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Annual Member Meeting
Thursday,
Feb. 11, 2010 at 6 p.m.
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Historic houses offered for restoration
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Museum open Saturday,
Feb. 27, 2010
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BRI hosts
new exhibit:
"Hinkle Sandstone Company": History of one
Hinkle brother's sandstone mining company in Monroe County
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New "old" house for sale in
Stinesville
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Annual Member
Meeting on Thursday, February 11, 2010
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Bloomington Restorations, Inc. will hold its annual member
meeting on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at the Fountain Square Ballroom
starting at 6 p.m.
Download the member invitation
here.
This year's key-note lecture is entitled "Corn-Fed Modern" by Barrett
Crites, a prominent blogger on the national Mid Century Modern scene. He
authors
AtomicIndy.com, which ranked top-five of Indiana's Top 50 Blogs
contest in 2009. Known as "Baz Mcm," he will take us on a guided tour of
Mid Century Modernism, from its early inception on to the strong
resurgence we're seeing on today's pop culture. Along the way we'll
pause to pay tribute to Indiana's notable contributions to the modernist
landscape.
Please note that there's been a change to our annual meeting! This
year's meeting and lecture is brought to you by the BRI Board of
Directors and is FREE for all current members. To join BRI, just click
here.
Festivities start with a wine reception at 6 p.m. Membership meeting
follows at 6:45 p.m. with the keynote lecture at 7:15 p.m. Please join
us for a wonderful evening!
Please RSVP by Monday, February 8, by phone (336-0909) or by email (sue@bloomingtonrestorations.org).
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Historic
houses offered for restoration
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1409
S. Rogers, Bloomington
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9030 W. S.R. 48, Bloomington
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Looking for a project? Want an old house with great character?
Then BRI has a home for you. BRI stepped in to preserve these houses, and is
offering them for sale to buyers who will agree to restore and maintain them. The house at
1409 South Rogers is $115,900 and has already been restored. The home at
9030 West State Road 48 is $74,900 and needs restoration. For more information on
these and other old houses, click on the Historic
Properties for Sale: Endangered Historic Properties Program link. Or
call Steve Wyatt at 336-0909.
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Farmstead Museum open Sat., Jan. 30, 2010
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The Hinkle-Garton Farmstead Museum will hold its monthly
open house on Saturday, February 27, 2010, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
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BRI presents a new exhibit entitled
“Hinkle Sandstone Company.” It is based on a recently processed
collection at the site. Started in 1953 by John H. Hinkle, younger
brother of Daisy Hinkle Garton, the little-known company quarried and
milled sandstone for twenty years in a region better known for its
limestone. Photos and original documents help tell the story of a
business gone, but no longer forgotten. The exhibit is free and will be open to the public during the
Farmstead's monthly open house.
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New "old" house for sale in Stinesville
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BRI is building a new "old" house in Stinesville as part
of its affordable housing program. Click
here for details about
this wonderful new home. |
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Read more about Bloomington Restorations, Inc.
BRI Newsletter, download
here
BRI's 33rd Annual Tour of Homes
was Oct. 24 and 25 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The tour featured bungalows of the Bryan Park
neighborhood. To see the Tour of Homes Program Guide, download
here.
Want to read more about green building and historical preservation?
Living on Earth with Steve Curwood
is the weekly environmental news and information program distributed
by Public Radio International. Recently, the show aired an interview
with a California homeowner who's made his Craftsman home
so energy-efficient it's platinum LEED certified:
"David
Gottfried believes that green is beautiful and he has renovated his
house to prove it. His 1915 Craftsman home in Berkeley, California
is so energy efficient that it has received the highest U.S.
building rating for a reconstructed building - a platinum LEED
certification. Reporter Lonny Shavelson went to visit this
environmental Eden to see if there are eco-lessons for the average
homeowner."
Click
here to hear the interview in its entirety and learn about the
best methods to make all our homes Earth-friendly and
energy-efficient.
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