Christ Church Preservation Trust

RESTORATION OF CHRIST CHURCH TOWER & STEEPLE

HISTORIC BLACK LIVES MATTER: TELLING THE TRUST ABOUT CHRIST CHURCH AND RACE AT THE FOUNDING [ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND ARTICLES OVER THE PAST DECADES TO CREATE A MORE COMPLETE PICTURE OF HOW AFRICAN-DESCENT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE EARLY RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN PHILADELPHIA, MUCH INFORMATION HAS BEEN UNAVAILABLE, OVERLOOKED OR IGNORED. THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO CORRECT THAT, STARTING WITH THE COLONIAL AND EARLY REPUBLIC PERIOD, AND BRINGING THAT INFORMATION FIRMLY INTO THE PRESENT.] [PURPOSE:?IMPLEMENTATION OF ARCHIVAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS ADDRESSING THE INVOLVEMENT OF PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT IN THE COLONIAL AND EARLY REPUBLIC HISTORY OF CHRIST CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: RESEARCH IN CONGREGATIONAL ARCHIVES, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK MEETINGS, DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS, AND THE CREATION OF EXHIBITIONS AT CHRIST CHURCH BASED ON THE ARCHIVAL RESEARCH. EXPECTED OUTCOMES:?IMPLEMENTATION OF RESEARCH AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS, AND RETENTION OF THE POSITIONS OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, ARCHIVIST, ASSISTANT ARCHIVIST, GRADUATE FELLOW, AND A CONSULTANT TO FACILITATE THE COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: VISITORS TO CHRIST CHURCH, TOURISTS, RESIDENTS OF PHILADELPHIA.     SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES:?THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO ISSUE SUBAWARDS.]

THE CHRIST CHURCH BURIAL GROUND IS A COLONIAL AND REVOLUTION ERA GRAVEYARD WITH 1,400 MARKERS OF MANY AMERICAN EARLY LEADERS, PROMINENT LAWYERS, MEDICAL PIONEERS, AND MILITARY HEROES THIS GRANT WILL FUND REPAIRS TO THE BRICKWORK, BRONZE FENCE, AND HEADSTONES AND MONUMENTS THE APPLICANT WILL PROVIDE 280,568 IN MATCHING FUNDS

"THE CHRIST CHURCH PRESERVATION TRUST WILL ENGAGE PROFESSIONAL CONSERVATORS TO TREAT FOUR ITEMS IN ITS HISTORIC COLLECTION THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS FRAGILE THROUGH PREVIOUS COLLECTION ASSESSMENT. IDENTIFIED ITEMS INCLUDE THE VESTRY MINUTES FROM 1845-1866; THE REV. BENJAMIN DORR'S TRAVEL JOURNAL IN THE EARLY MID-19TH CENTURY; AND TWO FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS-A LEDGER COVERING THE YEARS 1836-1895, AND A JOURNAL FROM 1836-1862. THE MUSEUM HAS BEEN URGED TO PROVIDE TREATMENT BEFORE ANY FURTHER HANDLING OR EXHIBITION OF THE ITEMS. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE RESTORATION OF TWO KEY ARTIFACTS FROM THE COLLECTION-A HIGHLY DETAILED MODEL OF THE CHURCH MADE IN 1866 AND AN 18TH-CENTURY BIER. THE MUSEUM'S ARCHIVES ARE ACCESSED BY OVER 3,300 RESEARCHERS ANNUALLY, FROM ESTABLISHED HISTORIANS TO STUDENTS WORKING ON DISSERTATIONS, TO AMATEUR GENEALOGISTS. CONSERVATION OF THE DOCUMENTS WILL ENSURE THEIR PRESERVATION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF RESEARCHERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE MUSEUM WILL ORGANIZE AN EXHIBITION ABOUT THE CONSERVATION IN THE SPRING OF 2018."

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

TO CREATE AN AUDIO TOUR ENTITLED, INDEPENDENCE RESTS HERE, THAT FEATURES MEN AND WOMAN WHO VALIANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR EFFORT AND ARE BURIED AT THE CHRIST CHURCH BURIAL GROUND.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRESENTATION OF A SITE-SPECIFIC MULTIDISCIPLINARY WORK ON THE CAMPUS OF CHRIST CHURCH.

PRESERVATION ASSESSMENT FOR CHRIST CHURCH

CONSERVATION PROGRAM