during the territorial and early statehood period, 1790-1830. This
collection, which has been largely inaccessible for two centuries, records the legal basis
of the early court system, profiles nationally prominent individuals and illustrates broad
themes of American intellectual and social history. Funds will be used for conservation
treatments that will make the documents available for research and study.
Mississippi
Grand Opera House of Missisippi, Meridian
Award amount: $ 400,000
The Grand Opera House, built in 1889-90 by noted theater designer J.B. McElfatrick, is
an excellent example of a second-floor opera house. McElfatrick designs include the
National Theater in Washington, D.C., and the Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Funds will support the restoration of the Opera House and enable it to
reopen as a performing arts center.
Montana
Butte - Silver Bow Public Archives, Butte
Award amount: $ 50,000
Government records of the city of Butte are an outstanding collection of city council
minutes, correspondence, petitions, reports of various agencies, coroner reports and other
public documents. They provide a context for the study of settlement, development and
industrial growth of the American West and are particularly important to the study of
mining and labor in America. Funds will support conservation and appropriate storage of
the records, making 100 volumes of documents and over 150,000 rare, primary source images
available to scholars.
Nebraska
Mari Sandoz High Plains Cultural Center, Chadron
Award amount: $450,000
Funding will repair Chadron State College Library for use as a Heritage Center.
Nevada
Stewart Indian Boarding School Historic District, Carson City
Award amount: $ 250,000
Founded in 1890, the Stewart Indian Boarding School served Native American students
until 1980. The campus and buildings constructed of colorful native Nevada stone are a
rare intact ensemble. The site now houses a museum and other teaching activities. Deferred
maintenance since the school’s closing hastened the deterioration of its buildings,
and funds will be used to address for restoration needs.
New Hampshire
Canterbury Shaker Village, Canterbury
Award amount: $ 250,000
Canterbury Shaker Village includes 25 historic buildings and hundreds of acres of
fields, ponds, and forests. The 1793 Dwelling House, one of only two remaining 18th-century
Shaker dwelling houses, is the largest and most endangered building in this National
Historic Landmark complex. Continuously occupied until the last Canterbury Sister died in
1992, the Dwelling House suffers from decades of deferred maintenance and long-term
structural damage due to failing roofs. Funds will be used to repair roofs and address
other preservation needs to avert additional damage.
New Jersey
Laundry and Hospital Outbuilding at Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty National Monument
Award amount: $ 500,000
Ellis Island was the country’s principal immigration station from 1892 to 1954.
The Laundry and Hospital Outbuilding, part of the first major integrated hospital complex
of the early 20th century, was designed by James Knox Taylor, Architect of the
Department of the Treasury Department. Vacant for decades, the building is in extremely
poor condition with a collapsed roof and some major structural damage. Funds will support
restoration of the roof and masonry and replacement of windows and doors.
New Mexico
Feather Cave Complex Collections Archeological Collections, Albuquerque
Award amount: $ 75,000
The collection recovered from the Feather Cave Complex sites represents the most
complete assemblage of perishable prehistoric materials, including miniature and full-size
bows and arrows, feathers, wooden balls, sandals, bone and shell beads and basketry
fragments. It also provides incomparable data for research into the origins and
development of indigenous traditional practices in the Americas. Subjected to temperature
and humidity fluctuations and contact with corrosive agents, the collections’
artifacts deteriorate and their research and educational value diminishes. Funds will
support conservation treatments and appropriate storage facilities.
New York
Babe Ruth Scrapbooks, National
Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown
Award amount: $ 50,000
These ten scrapbooks are an autobiographical record of the heart of George Herman
"Babe" Ruth’s baseball career, 1921-1935. The scrapbooks contain newspaper
clippings, photographs, playbills, posters, telegrams and the inside of a baseball hat,
and document both his baseball achievements and his off-season barnstorming tours
throughout small-town America. The ephemeral nature of the original materials and the
scrapbook pages has led to severe deterioration over time. Funding will support
conservation of these documents.
Harriet Tubman Historic Sites, Auburn
Award amount: $ 450,000
Harriet Tubman was one of the recognized leaders of the Underground Railroad. The
original wood frame house she occupied upon settling in Auburn in 1858 was later improved
with brick. Nearby is the National Historic Landmark Home for the Aged that Tubman
established for aged and indigent African Americans. These and several other structures
associated with Tubman’s life and work have deteriorated to the point that major
restoration is needed. This grant will support the restoration.
Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York City
Award amount: $2,500,000
Funding will help construct a new Visitors’ Center.
The Metropolitan Opera Radio and Television Archives, New York
Award amount: $ 200,000
The Metropolitan Opera Radio and Television Archives is an unprecedented collection of
recorded performances documenting live opera presentations since 1931 and featuring the
voices of three generations of great vocal artists. Deterioration of the material on which
the broadcasts were originally recorded threatens the collection. Funds will be used to
remaster the most severely deteriorated broadcasts and to transfer them to stable media.
Records of the United States Sanitary Commission, New York
Award amount: $ 250,000
The United States Sanitary Commission, precursor to today’s Red Cross, was a
voluntary organization formed in 1861 to provide medical and physical relief to the Union
troops during the Civil War. The Commission’s archives include photographs, medical
rolls, correspondence, memoranda, reports, registers, scrapbooks, posters and diaries.
Currently, the collection is not accessible to scholars due to its advanced state of
deterioration. Funds will support conservation and proper archival storage for the
collection.
The Tenement at 97 Orchard Street, New York
Award amount: $ 250,000
The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is the first museum in the country to interpret
the home and community life of urban, working class and poor immigrants. Housed in the
tenement at 97 Orchard Street, the museum focuses on tenement life in the second half of
the 19th and first decades of the 20th century. Funding will be used
to complete the tenement’s restoration, making the entire building available to the
public for the first time.
North Carolina
Union Tavern / Thomas Day House, Milton
Award amount: $ 250,000
Thomas Day, a 19th-century free African American cabinetmaker (1801-1861),
has gained national recognition for his highly-prized furniture and distinctive
architectural woodwork. The 1810 Federal style Union Tavern served as his residence and
workshop during the peak years of his career. A 1989 fire severely damaged this National
Historic Landmark, destroying the roof, compromising its structural integrity and
substantially damaging the interior. Funds will be used to complete the exterior
restoration of the building.
Ohio
McKinley Monument, Canton
Award amount: $100,000
Funding will repair stairs, repaint the interior, and replace the security camera.
National First Ladies Library/City National Bank, Canton
Award amount: $2,500,000
Funding will renovate the former bank to become a First Ladies Museum and Research
Center.
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, VA Medical Center, Dayton
Award amount: $130,000
Funding will help stabilize the building.
Oklahoma
Western Fine Arts Collection, Oklahoma
City
Award amount: $ 140,000
This collection includes works by significant 19th-and 20th-century
artists, including Charles Russell, Frederic Remington, N. C. Wyeth and members of the
Taos Society of Artists. Items from this collection are constantly sought for exhibits at
other institutions, subjecting the paintings to considerable stress and wear over time.
This grant will enable comprehensive conservation of the collection, ensuring its
preservation for the future.
Pennsylvania
1777-78 Continental Army Winter Encampment Structures, Valley Forge National Historical
Park
Award amount: $ 450,000
Four buildings that served as quarters for General Washington’s officers during
the Continental Army’s winter encampment – General the Marquis de
Lafayette’s Quarters, General William Alexander’s (Lord Stirling) Quarters,
General William Maxwell’s Quarters / Philander Knox Estate Building and General
Huntington’s Quarters / Maurice Stephens House – and a domestic building that
served the Army – the David Potts House – are threatened by failing roofs and
drainage systems. Funding will restore the roofs and improve the drainage systems to
ensure the protection of these buildings.
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial, Philadelphia
Award amount: $300,000
Funding will make structural repairs and improvements to meet ADA accessibility
requirements.
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site,
Philadelphia
Award amount: $ 500,000
Constructed in 1823, Eastern State Penitentiary was radical in both design – its
radial cellblock plan – and in penal theory: rehabilitation through solitary
confinement. It became the model for some 250 prisons throughout the world. Closed as a
correctional facility in 1971, the Penitentiary narrowly escaped demolition in 1987. Now
partially stabilized, the site is open and interpreted to the public. Water infiltration
due to failing cellblock roofs continues to threaten masonry, plaster and other materials.
Funds will enable restoration of roofs to halt further deterioration of this National
Historic Landmark site.
Thaddeus Stevens Hall, Gettysburg College,
Gettysburg
Award amount: $300,000
Funding will help restore the Hall.
Puerto
Rico
Fort San Felipe del Morro, San Juan National Historic Site, San Juan
Award amount: $ 750,000
Fort San Felipe del Morro is the largest of the fortifications at San Juan National
Historic Site, which contains the oldest and largest extant Spanish fortifications in the
New World. The entire park is a World Heritage Site, and the earliest features of the fort
date to 1539. The harsh tropical climate, vegetation growth and public visitation have
taken a toll – eroded masonry, loss of surface stucco, and corroded gun emplacements.
Funds will support the restoration of masonry and stucco.
Rhode
Island
Southeast Lighthouse, Block Island
Award amount: $ 300,000
Block Island’s 1874 Southeast Lighthouse is an unusual combination of a working
first-order lens and a Gothic Revival building. The lighthouse and attached keeper’s
house were planned as the showpiece of the U. S. Lighthouse Bureau. This National Historic
Landmark ceased active service in 1993. Funds will be used to restore the lighthouse and
keeper’s house for a maritime museum.
South Carolina
Drayton Hall, Charleston
Award amount: $ 250,000
Begun in 1738, Drayton Hall is the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that
is open to the public. Its design was inspired by Andrea Palladio’s The Four Books
of Architecture, and its recessed two-story portico derives directly from
Palladio’s Villa Pisani. This National Historic Landmark descended through seven
generations of one family and remains substantially unaltered and without electrical,
plumbing or mechanical systems. Funds will be used to conserve historic finishes and
features and to address structural problems.
South Dakota
Corn Palace, Mitchell
Award amount: $ 400,000
The unique and highly popular Corn Palace features murals constructed of 10 colors of
corn. Forms of folk art, the murals are changed annually. Constructed in 1921, the Corn
Palace is a tribute to the state’s rich farm heritage and remains an active center of
civic life. Funding will restore the Corn Palace’s deteriorating roof and onion
domes.
Tennessee
The Hermitage, near Nashville
Award amount: $ 340,000
The National Historic Landmark Hermitage presents two distinct presidential homes to
visitors – the mansion of Andrew Jackson’s presidential and retirement years and
the two cabins comprising the First Hermitage of his early political and military years.
Later occupied by slave families, the nearly 200-year-old cabins are in fragile condition
due to rot, weathering and insect infestation. Funding will support their restoration.
Utah
Promontory Cave Collection, Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City
Award amount: $ 50,000
The Promontory Cave collection, recovered in early 1930s by noted anthropologist
Julian Steward, includes stone, clay, bone, wood, reed and leather artifacts dating
between about A.D. 1100 and A.D. 1600. Steward’s analysis of the artifacts led to his
conclusion that they represented a unique culture around the Great Salt Lake. Funds will
support conservation and proper museum storage of the collection, dramatically improving
its educational and research potential.
Virginia
Montpelier, Orange County
Award amount: $1,000,000
Funding will restore the private chambers of Dolley Madison.
Washington
Admiral Theatre, Bremerton
Award amount: $400,000
Funding will upgrade the stage and flyways.
Mukai Farm and Garden, Vashon Island
Award amount: $150,000
Funding will acquire Mukai Gardens and help develop a plan for their long-term
restoration and operation.
Nathaniel Orr Pioneer Home Site, Steilacoom
Award amount: $250,000
Funding will restore the Orr Pioneer Home and establish a museum and interpretive
center.
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma
Award amount: $600,000
Funding will support new construction to protect the museum’s collection.
West Virginia
B & O Railroad Roundhouse Complex, Martinsburg
Award amount: $ 500,000
The B & O Railroad Roundhouse complex is the finest and most complete example of
mid-19th-century railroad shop complexes in the United States. It was the site
of a labor action that led to the widespread 1877 railroad workers’ strike. Vacant
and unsecured for over a decade, the buildings suffer from water infiltration, vandalism
and general neglect. This grant will secure the buildings and restore their exteriors.
Weston State Hospital, Weston
Award amount: $750,000
Funding will stabilize and make essential repairs
Wisconsin
Ten Chimneys, Genesee Depot
Award amount: $ 250,000
From the 1920s through the 1960s, Ten Chimneys was home to Alfred Lunt and Lynne
Fontanne, one of the nation’s premier acting teams and husband and wife off stage.
Nearly all the hand-painted finishes, furnishings, collections and personal memorabilia
are original to the home. Deferred maintenance and water infiltration have led to
deterioration of many interior features and objects. Funding will support appropriate
preservation treatments for the exterior, which will avert further damage to the
significant furnishings and collections.
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