The Times Union reported yesterday that the Robert Jenkins House, home of the Hendrick Hudson Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), has won a $500,000 Save America's Treasures grant from the National Park Service: "Hudson house among 25 chosen for federal grants."
The grant will help fund a $1 million project which, according to the Hendrick Hudson Chapter website, includes replacing the slate roof, repairing the parapets and other masonry, restoring windows and doors, and making the building universally accessible. The grant requires a one-to-one match, and the Hendrick Hudson Chapter has been working on raising its share of the $1 million.
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Y-A-Y DAR. It ain't easy to keep a beautiful historic house like the Jenkins place in good shape. It is a landmark building on Warren with a landmark history to match. We should all support their efforts at obtaining matching funds.
ReplyDeleteSeems like a lot of money to maintain one house, that is not really a museum and rarely open to the public, open like one weekend a year? Does somebody live in that house that pays no taxes to the city to be a make believe museum?
ReplyDeleteIt’s the embodiment of the birth of Hudson. Let’s celebrate it, not denigrate it.
DeleteGreat questions. Is it a “museum”? Hardly.
Deleteare there actual citizens that dwell behind these snipes, all trill with answers, but no proof of work.
Deletehave had no trouble at all visiting the museum and chatting with the DAR volunteers who've maintained that house, and its fascinating collection of hudson ephemera, for all these years.
you know they have the whale jaw that used to adorn warren st? a beautifully macabre testament to all the Cetacean lives that built our most exceptional architecture - including 113 warren.
There is a huge economic upside to preserving historic properties. It's why people come to visit places like Hudson and not places like Greenport.
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations on this grant! I toured the house this summer and it is a treasure which needs to be restored and maintained. It should and could become more of a tourist destination in Hudson.
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