Springfield's Brinkerhoff Home: 2010 Calendar Released

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

2010 Calendar Released

The Brinkerhoff Home Foundation Board of Directors has announced the dates for upcoming 2010 events. Mark your calendars and watch this website for updates and additional information as it becomes available.

Spring Craft Fair – May 1st from 9 – 3
Fall Craft Fair - September 11th 9 – 3
Victorian Tea – Oct. 3rd 3 – 5
Christmas Champagne Party – Dec. 4th 5 – 7

7 comments:

Unknown said...: How does one apply to participate in your spring craft show? Our email address is thetrouts@mchsi.com; 6:19 PM
Anonymous said...: I would also like information about the spring craft show.

Thank you.
Amy
akhb71@gmail.com; 8:16 PM
Anonymous said...: I would also like information on being a vendor at the spring craft fair.

Thank you,
Linda
lyndaf99@yahoo.com; 9:33 PM
Anonymous said...: Hello,
I am another one who is interested in information about being a vendor for the September Craft Fair. My email is...
ashleyann1107@gmail.com
Thanks!; 11:07 PM
Anonymous said...: Hello,
I am yet another who is interested in being a vendor at this Septembers Craft Fair. My email is ashleyann1107@gmail.com.
Thanks!; 11:08 PM
Anonymous said...: I am interested in being a vendor at the Sept Fall event. www.tracystrends.com You contact me at tracylmoyer@comcast.net I do mostly outdoor decor from re-used materials like tin flower and more; 8:58 PM
Anonymous said...: i am interested in getting contact information from one of your fall craft vendors. I am also interested in being a vendor for the 2011 spring craft event. My contact info is jhughes@giffinwinning.com Thanks; 1:40 PM

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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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