Historic Furnishings Report Sections A Through E

Author : Katherine B. Menz
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265827772
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (277 download)

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Download or read book Historic Furnishings Report written by Katherine B. Menz and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historic Furnishings Report: Washington's Headquarters, Valley Forge National Historic Park Furnishing Gen. George Washington's Valley Forge Headquarters has been a project of community interest since the turn of the century. The Centennial Association of Valley Forge, formed in 1877, became the Centennial and Memorial Association of Valley Forge in 1878. The following year they pur chased the headquarters building. In 1885 the patriotic order, Sons of America, helped the association raise the money to erase the mortgage debt on the house. In 1900 the Valley Forge Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (dar) applied to the association for permission to furnish one of the second floor bedrooms, which later became known as George Washington's bedroom. In 1902 and 1903 the Valley Forge Chapter furnished two more rooms. At the same time the Chester County Chapter furnished a second floor room, and in the Merion Chapter furnished an attic room. In 1905 the Valley Forge Park Commission assumed administration from the Centennial and Memorial Association. The park commission continued to work with the dar, and additional furnishings were purchased for the headquarters building. In 1912 a trust fund was created from funds left by the Centennial and Memorial Association for interior restoration. This project was completed in 1916 in cooperation with the dar. Furnishings were acquired at that time from John Wanamaker and Alfred Lewis Ward, whose decorators supervised the project. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.