Springfield's Brinkerhoff Home: April 2012

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

April News

SPRING FAIR MAY 5

Tickets for the 50/50 drawing to be held at the Spring Fair are enclosed with this month’s newsletter. Tickets are $1 each or six for $5. The drawing will be held at 2 p.m. and attendance is not required. Please send your completed ticket stubs and donation to Treasurer Kevin Beatty, 140 Sidener Lane, Springfield, Ill 62707.

COUNTRY KITCHEN BAKED GOODS

Country kitchen is in need of pies, cakes, breads, cookies and 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 at the Home on Friday, May 4^th 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.

BETTER BUYS

If you have any items for better buys, please contact Nancy at 528 5087 or Susan at 494 1571 for pickup.

SILENT AUCTION

The silent auction, featuring antiques and collectibles, will be taking bids until 2 p.m.

VOSE CONCESSION

Enjoy a corn dog and lemon shake-up while you shop at the Fair.

MEMORABILIA

Tee shirts, aprons, tote bags, cookbooks,tree ornaments, napkins and note cards will be available for sale at the Fair.

A new feature at the Fair this year will be the presence of the Animal Protective League. Dogs will be available for adoption.

THANK YOU

Thanks go out to all who helped make the St. Patrick’s Day Dinner a success. Kudos to Susie Weiss for her culinary skills and to her granddaughter for all of her help.

NEW MEMBER

Welcome to new member, Esther Allen.

MEMBERSHIP DUES

If you haven’t sent in your dues, please send them to the Brinkerhoff Home, 1500 N. 5^th, Springfield, Ill 62702.

THANK YOU

Thanks go out to Rita Folder, Mona Bartz, Dorothea Sorenson, Sharen & John Bucari, Marian Kochmann, Kevin Beatty and Adam & Jacki Cooperider for all their help in decorating the Home for the holiday.

BUNCO DATE

Just a reminder – keep June 10^th open for our next bunco party. Details will be provided in the next newsletter.

DONATION

The Home is in need of new window coverings in the drawing room and library. If anyone is interested in “sponsoring a window” please contact Brenda Kochmann at 836 9588.

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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