Broadmoor Garden Club Grant!
Thanks to a grant from the Broadmoor Garden Club and labor provided by the After Hours Garden Club and the Front Range Herb Society, we will be planting a multitude…
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With the help of Murphy Constructors, we began the repair of the cellar collapse and reinforcement of the North Foundation wall. Work had to be done when the air conditioner…
DetailsCellar Repair – the need
The collapse of what was probably the old coal chute in McAllister’s cellar! The cellar at McAllister House Museum is not open to the public but holds our furnace and…
DetailsLightning – the gift that keeps on giving….
Looks as though the automatic sprinkler system also was fried when the lightning hit. Our first clue was how dry and brown the grass has gotten in the last week.
Lightning Strike
On Saturday, July 9, 2011 very shortly after the museum closed, lightning hit the metal rod on the roof bracing the chimney and spread through the house and into the…
Details2011 Ice Cream Social and 50th Anniversary Party
http://www.gazette.com/articles/boarding-120418-stratton-living.html See the article in the Gazette about our Ice Cream Social on June 25th. Hopefully you were there but if not, there will be another one next year, although…
DetailsGarden Clubs Help McAllister with new Drip System!!
Thanks to a grant from the Kissing Camels Garden Club for all the material and thanks to labor provided by the After Hours Garden Club, McAllister House Museum is getting…
DetailsNational Trust for Historic Preservation lists Colorado Springs as a 2011 Distinctive Destination
Colorado Springs has been selected as a 2011 Distinctive Destination by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. “This award recognizes our dynamic heritage, cultural diversity and strong commitment to historic…
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