where wonder happens Charles Eliot, founder 1891 The Trustees’ Mission

The Trustees of Reservations preserve, for public use and enjoyment, properties of exceptional scenic, historic, and ecological value in .

(Charles Eliot, 1891)

© 2015 The Trustees

6 Properties 1900 From the Mountains to the 116 Properties 2017

Fruitlands Museum

The FARM Institute

Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge Norton Point Beach 125th Anniversary Many celebrations across the State By the Numbers: People

125,000+ Individual Members 50,000+ Households 70% Renewal Rate

236 Regular Staff 190 Full-time/46 Part-time 450 Seasonal Staff

1,300 Volunteers 36,500 Hours annually

Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge, Martha’s Vineyard Protected Lands

70,000+ acres conserved

27,000 acres open for public use

1/2 of MA residents live within 5 miles of Trustees properties

Bartholomew’s Cobble, Sheffield Types of Properties

Natural beaches, woodlands, mountains, campgrounds

Cultural historic homes, gardens, inns, archeological sites

Agricultural farms, community gardens

World’s End, Hingham Protected Seashore

75 miles of coastline

6 beaches open and accessible to the public

Crane Beach, Ipswich Trail Systems

350+ miles of hiking trails

Connected to: Charles River Link Trail Cape Cod Pathways Mid-State Trail New England National Scenic Trail Monoosnoc Trail Tully Trail Southeastern MA Bioreserve

Noon Hill, Medfield Farms & Farmland

5 Farms (4 with CSAs) , Hamilton/Ipswich Powisset Farm, Dover , Hingham Chestnut Hill Farm, Southborough The FARM Institute, Edgartown

56 Community Gardens

500,000+ visitors annually

Powisset Farm, Dover Cultural Sites

14 Historic Homesteads

7 National Historic Landmarks

11 National Register of Historic Places

1 National Natural Landmark

Naumkeag, Stockbridge Cultural Resources

22 designed landscapes

500,000 square feet of buildings

98 Archeology properties

Successful completion of $26 million Cultural Resources Campaign! Welcome Center Why A Welcome Center?

• A Welcome Center is needed to both help • Aprotect Welcome The Center Old Manse is needed and toto provideboth help protect Tbasiche Old amenities Manse and to ourto provide visitors. basic amenities to • ourOur visitors goal is. to evoke the historic • Ourlandscape goal is toand evoke the historicthe historic building landscape cluster and the historicwith a designbuilding team cluster of preservationwith a design team of preservationprofessionals. professionals . •• FundedFunded in in part part by by M Massass C Culturalultural C ouncilCouncil and recommendedand recommended for funding for funding by the by National the EndowmentNational Endowment for the Humanities. for the Humanities. Project Overview

•• ToTo be be thethe scalescale of of the the 18 th18 Centuryth Century barn built at The Mansebarn built in 1770at The and Manse that in 1770served and the house for more thanthat served150 years the house before for bu morerning than down . 150 years before burning down. •• WillWill protect protect the the historic historic house house by by providing a place forproviding visitor aorientation place for visitor while also expanding interpretativeorientation while and also educational expanding opportunities. interpretative and educational • Subjectopportunities. to intensive review and permitting by • federal,Subject tostate intensive and townreview agencies. and permitting by federal, state and town • Committedagencies. to a transparent process through public • presentationsCommitted to a before transparent the processproject enters permitting. through public presentations before the project enters permitting. Project Goals

• Reduce impact on the historic •• ReduceReduce impact impact on on the the historic historic househouse.. house. • Improve the visitor by• providingImprove the visitor experience by • Improve the visitor experience by providing universally accessible universallyproviding universally accessible accessible visitor facilitiesvisitor. facilities. • Increasevisitor facilities. our capacity for humanities• Increase programming our capacity for • Increase our capacity for and interdisciplinary learning. humanities programming and humanities programming and interdisciplinary learning. • Betterinterdisciplinary tell the storieslearning. of the writers,• Better tell the stories of the • revolutionaries,Better tell the stories and of thinkers the writers, who livedwriters, and revolutionaries, worked and revolutionaries, and thinkers who on this iconic site. thinkers who lived and worked on lived and worked on this iconic site. this iconic site. •• EngageEngage more more of of the the estimated estimated 50,000• Engage visitors more whoof the estimated already50,000 visitors walk Twhohe Oldalready Manse walk grounds50,000 each visitors year who already walk whileThe Old visiting Manse Minutegrounds eachMan year National The Historical Old Manse Park. grounds each year while visiting Minute Man National while visiting Minute Man Historical Park. National Historical Park.

Our Team

For the ForTrustees the Trustees Joanna •Ballantine,Joanna Ballantine, VP Western VP WesternRegion Region Guy Hermann, General Manager for • Guy Hermann, General Manager for Greater Concord Greater Concord Elizabeth• ElizabethKeary Soule, Keary Project Soule, Manager Project Manager

ConsultantsConsultants Battle Associates Architects working with Preservation• Battle Architects Associates Stan Architects Black and working Rick with Preservation Detwiller Architects Stan Black and Rick Detwiller Brown, •RichardsonBrown, Richardson & Rowe, &Landscape Rowe, Landscape Architects Architects• Lauren Meier, Preservation Landscape Architect Lauren Meier, Preservation Landscape • ObjectIDEA, Exhibit Planners and Designers Architect ObjectIDEA, Exhibit Planners and Designers Welcome Center Program

• Universally accessible public restrooms, as Universallyrequired accessible by the building public code.restrooms, as required• An expanded by the building home forcode. The Manse’s specialty An expandedbookstore home with anfor information, The Manse’s ticketing, and sales specialtycounter. bookstore with an information, ticketing,• A multi and-purpose sales counter. space with exhibits that can also A multibe -usedpurpose for educational space with exhibitsand public that programming. can also be used for educational and public programming.• Administrative and interpreter’s resource areas. Administrative• Storage for and education interpreter’s program resource and site areas.maintenance tools and materials. Storage for education program and site maintenance tools and materials. The Site The Site Schedule

1) Historic research and presentation Completed 2) Preliminary Design Concepts Presentation September 19 3) Interpretive and Exhibit Planning Summer '17 4) Pre Permitting Presentation November 7 5) Section 106 Review and Archeology Fall '17 6) Permitting Phase Dec ’17 - June '18 7) Exhibit Design Spring ‘18 8) Construction Drawings and Bidding Summer ‘18 9) Construction of Welcome Center Sept ’18 - March ’19 10) Exhibit Installation April ‘19 11) Dedication and Opening May ‘19

GOAL: To have the Welcome Center open for the 2019 season Permitting & Review Process Spirit of Place

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