{"id":6157,"date":"2021-07-30T16:09:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T16:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/?p=6157"},"modified":"2021-07-30T16:09:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T16:09:21","slug":"friday-roundup-winchester-receives-a-grant-and-old-john-kerr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/?p=6157","title":{"rendered":"Friday Roundup: Winchester Receives a Grant and Old John Kerr"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Winchester is the recipient of a $25,000 Virginia Main Street Grant<\/a> for a comprehensive revitalization project of East Piccadilly Street between the George Washington Hotel and the pedestrian mall. The project is stated to encompass 12 fa\u00e7ade improvements, 16 community-designed parklets, and a large exterior mural. This stretch of Piccadilly has been one of our highlights in the daily image caption project on social media due to the business history contained in this block. We’re looking forward to seeing these predominantly late 1800s commercial buildings get the same love and attention as their neighbors on the Loudoun Street Mall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We were delighted to be gifted a few more prints of the first John Kerr School by Christy Broy at the MSV. One mounted on matboard was in PHW’s collection, and we had no idea any more existed. The suspicion is the prints of Bob Woods’ 1975 drawing were made as part of PHW’s efforts to preserve the school in the late 1970s. They were likely in the MSV holdings because Lee Taylor and\/or Julian Glass were using them for PHW projects. (If you know any more details about how these prints came to be, let us know!) We anticipate having them available for purchase later, possibly at the Bough and Dough Shop or through some other venue. In the meantime, you can revisit the history of PHW’s involvement with the old John Kerr School with our Lunch and Learn Lecture “Partners in Preservation: Shenandoah University and PHW<\/a>.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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