Springfield's Brinkerhoff Home: March 2008

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Luncheon a big success

Thanks to a lot of hard work by the many volunteers, the spring luncheon was a big success and a good time was had by all. Pictures from the luncheon are now available on our website. Go to www.brinkerhoffhome.org and click on the Picture Gallery button. Click on the spring luncheon option on the right side of the page. Be sure to select the "large" option at the top of the page to view the picture full sized. If you want to print a copy of any of the pictures simply right click on the picture and select "save as". Once you have saved it, you can print it or send it. These pictures are free to download but a donation is appreciated.

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

SALAD/SOUP LUNCHEON

Wednesday, March 12, 2008
NOON
Tickets: $10.00 per person
MENU
Vegetable Soup
Pasta House Salad
Bread Sticks
Texas Cake
Coffee or Tea

If you are interested in helping on the luncheon or contributing toward the luncheon, please call Nancy Nolan

NEW MEMBER
Please welcome new member, Polly Langan.

DONATIONS FOR SPRING FAIR

Please remember the Brinkerhoff Foundation when you start your spring cleaning. If you have items you wish to donate, contact Nancy Nolan at or Susan Canny for pickup. For silent auction items, please contact Penny Greek. We are always looking for volunteers to help at the Fair. If you can help, please call Nancy Nolan
VENDOR CONTRACTS

Contracts will be mailed out by next week. If anyone is interested in being a vendor for the fair, please call Mary Jo Rappe

COOKBOOKS

We still have cookbooks for sale at $10.00. If you are interested in purchasing any, contact Penny Greek at the phone number or email listed above.

SYMPATHY

The Brinkerhoff Home Foundation lost a valuable member last week in the passing of Chuck Nation. Chuck was involved through his wife, Sharon, who is an integral member of the Home. We will all mourn Chuck’s passing and will keep Sharon in our thoughts and prayers.

MEMBERSHIP DUES

Enclosed with this newsletter is the membership renewal envelope. Please return the envelope with your renewal by April 1st.

Submitted by Susan Canny
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Brinkerhoff Home History

George Brinkerhoff, a successful businessman and political associate of Abraham Lincoln, built the Home for his wife and six children in 1869 for the sum of $35,000. Elijah E. Myers was the architect. After Mr. Brinkerhoff's death in '1928, the then Springfield Junior College purchased the home and began classes there. By 1974 the home had deteriorated so badly the college considered razing it. Doris Bucari, a college trustee, was given one year to show evidence of saving the home. work progressed slowly until she and other community members founded a not-for-profit corporation, Brinkerhoff Inc. in 1977. Restoration of the home was the aim of the organization and with help of the Brinkerhoff Auxiliary, a group of interested citizens organized by Doris, and the assistance of many other people, work on the home was put in high gear. Through the years Brinkerhoff Inc. and the Brinkerhoff Auxiliary have been disbanded and replaced by the Brinkerhoff Foundation. Practically the entire interior has been restored. paint has been stripped and reapplied, new wallpaper applied in some rooms and, of course, plumbing and rewiring. The floors, blackened from age and hard use, were stripped and refinished. Lovely chandeliers have replaced hanging fluorescent fixtures. Each room has been beautifully furnished with period furniture in keeping with the time of the home. Some of the furnishings have been donated, the rest purchased with funds obtained from the Spring and Fall Fairs held each year and other money raising events. The exterior brick has been completely tuckpointed and in 1984 an Illinois Department of conservation matching grant provided for the reconstruction of the cupola. We feel Doris would be more than proud to see the Home as it is today. The Home has been placed on both the National and Illinois Registers of Historic Places and provides elegant ambience for weddings, receptions, catered parties and a variety of private celebrations.

DSDigitals official Brinkerhoff photographer

Welcome to the Brinkerhoff Home web blog. On March 15th, the Brinkerhoff House Foundation, Board of Directors designated me, Dulany F. Sriner owner of DSDigitals.com their official photographer. As we pursue the development of this Blog, we will be providing a listing of events along with other Brinkerhoff information. Regular posts will provide up to date announcements from the board. Please be patient as we try to build the site with the goal of making it available for registered members to post their own announcements. At that point, I will provide help as needed but it should manage itself. Until that point, postings will come through me. For current pictures of the Brinkerhoff House on my web site go to: http://www.gallerypg.com/WebGallery/Brinkerhoff%20Home/index.htm

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Luncheon a big success

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