The Voice Fall 2014 The Hendricks Tile roof was put on the church in 1964. The original roof was wood shingles. Photo c. 1865. The roof will be replaced with copper and will last 80+ years. WE’VE RAISED THE ROOF! ur Legacy of Liberty Preservation located within a City Old and Historic price increases. The church will be open OProject: Phase 2 is making incred- District work could not begin without for worship, tours, reenactments and ible strides. We had the good fortune in the Commission’s approval. This was an special events during the roof replace- July to receive a $100,000 gift toward our important first step before we could pro- ment and painting. preservation efforts. While the donor ceed with engaging a contractor. wished to remain anonymous, they stat- Currently we have raised $308,000 for ed that: “It’s such a good feeling to work We have formed a Construction Over- the Legacy of Liberty Preservation Proj- with the St. John’s Church Foundation to sight Committee that will review all ect: Phase 2. help raise the roof.” They added enthu- contracts and plans and oversee Phase Goal siastically, “Anything for the Founding 2 work. This committee is made up of $379,000 Fathers!” We feel the same way. members of the Board of Trustees, foun- dation staff, the Senior Warden and Rec- In other good news, we received a tor of St. John’s Church. $300,000 $100,000 challenge grant from the Cabell Foundation in June. In order to complete the $100,000 challenge, we must raise a matching $100,000 by June 2015. To encourage others $200,000 to give, our anonymous donor desig- nated $25,000 of their gift toward the $100,000 challenge grant. We are very pleased to report that so far $60,000 has $100,000 been raised toward the matching grant. The wood shingle roof was replaced with copper in 1898. Thanks to our anonymous donor and Photo c. 1901. our other generous supporters we have $0 raised enough money to proceed with We have decided to wait until spring replacing the roof of the church, the par- to take advantage of the warmer weather Thank you! ish hall and the boiler building. All are to replace the roofs so we can also paint t leaking. Anonymous at the same time. By waiting until spring, Garland & Agnes Taylor Gray Foundation we can use our preservation funds more We have received the required per- Roller-Bottimore Foundation efficiently and use the same scaffold for William H., John G., & Emma Scott Foundation mission by the Commission of Archi- the painting that will be used for the roof Beirne Carter Foundation tectural Review of the City of Rich- replacement; and by signing the con- Windsor Foundation Trust mond to replace the leaking roofs with Burcham Family Fund tract now for the roof we can lock in the copper roofs. Since St. John’s Church is price of the copper to avoid any possible CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 INSIDE / 6 A MOMENT WITH DAN ROBERTS / 8 SUMMER SUCCESS / 10 COLONIAL SOUNDING BOARD GRANT Foundation Welcomes New Staff Members SARAH WHITE is a recent transplant from the Charlottesville area, and holds a BA in English and an MA in American Studies from the University of Virginia. When not wandering the grounds of historic St. John’s Church, Sarah can be found per- forming solo or with her band the Pearls. She has performed with the likes of Merle Haggard, the The mission of St. John’s Dave Matthews Band, Justin Townes Earle, and Church Foundation, a 501(c)3 even Hall & Oates. She is also employed by the Mu- non-profit organization found- ed in 1938 is to promote and seum of the Confederacy as an interpreter. Sarah preserve historic St. John’s Church, has been hired as our Operations Manager, thanks a National Historic Landmark in to a capacity building grant from CultureWorks. recognition as the original loca- tion of Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty or give me death” speech at the Second Virginia Convention JOHN DUNLAP comes to us from Albany, Georgia. of March 1775, for the education He received his history degree from Georgia Southern of present and future generations. University in May 2013 and has been living in Richmond Board of Trustees since September 2013. He is also employed by the Virgin- ia Museum of Fine Arts. John has been hired to work in Dennis W. Hedgepeth the Visitor Center as part of our front desk staff. President Michael C. Smith Vice President John L. “Mac” McElroy, III Treasurer J. William Gray, Jr. Do Your Christmas Shopping in our Visitor Center Secretary Find great presents and shop for a worthy cause! Lynn Anderson Anne Geddy Cross We have THE perfect gift for the history lover in your life. You’ll find a wide Jacob Geiger selection of books on Patrick Henry and the American Revolution, jewelry, Clay D. Hamner The Rev. Laura D. Inscoe locally made products and more. This year we are featuring sterling silver pen- Ashley M. McCune dents of St. John’s Church and Richmond by Steven’s Jewelers. Douglas D. Monroe, III Christopher K. Peace, Esq. Brian R. Pitney Get the coffee E. Massie Valentine, Jr. drinker in your John B. Werner life a colorful Walter W. Craigie Liberty or Death! Trustee Emeritus mug. Senior Staff Sarah F. Whiting Executive Director 804-649-0263 [email protected] Amy N. Swartz Programs and Preservation Director 804-643-0555 [email protected] A financial statement is available upon written request from the Office of Char- itable and Regulatory Programs of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Save time! Shop online at: www.historicstjohnschurch.org/shop 2 The Voice / Fall 2014 First Trustee Emeritus and New Members Join Foundation Board of Trustees We are pleased to Delegate Chris Peace, announce the election of member of the Virginia Walter W. Craigie, Jr., in House of Delegates, rep- recognition of his years resents the 97th district. of exceptional leadership Mr. Peace serves as the and service to the Foun- executive director of His- dation, as the first Trust- toric Polegreen Church ee Emeritus of the Board Foundation, and estab- of Trustees. Mr. Craigie’s lished the Road to Revo- role as Trustee Emeritus lution State Heritage Trail will allow the Foundation to honor the life and in- to continue to benefit from fluence of Virginia’s first his significant leadership elected Governor Patrick skills and his commitment Chris Peace Henry, in addition the Walter Craigie to serving the communi- many men and women who played a role in liberating Vir- ty through volunteerism. Mr. Craigie served in the execu- ginia from Colonial rule and establishing America. tive branch of the Commonwealth of Virginia as Treasur- er and Secretary of Finance. Mr. Craigie’s non-profit work includes former Chairman and current Trustee Emeri- David E. Cottrell is tus of the Woodberry Forest School Board of Trustees, a Chairman of Retail Data, school founded by his great-grandfather; former Trust- LLC, a Markel Ventures ee and President of St. John’s Church Foundation; former Company. Mr. Cottrell Trustee, MCV Foundation; Trustee Emeritus, The Mont- was born and raised in pelier Foundation; and former Trustee, Collegiate Schools. Richmond, VA, and be- gan his work career with Procter and Gamble as a Anne Geddy Cross is the sales representative in the President of the Board of Richmond area. Mr. Cot- Trustees of Preservation trell founded Cottrell Bro- Virginia. Mrs. Cross was kerage Company which State Chairman of Historic led to the formation of Garden Week for the Gar- Retail Services, Inc. Re- den Club of Virginia for tail Services merged with 2012 and 2013. Mrs. Cross David Cottrell PIA Merchandising Com- is Chairman of the Garden pany and went public. In 1987 David joined his wife, Chris- Club of Virginia’s Centenni- tine in founding Retail Data, LLC. Today Retail Data has al Committee and has twice over 2,000 employees in the US, Canada and Mexico. Mr. served as president of the Cottrell will begin serving as a Trustee in January 2015. Hanover County Historical Society. Anne Geddy Cross Reelected Trustees Clay Hamner is president of Lythos Lynn Anderson is Manager of Par- Studios, a Richmond-based ad- ham Park Place Seniors Apartments. vertising agency founded in 1999, Ms. Anderson serves on the Vestry specializing in television and radio of St. John’s Church and is also their commercials for local businesses Wedding Director. Ms. Anderson and foundations. Mr. Hamner is a is a past member of the Richmond resident of Richmond, graduate of Symphony Chorus and was gradu- the of the University of Richmond ated from Virginia Commonwealth Clay Hamner and descendant of Patrick Henry. Lynn Anderson University. www.historicstjohnschurch.org 3 PINTS WITH THE PATRIOTS AT TRIPLE CROSSING BREWERY In September, local brewery Triple Crossing Brewery launched the city’s very own Liberty or Death porter and celebrated the day at our Pints with the Patriots event. Patrick Henry was on hand to tap the first pint. Later in the afternoon, Mr. Henry and George Washington performed a portion of their famous speeches from the Second Virginia Convention. We thank Triple Crossing for their Interpreter John Dunlap as “young” Patrick Henry. generosity, as they donated a por- tion of their proceeds for the day to St. John’s Church Foundation. (l to r) Frank Vaughn as Thomas Jefferson, Michael Wells as The Reverend Laura Inscoe, Rector St. John’s George Washington with a little patriot. Patrick Henry, Karl Easterly, Kevin Grantz as George Washington.