The Exterior Envelope is Complete!
Posted on | May 18, 2012 | No Comments
The exterior envelope is complete! Front door on hinges, rear door installed and lockable, clapboards all complete. We are installing the gutter and trimming the rake boards. Site work is on-going: grass in rear is coming in, loam has been spread in front, low water requirement grass seed down in front, meadow grass seed mix down in front left, excavation for accessible walk begun, material for walkway in ordered, stones for stepping stones ordered.
DGP Agenda – May 9, 2012
Posted on | May 8, 2012 | No Comments
7pm at the Old Manse1. Building Committee
2. Treasurer’s Report
3. Interpretive Planning
4. Fundraising
5. Documentary
6. Upcoming Events:
-Training NPS Rangers, week of May 21st
- Annual Thoreau Gathering, DGP Presentation – Saturday July 14th
DGP Receives Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund for Historic Interiors Grant
Posted on | May 1, 2012 | No Comments
Drinking Gourd Project, Inc. has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund for Historic Interiors for the Robbins House Interpretive Plan Project.DGP Receives National Trust’s 1772 Foundation Grant
Posted on | March 29, 2012 | No Comments
The National Trust’s 1772 Foundation awarded the Robbins House Interpretive Center a $10,000 grant for our nine new customized 6 over 9 pane 18th century plank frame windows
Stone Bench Markers
Posted on | March 7, 2012 | No Comments
The DGP has recently installed the first of a series of bench markers at the home site of Brister and Fenda Freeman in the Concord Town Forest. In addition to marking the locations of these home sites, which were so well known to Thoreau, the bench honors the memory of Concord’s slaves and former slaves.
DGP Agenda – February 15, 2012
Posted on | February 14, 2012 | No Comments
Please join us for the February DGP/RHIC monthly meeting tomorrow night at 7pm at the Old Manse. The Agenda includes updates from subcommittees, review of the Annual meeting minutes, and minutes from the RHIC Building Committee and progress with grants and activities including updating the 2012 calendar, etc. keep looking »