Santiam Heritage Foundation

Supporting Historic Preservation and Architectural Integrity

for Community Enhancement and Cultural Use

The Historic

Charles and Martha Brown House

The Historic Charles Brown house, ca 1903.

425 North First Avenue

Stayton

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OSU Day of Community Service

to Benefit the Brown House

Join fellow Beavers and other friends of the Brown House for the OSU Alumni Day of Community Service on Saturday, May 19 between 9 and noon at the house. Volunteers are needed for inside and outside tasks -- volunteers will be able to choose where they wish to work. Dress for the weather and bring your own work gloves. Tools will be provided for yard work and inside activities. Please preregister by May 12 by calling Diana Maul at 503-743-2639 or emailing her at dianamaul@lifetime.oregonstate.edu. A delicous lunch will be provided as well as shockingly orange OSU t-shirts.

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Gorgeous Gardens Featured

in 13th Annual Garden Tour

Please join the Foundation in celebrating some great area gardens as we sponsor the thirteenth annual garden tour, ‘Town & Country Gardens’ on Sunday, June 24 between noon and 5 p.m. Eight beautiful gardens in Stayton and Linn County will be featured. Proceeds will benefit restoration.

Tickets go on sale May 18 at The Bird & Hat Inn and Jensen-Kreitzer Family Clothing in downtown Stayton. Still only $10.

Tickets may also be purchased the day of the tour at The Bird & Hat Inn at 717 North Third Avenue between noon and 4 p.m. where refreshments will be served.

Visitors will enjoy a scenic drive in the country to see four gardens as well as visiting four more gardens in town. This year gardens feature ponds, terraces, flowers and vegetables, orchards, arboreta, and innovative measures to protect gardens from wildlife.

For further information: 503.769.8860

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SHF Ends the Year on a High Note

With Generous Grants and Donations

Many thanks for the significant individual donations, membership renewals and lifetime memberships received by the Foundation at the end of 2011. These donations helped end the Foundation's year on a very positive note. Every donation brings this project closer to the finish line!

Stayton Cooperative Telephone Company, NORPAC Foods, The Kinsman Foundation and Pacific Power Foundation have again contributed much needed funding to the Brown House Restoration Project.

Community volunteers and supporters of Santiam Heritage Foundation continue to make significant progress restoring and adapting the National Historic Register landmark for community uses.

Work parties were held during the summer and autumn during which stalwart volunteers removed wallpaper and the yard was spiffed up with weeding, planting of small shrubs in front of the house, and bark dust. The original south porch stairs are currently being replicated and now that the house has a new furnace, inside work can continue this winter more comfortably. Most recently, some of the plumbing was upgraded.
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Planning Begins for the Kitchen

Lots of work and expense are left to prepare the house for eventual community uses. Especially daunting financially is the need to build a modern warming kitchen. A committee, advised by a noted local architectural drafts person is working to plan this part of the modern adaptation of the house that complies with health and safety codes while maintaining the historic character of the house.

Please consider the Santiam Heritage Foundation in your end-of-year cultural giving. Match all your cultural giving with an equal amount to the Oregon Cultural Trust for a tax credit on your Oregon taxes and a federal tax deduction. Your money works three ways!

See Oregon Cultural Trust at www.culturaltrust.org

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How can you help?

You can support the Brown House through your contribution, your purchase of one of our fundraising items, or by getting involved. Join a work party, donate services or materials, or make a tax-deductible donation. There's lots to do and we appreciate all contributions, large and small. See how you can help.