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Up Coming Event August 15, 2010
Local Legendary Lawmen of the 70's
Mark Schrieber - 2 pm Sunday
May 19, 2010 from the News Tribune's
Michelle Brooks on the Old City Jail
Endangered History
Viability of Old Jail
HCJ 5th Annual 2010 Homes Tour
Another Great Event Completed!
On a near perfect day, hundreds of citizens got to view the eight lovely homes pictured below. This remains one of HCJ's most fun fundraisers. While requiring scores of volunteers (bless them) working in shifts, the enthusiasm for this event remains high.
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Jun Golden Hammer Award
1106 Vineyard - Jun 19, 2010
This was a home in need of some major love (and restoration). Greg and Geri Bemboom have restored and upgraded many homes over the years, but this is a special place. ......... See for your self....
Also read Michelle Brooks article in the Tribune
May Golden Hammer Award
108 W. Atchison - May 8, 2010
"It was the right thing to do!" So says Betty Jo Delong of the renovation of the structure at 108 W. Atchison which was first purchased in 1912 by her father-in-law F. Joe Delong. A duplex then, his parents Joseph and Mary Mayens Delong lived in the other apartment.
From this site, Mr. Delong launched a blacksmith business. F. Joe Delong II was born in 1920 in the clapboard duplex and later worked with his father in the family business at this site. Read the entire Michelle Brooks retelling of the colorful and industrious career which lead to a multi-million dollar steel fabricating business in Jefferson City.
The Atchison structure had been sold from the family and not occupied since the 1960's. Needless to say, it was in major need of renovation. Seeing the demise of this historic building, it was repurchased by the Delong family. Lawrence Cook of Delong's Inc. and Dean Holtmeyer, a St. Elizabeth contractor organized and carried out the remodeling project. A project which entailed a new roof, gutting the interior, adding new utilities, new flooring and kitchen and bathroom furnishings. A complete make over.
The results are charming. A lost structure has been reclaimed and a part of our city's history remain visable. See our pictures.
Read Michelle Brooks full News Tribune story...
Golden Hammer Awards return!
Read Michelle Brooks 2010 Golden Hammer Preview
HCJ Annual Meeting
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Fun had by all...See the pictures...here
On Jun 7, 2009 over 800 individuals toured homes in the Swift's Highway area. New HCJ record!
"Thanks for all you did to organize such a lovely Historic Homes Tour! I have never taken the time or energy (or gas) to go thru any of these tours... The homes which were chosen were absolutely so colorful and interesting. Didn't get to meet all the home owners, but was so impressed with the warm kindness of those who stayed to greet people and answer questions" Anonymous visitor from 2008
See our photos
Tour Pamplet
Items of Interest
See our 2009 Golden Hammer Awards
Brochure from 2008 Homes Tour
News Tribune HCJ member profile of Jenny Smith ....
Read Mark Schrieber on the city's vision for historic preservation.....
Councilman Medin Supports the Golden Hammer
- Log Cabin Tour, Missouri Farm Bureau, October 4
Historian Mark Schreiber provided a fascinating program on the impact of the Civil War on Jefferson City and on Missouri as part of a tour of the Wallendorf Log Cabin on Sunday, Oct. 4. The cabin, located on property behind the Missouri Farm Bureau building, was opened up to HCJ members by the Farm Bureau for touring and historic interpretation. Nearly 100 people took the tour while 82 remained for the program. We are grateful to the Missouri Farm Bureau for its hospitatlity, which included providing refreshments for guests in an auditorium in the Farm Bureau building.
Special thanks to Mark Schrieber, an HCJ member, for the program and to HCJ Board Member Karlene Diekroeger and her associates for acting as docents for the log cabin tours. Membership Chairman Sam Busman and Board Member Fred Brown did a great job at the registration table and helped bring in 15 new members that day! Vice President Laura Ward was emcee for the program and President-elect Louis Heldenbrend and her husband, Dennis, helped with logistics for the event. Adding to the activity were HCJ member and Civil War Reenactor David Mallory and his associates who set up camp near the log cabin, much as would have been the case when General Sterling Price stayed at the Wallendorf Log Cabin back in 1864.
Event Pictures...
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A presentation by authors Ken Luebbering & Robyn Burnett held July 16, 2009 at the First United Methodist Church Co-sponsored by the State Historical Society of Missouri
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The authors give a good account of the pictorial art of stained glass. Using examples from their 2000 publication on the topic and adding many personal anecdotes, our audience learned of the intricacies of this lasting form of art. It's an art form that became popular in European churches beginning in the 10th and 11th centuries. Today many of those windows remain intact. |
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