Granite Mansion Fund, Inc., documents

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0098-F0180

Staff Only

Content Description

The Granite Mansion Fund, Inc., papers include materials relating to the formation of the organization and its fundraising efforts to save the historic Granite Mansion structure from demolition in 1986.

The materials in the collection include the organizational by-laws, a flyer soliciting donations for preservation funds, financial statements, meeting minutes, a questionnaire surveying the need for facilities for non-profit organizations in the Newark area, correspondence, a copy of a newspaper article about the group, and a draft of an incorporation document.

Dates

Creation: 1986

Creator

Granite Mansion Fund, Inc. (Organization)

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, http://library.udel.edu/spec/askspec/

Biographical / Historical

The Granite Mansion Fund, Inc., was a non-profit grassroots organization formed during the late 1980s with the mission to protect and preserve the historic nineteenth century Granite Mansion house in Newark, Delaware.

Concerned citizens of Newark, Delaware, formed the Granite Mansion Fund, Inc. in response to plans to tear down the historic Granite Mansion house located at 292 West Main Street. The First Presbyterian Church was the owner of the historic structure but could not afford the maintenance costs associated with an old building. The Church permitted outside rescue operations to save the building with the condition that a community group lease the property for non-profit, non-conflicting use. The Granite Mansion Fund, Inc. was formed to realize this goal and worked with the City of Newark to develop a plan for a community-based recovery organization for first-time addicts to lease the building.

Historical information derived from the collection.