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WARD REPORTS WARD 2 REPORT EVANS PROMISES CASTLE HELP: Councilman Jack Evans, D-Ward 2, has pledged to secure $500,000 in taxpayer funding from the District's fiscal 2007 budget to help the historic Brewmaster's Castle remain open for public tours. The money, which would become available after Oct. 1 if approved by the council and the mayor, would provide about a third of the $1.75 million that Heurich House Foundation Chairman Mark G. Griffin says is needed by December to "reduce interest costs so the site can be fully self-supporting." More than $100,000 was donated by nearly 2,000 persons within six weeks to help the foundation save the 19th century Victorian mansion from foreclosure and sale. The foundation expects to refinance the $5.5 million mortgage on the New Hampshire Avenue NW mansion, which was the home of German-immigrant brewer Christian Heurich. Publicity about the castle's plight also brought anonymous donations totaling more than $100,000 for roof and structural repairs, and attracted new docents to allow expansion of tours from two days to five days a week. More information about the Brewmaster’s Castle can be found at www.brewmasterscastle.com |
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