DGP Receives Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund for Historic Interiors Grant
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
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
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 Receives Sudbury Foundation Grant
The Sudbury Foundation Grant will help us launch our interpretation and exhibits research and work: interior restoration of the property and preliminary exhibit design. Read about the grant announcement on The Sudbury Foundation Website
Concord Cultural Council Helps Celebrate Robbins House Move
The Concord Cultural Council awarded the DGP a $400 grant for expenses involved with putting on a town-wide celebration as we moved the Robbins house from it’s second location on Bedford St. to it’s final resting place on Monument St., across from the North Bridge and Old Manse, on May 21st, 2011. This same celebration [...]
DGP Awarded Foundation for MetroWest Grant
The Foundation for MetroWest awarded the DGP a $2,000 grant for stone Benches commemorating the former Concord slave families who lived here on the outskirts of town.