SPRING FAIR MAY 1
The annual Brinkerhoff Spring Fair will be held on May 1st on the grounds of the Home. Many vendors of merchandise will be available.
Tickets for the 50/50 drawing to be held at the Spring Fair are $1 each or six for $5. The drawing is at 2 p.m. and attendance is not required.
Country Kitchen Baked Goods
Country Kitchen will need lots of baked goods for the Fair. Suggestions are pies, cakes, breads, cookies, pizelles or brownies. We would appreciate it if you would package and label the goods in zip lock bags. Cakes, pies and breads should be labeled and covered in saran or clear wrap. Baked items can be dropped off on Friday, April 3 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. If baked items cannot be delivered on Friday, we need them no later than 8 a.m. on Saturday. If you are unable to bake an item and wish to donate to the Home, please send your check made payable to the Brinkerhoff Home and send to Micki Paine, 3996 Mill Stone Drive, Springfield, Ill 62711.
Better Buys
If anyone has items for better buys, please contact Jan Steinhour at 415-5885 or Nancy Nolan at 528-5087 for pickup.
Free Home Tours
The Home will be open to the public during the Fair. If you would like to be a tour guide, contact John Bucari . info@brinkerhoffhome.com
On the Auction Block
The Silent Auction, featuring antiques and collectibles, will be taking bids until 2 p.m. If you have any antiques, collectibles, china or crystal to donate, call Penny Greek at 546-8890.
Concession
Come get a Vose corn dog and lemon shakeup!
Memorabilia
Polo shirts with the Home insignia will be available for $16 at the Fair. Cookbooks will be available for $10. Aprons, tote bags, Christmas ornaments, napkins and note cards will also be available for purchase.
Membership Dues
Just a reminder - if you haven’t sent in your membership dues, please send to the Home at 1500 N. 5th Street, Springfield, Ill 62702. If you have moved or changed your phone number, please contact Nancy Nolan at 528-5087.
New Members
Welcome to new members - Tami Skaggs-Braidwood, Kara DuBois, Susan and John Gallagher and Mary Denham.
Bunco Party
The bunco party was a success and the next one is planned for November 7th. Watch the newsletter for details.
St. Patty’s Day Party
A special thanks to Suzie Weiss for the delicious corned beef and cabbage dinner. Further updates will be provided for next year’s party.
Ellen Moore
Ellen has returned home from the hospital and is doing well. Keep her in your thoughts and prayers.
SEE YOU MAY 1ST AT THE SPRING FAIR!!!!!
This web presence is provided as a free service by DSDigitals.com, We are the Official photographer for the Brinkerhoff Home in Springfield, Illinois. Additional Brinkerhoff pictures may be found on our website. See DSDigitals link below left. For additional information on the Brinkerhoff House, see History at bottom. Copyright 2012 by Dulany F Sriner/ DSDigitals.com all rights reserved.
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.
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About Me
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
