FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Ellen K. Wheeler, (585) 279-7490, ext. 15
Director of Development & Public Relations
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
Rochester Area Community Foundation and Susan B. Anthony House to re-open the front entrance to the National Historic Landmark
Rochester, NY—Join us at the Susan B. Anthony House this Thursday, December 17, at 4:15 p.m. as we open Miss Anthony’s front door for visitors once again. For the last two months, visitors have entered the National Historic Landmark through the back door into the kitchen while historic restoration was underway on the front porch and steps. Anthony House Board Chair, Clay Arnold, Esq. and Executive Director, Deborah Hughes, will be joined by Rochester Area Community Foundation President, Jennifer Leonard, and Vice President, Community Programs, Edward Doherty for the ribbon-cutting ceremony that will officially re-open the entrance where Susan and Mary Anthony greeted their friends and guests for over 40 years. The funding for the porch restoration was provided by the Historic Preservation Funds of the Rochester Area Community Foundation.
Deborah Hughes, executive director of the Susan B. Anthony House, said, “We are exceptionally grateful to the Community Foundation for its support of this restoration project and very pleased to welcome our visitors through the front porch once again. Although historic restoration of the House is an ongoing project and will take several more years before it is fully completed,” Hughes continued, “it was particularly important to us in 2009, the 150th anniversary of the House itself at #17 Madison Street, to restore its main portal and most photographed face.”
The brief ceremony and ribbon-cutting will take place at the front of the Susan B. Anthony House at 17 Madison Street. For more information, please call 585-279-7490, ext. 15.
Mission Statement (adopted 1/2007): The Susan B. Anthony House is a learning center through which we share and interpret Miss Anthony’s life as a champion of women’s rights, thereby inspiring and challenging individuals to make a positive difference in their lives and communities.
The Susan B. Anthony House is supported primarily through the contributions of its members and donors. The Susan B. Anthony House is not affiliated with other organizations bearing her name.
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