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Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund Grant

Anthony museum wins $24,000 state grant

Posted: 05/20/2009 01:59:29 AM EDTADAMS -- The Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum will receive $24,000 for restoration of the historic homestead from the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund, which has announced a state investment of $12.9 million in the creative economy infrastructure.

Earmarked for nonprofit organizations that increase tourism, create new jobs and expand cultural activities, the grant was supported by State Rep. Daniel Bosley, D-North Adams, who said, "This grant demonstrates the importance of preserving Susan B. Anthony's birthplace in the town of Adams and her contribution to women's history. It also signifies Mass Cultural Council's recognition of the hard work committed to this important cause by the Birthplace Museum volunteers, employees and Board of Directors."

The museum is undergoing preservation and reconstruction in phase three of a development process geared to a late July opening.

"The grant allows us to complete the first floor restoration, particularly to rebuild the walk-in hearth essential to the Quaker kitchen in the Anthony home," Carol Crossed, founder of the museum and president of the board of trustees, said in the news release. "Visitors will be able to feel the presence of Susan B. Anthony as a six year old in the Adams house built by her father. What better way for the Adams community to honor her?"

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Executive Director Hired
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CONTACT: Lorraine Robinson
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The Board of Directors of the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum in Adams, MA has announced the appointment of Martha Dailey as executive director of the historic house scheduled for a late summer opening. The house is located at 67 East Road and is undergoing restoration in phase three of five planning stages.

Dailey has been director of the 1750 Bidwell House Museum in Monterey, MA for the past five years.  She taught history at Mount Greylock Regional High School and was an adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico and Southern Vermont College. Her museum experience includes internships at the Navajo Tribal Museum, in Window Rock, AZ and Iroquois Office of the New York State Museum in Albany, NY. Dailey has been historic site manager at the Susan B. Anthony birthplace and will be working full time as director in June.The Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum was organized as a non-profit in 2007.

Its mission is to preserve the house and memorialize the formative years of Anthony who was born in the front room in 1820. The wide-ranging legacy of Anthony as a pioneer in the movement for women’s suffrage, abolitionism, pro-life and temperance movements of the 19th century will be the theme of exhibits planned for the house.“I have been impressed by the energy and commitment of the founder of the museum who purchased the house in 2006,” said Dailey.  “Carol Crossed is now president of the board and has methodically moved the restoration efforts to replicate its 1818 origins. Susan B. Anthony’s father, Daniel, built the home for his family and instilled his children with Quaker values.”Dailey received a PhD in American Studies from the University of New Mexico and holds two masters degrees from the University of Massachusetts and MCLA.  She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the College of St. Rose in Albany NY. She was honored on two occasions by the US Department of Education at White House ceremonies as a Distinguished Teacher from Massachusetts and received three Fulbright fellowships.  Upon her retirement from teaching she worked at C-Span in Washington, DC on the presidential series for the nation’s schools and has researched and written individual life histories.
Anthony Museum awarded $10,000
North Adams Transcript staff
Posted: 04/04/2009 12:30:51 AM EDT

ADAMS -- The Adams Historical Society is contributing $10,000 to the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum at 67 East Road.

Jack Tarsa, vice president of the society will present a check to Carol Crossed, representing the board of directors of the museum, on Friday, April 3.

Crossed purchased the historic home in 2006. Preservation has proceeded through two phases from foundation to roof top. "This donation comes just in time for the restoration of the first floor museum exhibit space," Crossed said. "We are overwhelmed by the generosity of the Adams Historical Society."

The museum received its tax-exempt status in 2008 and operates under a 10-year lease agreement with a museum board of directors.

According to local historian and President of the Adams Historical Society, Eugene Michalenko, part of the society's mandate is to encourage the preservation of historic buildings, monuments and markers.

"The Anthony homestead is not only a critical piece of Adams heritage," Michalenko said. "It is of national significance." The house is on the National Register of Historic Places that was built in 1818 by Susan B. Anthony's father, Daniel.

The Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum held an open house on February 15, the date of her birth in 1820, to share progress to date with the public toward the "Making of a Museum."

More than 250 local and area visitors came to see the museum before the final two phases of construction.

Restoration will continue through the summer toward an opening projected for Susan B. Anthony Days in August. Paint sampling and analysis has been conducted by a Rhode Island firm, and the architectural firm of Westall Architects has conducted early 19th century research at Historic Deerfield and other early 19th century communities toward authenticity of the restoration.

The Adams Historical Society collects, preserves and promulgates the history of Adams. The society collects memorabilia to illustrate the history of the area from its earliest roots.

The Adams Historical Society has published a newsletter for 30 years on topics of local history. It has conducted walking tours of the Maple Street Cemetery, Park Street, Summer Street and guided tours of five current or former churches in town.

It manages and staffs the East Hoosuck Friends Meeting House that was attended by the Anthony family. The society opens the Meeting House every Sunday from July to October.

For more information about the Adams Historical Society, visit www.adamshistorical.org.

Click here to watch a video from our Open House courtesy of iBerkshires

The historic  birthplace of Susan B. Anthony in Adams, MA, will be the site for an Open House to celebrate the suffragist's birthday on Sunday, February 15, from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. Located at 67 East Road, the Federal style home was built by Anthony's father, Daniel, in 1818 and his famous daughter was born there two years later. The house has been on the National Register of Historic Places for 24 years; the dream of making the house into a museum has persisted since 1910.
 
Carol  Crossed purchased the home in 2006, on the celebrated 100th anniversary of  Susan B. Anthony's death.  Crossed announced that two phases of renovation and preservation were completed in 2008.  "This is a rare opportunity for the public to walk through the house and enter the dream of making it into a museum," she said. " We have a new roof, a state of the art heating system and site stabilization. The second floor is a modern space for an office and storage. Guests will have an opportunity to register as friends and supporters of the museum and to offer written suggestions."
 
The Board of Directors launched the third phase of restoration by retaining the Williamstown firm of Westall Architects in January of 2009. The first floor of the house will be dedicated to memorializing the quest for Anthony's holistic view of human rights that will include slaves, the unborn, and women. The formative first seven years of Susan's life were lived in this house in a Quaker setting which instructed girls in the same fashion as boys. At least eleven area farm girls boarded with the Anthonys while working in her father's whole cloth textile mill, powered by a waterwheel  on nearby Tophet Brook, part of the Hoosac River Watershed.
 
The plans for the museum will highlight the familial and regional influences which shaped Miss Anthony's early life. In addition to professional building assessments and environmental impact studies, the development of the museum includes cooperation with the Adams Historical Association and has employed textile and women's studies historians. The event is free and open to the public.  Refreshments will be served.

Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820 in the town of Adams, Massachusetts. Her birthplace, built in 1818, stands as an important symbol of the Women's Suffrage movement in the United States. While this federal styled home has had many different owners in the past, it still remains an important landmark in the town of Adams.

On August 5, 2006 the 1,566-square-foot home was purchased by Carol Crossed. While plans for the home are being discussed, one thing is certain: the use for the house will reflect the values and history of Susan B. Anthony.

We invite you to spend some time on our site, reviewing the improvements made to the home, upcoming events and learning more about the Mother of the Women's Suffrage Movement.
Photo of Susan B. Anthony courtesy of The United States Library of Congress