SACKETS HARBOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY
EIN 16-1060548 · Arts, Culture & Humanities (A82Z)
What they do
A SUBSTANTIAL PART of OUR WORK IN PERFORMANCE of OUR MISSION is THE ACTUAL PRESERVATION of HISTORIC BUILDINGS. OVER THE YEARS, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS ACQUIRED THREE HISTORIC BUILDINGS THAT WERE THREATENED WITH DESTRUCTION or SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE to THEIR HISTORIC FEATURES. WE WERE ABLE to REHABILITATE TWO of THESE BUILDINGS (1837 BANK BUILDING and 1808 SAMUEL HOOKER HOUSE) THROUGH STATE and LOCAL GRANTS, AS WELL AS DONATIONS of MONEY, MATERIALS and LABOR FROM INDIVIDUALS and BUSINESSES. PARTS of BOTH BUILDINGS ARE USED for NON-PROFIT ACTIVITIES. WE ALSO HAVE ACQUIRED A THIRD BUILDING (1823 FORMER EPISCOPAL CHURCH), for WHICH WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED ANOTHER STATE GRANT and ARE DOING A FUNDRAISING EFFORT to MATCH THAT GRANT.THE BEST WAY to PRESERVE HISTORIC BUILDINGS is to HAVE THEM ACTIVELY USED. MAINTENANCE and UP-KEEP of HISTORIC BUILDINGS is VERY EXPENSIVE. IT CAN BE A HUGE DRAIN ON THE RESOURCES of OUR SMALL ORGANIZATION and COMMUNITY. WE ARE ABLE to RENT OUT A PORTION of THE BANK BU
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1976
- Location
- 107 W MAIN ST, SACKETS HBR, NY 13685-9998
- County
- Jefferson
- In care of
- DAVID ALTIERI