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GREAT NEWS FromThe Home Depot Foundation !

Nancy,
On behalf of The Home Depot, I am pleased to inform you that a grant for $4,400 was approved for your project with Team Depot and the Heritage Preservation Trust. A gift card for this amount will be sent to you once I receive the signed agreement from your organization. Attached is our standard grant agreement that I need your Executive Director or Principal to sign and fax back to my attention.  Once received, it takes approximately 5 business days to receive the gift card.  It will arrive at your physical address, to your attention, via UPS.
Please continue to work with your local Team Depot Captain to plan and implement this project as well as to complete the list of supplies materials needed for the project and to pay for those materials with your gift card! 
We appreciate the services your organization is providing in the community. We hope this grant will help you to achieve your goals as set forth in your proposal. Your grant report will be due upon completion of your project. Please be sure to contact our Community Affairs office for further instructions regarding reporting (please see section six of the grant agreement).  We must have a final grant report on file prior to consideration of your organization for future grant monies.
 
Any recognition regarding this grant award should be made in the name of The Home Depot Foundation. We would also appreciate the opportunity to review any press releases you may generate to publicize this initiative.
We would love to share the stories and photos from your project with the associates and community.  Please feel free to send this information directly to me and your Team Depot Captain.  Another great way we’re sharing these photos and stories with your community is through The Home Depot’s Facebook page. Please let me know if you’d like to post your story and photo on the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/homedepot.
 
We extend our best wishes to you for continued success and look forward to hearing about your accomplishments during the year.  It is a pleasure to be among your current supporters.

Joe Wimberley

The Home Depot Foundation

Wednesday was important for the Trust as its application for ECHO grant money to purchase the Hotchkiss-Mather House next door to Lilian Place was approved unanimously by the ECHO board.  The next step is the County Council vote.  We will keep you posted.

Some History:  The Hotchkiss House, built in 1905, is a  unique Queen Anne Victorian structure of four stories with a distinctive turret tower.  
This property was owned by D.O Balcom and his partner pioneer Laurence Thompson, builder of Lilian Place, the oldest house on Daytona Beachside. Balcom was also a shareholder in the Halifax River Bridge and Railway Company with Thompson, T. L. Rogers, M. Huston, and John Ball. Together they financed the first bridge across the Halifax known as the South Bridge, later the Veteran's Memorial.  In 1888, the Thompsons sold their share of the jointly-owned property to Balcom.  Eventually E. Hubbell Hotchkiss built the grand Victorian turreted mansion high on the riverfront overlooking the Halifax River property. Eliphalet Hubbell Hotchkiss (1858-1917) was a millionaire who made his initial fortune with meat packing plants in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New York.  He also owned a bank in New Your City and was an early investor in the Pitney-Bowes Company.  His technicians perfected a stapling machine that helped to revolutionize many industries in America.  The E. H. Hotchkiss Company also perfected metal fasteners that made his company one of America's premier businesses at the turn-of-the-century. Hotchkiss died prematurely in Miami in 1917.
            His daughter Gertrude Hotchkiss Heyn, who took over the company and successfully marketed the Hotchkiss Simplex Stapler, took ownership of the house in 1916.  She was a benefactor to the community, including a major donation of the Heyn Chapel to Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune at now Bethune Cookman University.  In 1959, Gertrude donated the property with all furniture and furnishings to the Halifax Hospital.   Six months later Eliza Thompson Baggett Mather, granddaughter of Laurence Thompson, purchased the property, so the Thompson family came full circle to once again have possession of the site.
            The house remained in the Thompson Mather family until purchase by Rise Harty in 1988.

  If the Trust can acquire this property,  we can merge the properties and create a "Heritage Square, "  a unique cultural and historical site with museum and activity center.     We will keep you posted.

Reminder that Lilian Place Historic House is open every Sunday for tours 1-4pm, or call for group tours  during the week. 386-299-4974 or check our website.  The site can be rented for meetings, parties, any social events for  only $50 an hour!

Time to renew membership for 2012 if you have not already done so.  $25 single and $40 family dues. Membership in HPT makes a great gift!

Please send membership renewal to
HERITAGE PRESERVATION TRUST
PO BOX #1845
DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32115

PAY PAL also accessible from website.
info@heritagepreservationtrust.org

Phone  386-299-4974

Membership will include museum entry and discount on site rental:  $25 single,  $40 family,  $100 corporate which includes ad on the website

SPECIAL THANKS TO
OUR LILIAN PLACE ROOM SPONSORS:  
GARY R LIBBY FOUNDATION : PARLOR 
THE THOMPSON FAMILY : DINING ROOM

Find out how you can become a room sponsor.

Sunday Jan. 22, 2012,  2:00pm was the  ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION TRUST  at Lilian Place Historic House 35 members attended for an update on the Trust and Lilian Place.

       The following board members for 2012 were elected:
President:           Nancy Long
Vice President:   Micki Mansfield
Secretary:          Debbie Amborn  
Treasurer:           Fran Dillard 
Board:                Dave Castagnacci, John Wagner, Shari Lesmiller, Chesley Bennett,  Gary Libby, Chris Van Cima, Susan Cardillo

These people each bring unique talents which will help us steer the Trust in its mission of historic education and preservation!!! Thanks to Jimmy Casino for the wonderful entertainment.

Please send membership renewal to
HERITAGE PRESERVATION TRUST
PO BOX #1845
DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32115

PAY PAL also accessible from website.
info@heritagepreservationtrust.org

Phone  386-299-4974

Membership will include museum entry and discount on site rental:  $25 single,  $40 family,  $100 corporate which includes ad on the website

• Thanks to Kelly White who was able to get us $500 bike week funding through the city commission .   letter of thanks sent to Mayor and will be emailed to commission.
• Also Gary Libby made another $800 contribution and toured the place.  He was very pleased and said we had done a nice job with the added antiques.  He agreed with Fran that the small china cups and the occupied Japan items are quite valuable and best kept under glass or away from sticky hands. ( I did not tell him about the two missing items). Those small items have been placed in display cabinet in Dining room.  He did say he is trying to secure Bouchelle estate items for LP, one of which is a beautiful Victorian cabinet which would safely display fragile and valuable items.  It was a very nice visit with him.
• Chris Van Sima has wood materials to replace the steps and will do so tomorrow if weather has cleared 
• FPZA award proposal has been submitted, and also attached is letter to race and rec commission.
• Manager of Ethan Allan wants to meet and discuss the sponsorship of master bedroom.  Also manager of Home Depot is working on the grant for Team Adoption of LP.  i will keep you posted.
• Event flyers:  please share with anyone and any group.  Posted on our facebook.

ALSO ALL AMERICAN AIR CONDITIONING AND  BRYANT AIR CONDITIONING COMPANIES DONATED AN AC UNIT FOR LILIAN PLACE!   

This is fantastic news as now the second floor will be air conditioned, making it bearable for tours and also allowing us to now complete the bedroom furnishings and rent the bedroom out for overnight guests!!!
Thanks so much to Bryant Air Conditioning and All American for their wonderful generosity!

Lilian Place is open for tours every Sunday 1-4.  The last two weekends of October, special Haunted Historic Tours will take place in the evenings, details soon to come.   And mark Nov. 18 on your calendar for a special Wine Down at Lilian's with entertainer Johnny Lambrusco. 

Thanks again to all our volunteers and supporters who have helped the Trust continue its mission of historic education and preservation !!!
peace
Nancy Long

PLEASE GO HERE TO SEE ALL OUR SPONSORS

Dear Trust supporters:

In December 2009, our community banded together to save an important piece of Volusia County history, the 127-year old Lilian Place. The oldest home on the beachside, this 3-story building is an excellent example of Italianate High Victorian architecture and one of only two such structures in this style remaining in the county.
Thanks to the generosity of people like you, plans are underway to restore Lilian Place to its original 1884 grandeur. Our grand opening this past June was a huge success, with over 200 people in attendance to witness the reopening of this historic gem. We have made a lot of progress in the last year and a half but still have a long way to go.
In order to preserve Lilian Place for future generations and continue our mission of historic preservation and education, we have established the Heritage Preservation Trust Endowment Fund.

• WANTED:   old photos  of Lilian Place or neighborhood, and antiques or items prior to 1900 
• RENTAL SPACE AVAILABLE: Would you like to live at Lilian Place or have an office there??  2 upstairs rooms in the Carriage House are available for rent for residence or office (bathroom, balcony overlooking the river, nice interior).

  Thanks to--- SOUTHERN PAINT for continuing to donate the paint needed to complete the exterior porches.
  MILITELLO CONTRACTING CORPORATION for the incredibly beautiful driveway at Lilian Place.
  Sam Sadler, handyman, for using his truck to pick up antique donations  (252-5214).
  

  See you at Lilian Place!!
  

Reminder that tours are now available on Sundays from 1-4PM $5 AND FREE TO MEMBERS.

Lilian Place Historic House Museum will be open on Sundays
1-4 pm with tours on the half hour.

The Stephen Crane Festival was a great success. We want to say thanks again to the Lighthouse Historic group, esp. John Mann and Bob Callister, for their great support.

Lilian Place is now available for rent:  wedding receptions, meetings, etc.  $50 an hour rental plus set up and clean up.    Sunset events on the riverfront are perfect for group socials or receptions!

This cultural site is in its infancy:  we ask community support in the following needs...

• repair and painting of the porches
• donation of antique furniture and items dating to 1884 and earlier
• repair and renovation of antiques (chairs, old sewing machine, old telephone, old cabinet)
• windows need repaired (old weighted system and termite damage to window sills)
• donation of plants for landscape
• secretary skills:  we need help in organizing donation list, membership,scheduling,  filing, etc.
• 3rd floor needs repaired and cleaned
• Two Carriage House apartments are available for rent!
• Brochure advertisement:  we are printing 1000 brochures and ask for supporters ($200 ad will include free tour admission, brochure ad, and facebook and website ad).
• coupon book fundraiser ($20 for $3000+ coupons in restaurant and local entertainment discounts)

Thanks to everyone who has been supportive with membership and donations.  

Tours are free for 2011 members, so we invite you to renew membership and join us as we open the doors of Lilian Place and work to renovate and restore this 1884 beauty into a  cultural center and a "step into the past.

WE WELCOME DONATION OF ANTIQUES AROUND 1890 OR EARLIER.

NEW BROCHURE BEING PLANNED...FOR $250, BUSINESSES CAN GET AD IN BROCHURE, ON WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK, PLUS FREE ADMISSION TO TOURS.

COUPON BOOKS ($3000+  WORTH OF RESTAURANT AND LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT DISCOUNTS) AVAILABLE AT LILIAN PLACE OR CALL 386-299-4974 TO PURCHASE

REMINDER TO RENEW MEMBERSHIP FOR 2012!!
Please send membership renewal to
HERITAGE PRESERVATION TRUST
PO BOX #1845
DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32115

PAY PAL also accessible from website.
info@heritagepreservationtrust.org
Membership will include museum entry (tentative opening spring 2011) and discount on site rental:  $25 single,  $40 family,  $100 corporate which includes ad on the website

We are still looking for advertising sponsors for our brochure which will be distributed at local museums and public sites as well as given to all visitors to Lilian Place.  If you know of a business, restaurant, hotel, etc. who would like to help us by purchasing an ad, please call 386-299-4974

CLICK HERE FOR A PHASE III PHOTO GALLERY

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING AT LILLIAN PLACE

Friends of Lilian Place

Gold Friends ($1000+)
Lawrence Baggett
Hyatt Brown
Michael & Angeline Forest
Gary Libby
Patricia Bennett
Thomas Meachem

Silver Friends ($500+) 
James Kotas
Carl Lentz 
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Sponsors ($100+)
Advanced Fire Extinguishers
Rebecca Becker
Chesley Bennett
Jay & Kathaleen Bond
Carol & Treves Branch
Jim Camp
Clubhouse Restaurant
Fred Costello
Exit Realty
Gallant Realty Services INC
Hall Construction
Kressman Hardware
Weegie and David Kuendig
Louis Moore
Ellen & Jim O'Shaughnessy
Eleanor Schermer
Judith Shinn
Phoebe Smith
Sumar Foundation
Connie Treloar
Georgia Turner/ Stone Assoc.
Jack & Kelly White
Pam Woods
Helen Wessel

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THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING LILIAN PLACE:   

We need you to pledge financial and inkind support for the Trust to purchase and preserve Lilian Place.

Why you should pledge your support?

CLICK THE PICTURE ABOVE TO SEE LILLIAN PLACE IN ITS PRIME
AND SOME NEW
PHOTOS!

Lilian Place is the oldest house on Daytona's beachside. It was built by one of the city's first settlers in 1884, and it is a prime example of the Italianate Victorian architecture.  This is evident by the structures square towers, broad roof, asymmetrical floor plan, and verandas.  The tall windows, wood moldings, and paneled double doors all contribute to its architectural style.  Lilian Place is one of the few such structures of its kind remaining in Volusia County.  

Originally its builder Laurence Thompson had placed in the deed a clause that the home was to be protected for one hundred years. That clause expired in 1984.  The Thompson family had done research and started paperwork to get the structure listed on the National Register, but they never completed the process.  The Trust  would immediately complete this application for National Register recognition as well as apply for local historical register recognition so that Lilian Place would be officially  listed as a significant historic site both rationally and locally.

Lilian Place actually has a link to an author of great American literature. Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage, made Lilian Place famous in his short story “The Open Boat” when he described how he and two companions were rescued when their boat sank off shore of Daytona Beach on Dec. 31, 1896. They were brought to Lilian Place to recover. Crane's well-known short story of this ordeal is still studied in American classrooms today.

Anecdotally, Lilian Place is also famous for its ghost. Pat Bennett, a local author and granddaughter of Laurence Thompson, has written books about Lucille, the legendary ghost who has made her presence known to residents throughout the years. Lilian Place has been featured in many news articles and historic journals as a significant site of history and folklore. This structure overlooking the Halifax River sits directly across from the historic Beach Street,  the Daytona Beach Yacht Club, and Jackie Robinson Park. In its prime, it was a wondrous sight to those sailing across the river and later driving across the bridge from the mainland. With restoration, it can resume this role of welcoming landmark capable of telling an important story about this area and its people

The Heritage Preservation Trust would acquire Lilian Place for a historical house museum and historical center. The Trust would establish an office and research/storage area on the second floor and renovate the first floor for furnished and interpreted museum rooms with period furnishings and displays acquired from local supporters and partners including the Dow Gallery of American Art at the Museum of Arts and Sciences.  One large sitting room will also be used for educational /historical programs for the public.  The facility will eventually be open 40 hours a week, no admission but a suggested contribution.

The third floor would provide living quarters which could be allocated in exchange for labor, such as residence for the museum director. Three apartments (formerly the old carriage house) are available for additional housing in exchange for labor or income or both. The Trust would collaborate with local colleges to find appropriate students who could be housed in exchange for labor in grounds or building maintenance. The living quarters available on the property will help to make Lilian Place more self-sufficient.

Usage of the first floor for historic interpretation and tours would augment income.  Small groups such as genealogical societies, family reunions, historic garden clubs, etc.  often rented Lilian Place for a variety of historic gatherings in the past, so this option would be available again to the public and provide income for maintenance. 

For public access, a bus stop is at the corner of the property. County and city parking are available on city island which is a short distance across the bridge. Handicapped parking is available on site.   Currently the Lilian Place Historic House has ADA accessibility and compliance because this was required when it was previously permitted as a bed and breakfast. Future plans will see tours of the house via internet and computer monitors designed to interpret each major room of the house to the handicapped and challenged visitor.

Lilian Place should be open to the public six months after the Trust acquires the site.  Repairs should take at least 16 weeks including the phase 1 of re-painting. Phase 1 repairs are estimated at $25,000.00 with assistance from the city of Daytona Beach  and a private charitable trust pledged to help cover these costs.  Money will be raised through a direct mail solicitation together with targeted tours to potential partnership groups like the Council of Garden Clubs, the Civic League, DB Rotary and a number of area companies to include Brown and Brown, International Speedway Corp. ICI Homes and the Hotel-Motel Association.

The location on the Halifax River offers the potential for a "blue way" stop for boaters on the river.  In the future, the waterfront and dock area could be renovated to provide a public boat docking area for small watercraft and canoes.  

Please phone me if you have further questions..and please encourage others to help us as we want to present to County Council on Dec. 10 a packet of  pledges of money and inkind support to show our community wants to preserve this important historic site.

Sincerely,
Dr. Nancy Long
President of Heritage Preservation Trust

Here is a direct link to the Florida Trust for HIstorical Preservation. More links on the Resources Page.

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Here is a link to Books and a DVD about Mary McLeod Bethune http://nancyzlong.blogspot.com/
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