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Root Cellar Preserves     
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Preservation projects
we have supported...
Root Cellar, LLC is proud to
support of its first community effort, The Draper House project. |
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The Draper House was built in 1724 by the family of John
Draper, making it the oldest home in Dover Massachusetts. It has
been under the threat of demolition, and the Town of Dover is looking to
raise funds to move the building to Dover’s town common. The proposed
move will preserve the building and make it available for community
affairs. The move is expected to cost upwards of $250,000 of private
contributions.
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By preserving the structure, the Town of Dover will also
preserve its historical heritage and local New England character. Root
Cellar Preserves is proud to support Dover’s local community
preservation efforts. |
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Root Cellar, LLC announces support of the John B. Wakeman
Farmstead in Little
Falls, NY. |
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The John B. Wakeman farmstead, built in 1828, is a private effort to preserve an abandoned
early American farmstead. The house and its 'out' buildings had been
unoccupied for many years and in dire need of immediate restoration to
the roof and structures. Root Cellar Preserves is proud to contribute to
John B. Wakeman farmstead's rescue effort by donating resources to stem
the gradually decay that has occurred over the past decades, and to bring
the farmstead back to its original character. |
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Perched atop the Mohawk
Valley, the Wakeman farmstead is historically significant for its unique citing. Its panoramic views up and down the valley overlook the lands of
revolutionary war skirmishes, Indian raids and the gateway to the
Western frontier. The farmstead's elaborate center stack fireplace
system with an open hearth, baking oven and a built in cast iron caldron
was unique and innovative for rural America. Today, the Wakeman farmstead is becoming a symbol of yesterday's rural prosperity and the
rich cultural history of New York's Erie Canal country. |
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Root Cellar, LLC announces
its support for the Dadmun-McNamara House in Wellesley, MA. |
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The Dadmun-McNamara House is
a classic 1824 center hall colonial homestead. Moved to its present
location in 1965, the structure is a classic example of the prosperity
and architecture of the Early Republic era. Root Cellar
preserves contributed to the general maintenance and preservation of the
structure and grounds for future generations to appreciate the
craftsmanship and lifestyle of that post colonial era of the American
experience. |
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