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April showers will soon taper off and the warmth of May is in sight. You can shake off winters chill, help raise money for a local charity and get a history lesson by taking a home or garden tour in your area.
Take note: Some of the tours listed below are on foot, while others involve driving. Check the organizers Web site for more information .
April
Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage: Prince Georges County This home and garden tour will raise funds for the Prince Georges County Historical Society and an effort to create signs for the historic sites of Upper Marlboro. April 26, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 410-821-6933. http://www.mhgp.org. $30 in advance, $35 the day of the tour.
Historic Garden Week: Old Town Alexandria Co-hosted by the Hunting Creek Garden Club and the Garden Club of Alexandria, this walking tour includes homes from the late 18th and early 19th centuries on South Lee and Duke Streets. April 26, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 804-644-7776. http://www.vagardenweek.org. $35 in advance, $40 the day of the tour.
Historic Garden Week: Clarke County-Winchester This tour features four homes in Millwood and White Post. It is co-hosted by the Winchester-Clarke Garden Club and the Little Garden Club of Winchester. April 26, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and April 27, 1-5 p.m. 804-644-7776. http://www.vagardenweek.org. $25 in advance, $30 the day of the tour.
Historic Garden Week: Middleburg and Upperville Of the five historic properties featured on this tour, two predate the Civil War. The tour is co-hosted by the Leesburg Garden Club and the Fauquier-Loudoun Garden Club. April 27, 1-5 p.m. and April 28, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 804-644-7776. http://www.vagardenweek.org. $35 in advance, $40 the day of the tour.
Historic Garden Week: Fairfax County-Historic Vienna Hosted by the Garden Club of Fairfax, this tour covers four homes and gardens in Viennas oldest neighborhood, Ayr Hill, and Meadowlark Botanical Gardens. April 29, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 804-644-7776. http://www.vagardenweek.org. $25 in advance, $30 the day of the tour.
Takoma Park House and Garden Tour Takoma Parks 41st annual tour, titled Spirit of Holly Avenue, will showcase homes between Eastern and Philadelphia avenues that reflect the evolution of Takoma Park from the 1880s through post-World War II. May 4, 1-5 pm. 240-393-6060. http://www.historictakoma.org. $18 in advance, $20 the day of the tour.
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MANILA, PhilippinesNow, we are all home.
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle on Wednesday welcomed back thousands of parishioners and devotees and a host of special guests and VIPs to the storied Manila Cathedral, resplendent with its glimmering lights, shiny marbles and fresh paint, after two years of massive repair work and restoration.
In his homily at the concelebrated Holy Mass to mark the reopening of the cathedral, Tagle stressed that the basilica, which has been repeatedly destroyed by earthquake and fire in its colorful history spanning four centuries, continued to rise because of the peoples generosity and expertise.
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We cannot reconstruct, rebuild and strengthen the church without generosity of the spirit, he told the guests, which included President Aquino and his sisters Kris Aquino, Ballsy Aquino-Cruz and Viel Aquino Dee, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada and wife Loi Ejercito and Senate President Franklin Drilon.
Tagle also thanked those who lent their expertise in rebuilding and restoring the 16th-century cathedral and the nameless people whom he had encountered on the street, giving him their share of donation as small as P50 just to help in the reconstruction of the church.
The cathedral was closed to the public starting Feb. 7, 2012, to make way for the work that took more than two years. The cathedrals origin date back to the 16th century. The endeavor, the first to be made on the structure since 1958, cost roughly P120 million.
In an assessment made two years ago, cracks were noted on key sections of the basilica, which compromised its structural integrity. It also revealed that some of its columns and beams did not meet the standards set by the 2010 National Structural Code of the Philippines.
It just dawned on me that I took canonical possession of the Archdiocese of Manila on Dec. 12, 2011, and one of my first decisions as a new archbishop was to close my cathedral, he said, drawing laughter from the churchgoers.
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Ceiling murals in the Rose Room have sustained water damage at Korner's Folley in Kernersville. (Andrew Dye/Journal)
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. Korners Folly has long been a Kernersville landmark, but now when folks drive by the historic home, they may notice a few things that seem out of place.
Blue tarps cover sections of the roof signs of a brutal winter and an aging home in need of repairs.
The Korners Folly Foundation has worked steadily over the past few years to raise $500,000 for an exterior restoration project to stabilize the home and return the roof to its original appearance. But frequent winter storms over the past few months upped the stakes, as foundation Executive Director Dale Pennington describes it.
Its really put a lot of extra stress and wear and tear on the house, she said.
The foundation is about 90 percent to its fundraising goal and hopes to raise the last $50,000 by April 15 so roof restoration can begin by May 1. The Foundation has already worked on porch renovations and foundation stabilization.
This is an important moment in the history of Korners Folly, Duane Long, a foundation board member, said in a statement. We are closing in on a critical deadline related to the roof restoration needs.
Weve had great success from everybody around our community in giving. Its just going to take a little more, said Chris Thompson, president of the foundation board.
Pennington said an anonymous donor kick-started the fundraising in 2012 with a $150,000 matching gift.
Because of things that have been worsened with this winters weather, we really dont want to go through another winter before this roof is replaced, Pennington said.
VOL. 129 | NO. 68 | Tuesday, April 08, 2014
The historic James Lee house in Victorian Village is days away from a grand opening celebration, the culmination of a restoration several years in the making that has turned the property once home to the Memphis College of Art into a bed-and-breakfast inn.
One of the many features in the newly renovated James Lee House is this 114-year-old Steinway piano that sits in the bed-and-breakfast inns living room.
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The property, which includes five suites, has been in a soft opening period and has already welcomed visitors whove booked suites in the 166-year-old mansion at 690 Adams Ave. A grand opening has been set for April 17 at 10 a.m., and looking ahead to the date, project partner Jose Velazquez still looks at the results of the transformation with a mixture of near-disbelief and elation.
The public has responded in kind, with bookings already popping up online as far into the year as September.
My first reaction is, Oh my gosh, I cant believe this actually happened, Velazquez said. To see it back to its original splendor, to be a home again with a family living here and also open to the public so individuals can come in and enjoy this piece of Memphis heritage is quite extraordinary.
This could not have been done without the financial support of J.W. Gibson and Kathy Buckman. Theyre our partners, and they made it happen. And we were surrounded by a great contractor who could do this job and do it in a timely manner, and a team of subcontractors that made it happen. Also a great architect. Thats what it took, a whole community coming together and believing that this was important for the city.
The Memphis College of Art was housed in the home until the college moved to Overton Park in 1959. Since then, the home had sat vacant and deteriorating.
The home was built in 1841 as a two-story, four-room home. It was once the home of riverboat tycoon James Lee, as well as the site of an art school that was a forerunner of the Memphis College of Art.
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Carlos Cobos of Hyattsville primes new siding Thursday where a wing was removed during renovation of the historic house in Warner Circle Park in Kensington.
A historic mansion in the heart of Kensington is making progress on its long road to restoration.
A major project to restore the Brainard Warner house on Carroll Place, which dates to 1891, began last year, and work on the exterior of the building is almost complete.
The first step was removing wings that were added to the house in the 1960s, when it was used as a nursing home. Montgomery Parks also is reconstructing a porch and terrace that used to be on the back of the house, said Julie Mueller, the projects cultural resources manager. An oval-shaped driveway for carriages and cars to travel between the mansion, the carriage house on the property and the road also is being restored, she said.
The Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission bought the property in 2005 for $6.4 million using funds from the countys Legacy Open Space program and is planning to spend about $5 million renovating it, The Gazette previously reported. Much of the funding for the renovation is coming from state bond bills. The work done so far has cost $700,000, Mueller said.
Workers are finishing the walls to close off the spaces where the wings were removed, which Mueller hopes will be finished by the end of April. They also are waiting on doors and windows to be delivered from the manufacturer. Once those arrive, the installation wont take long, she said.
Right now, we are planning sort of a ribbon-cutting event with the Kensington Historical Society for May 17, Mueller said, to be held jointly with the societys annual garden party.
Roof repairs are planned for this summer or earlier on both the main house and a carriage house on the property, Mueller said.
After that, were out of funding for a while, she said.
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VICTORVILLE Sounds of power tools and hammers interrupted a small neighborhoods solitude as roughly a dozen Home Depot employees and veterans came together to help retired U.S. Air Force veteran Ralph Quintana add on to his home.
Quintana, who served two combat tours in Vietnam, said the new facility on his home will serve multiple functions, including physical and occupational therapy and a meeting room for veterans, Vietnam support groups and Disabled American Veterans (DAV) meetings.
We appreciate everything, Quintana said. It brings tears to our eyes.
Quintana was nominated for the restoration project by DAV Commander Richard Valdez.
The nomination process, which took approximately three months to complete, resulted in the Home Depot Foundation selecting Quintana.
With the help of volunteers from DAV Chapter 92 and Home Depot, Quintanas new addition is nearly complete.
Victorville Home Depot cashier Malcolm Dohi went to Quintanas home Friday to help build the add-on facility, which will be finished sometime next week. He added that he has traveled all across the High Desert to work on similar projects.
Were always helping veterans, said Dohi. Its nice to help out people. It does make you feel good that youre doing good for the community.
Some of the volunteers in attendance were Ernest Bockhorn, Gene Hendrix and Harvey de La Torre.
Les Nichols, who was also one of the DAV members in attendance, said there is always a need to help disabled veterans.
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When Lyons resident Mike Clark responds to questions about the damage to his home during the September flood, he starts by counting his blessings and then quickly shifts the focus to his home-away-from-home, the St. Vrain River.
Clark has been fly-fishing for more than 36 years and owns South Creek Ltd., a fly-fishing shop on Main Street that specializes in bamboo rods. The shop, the people and the river are why Clark calls Lyons home, and he has never seen them in such disarray.
If you go
What: Big Mountain Enduro Pre-Season Party
When: Saturday, group rides begin at 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; the benefit begins at 4 p.m.; live music starts at 8:30 p.m.
Where: Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons
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