Update on HTI Building
at 7328 Carroll Avenue

HTI Building We have just completed a major phase of building restoration with the skill of Rick Leonard and his firm, Heritage Building and Renovation. Enabled with the financial assistance of Main Street Takoma façade improvement grants and revenue from HTI's 2009 House and Garden Tour, Rick completed the remaining work for the front bay window façade and restored two large rear facade windows. These front and rear windows, together with the two newly restored skylights, provide a generous amount of natural light for the building, and restore it to its original appearance for the first time in over sixty years. Currently in progress is the installation of 16 school house-style pendant lights and three old-fashioned ceiling fans, to be generously donated by the Peterson Companies of Silver Spring.

The funding for a second bathroom and kitchenette remains to be found, and furnishings such as shelving, room dividers, and furniture are urgently needed. We are extremely grateful to our members, to sponsors and donors of the 2009 House and Garden Tour and to all of our funding agencies for making this community project an ever-increasing reality.

Thank You, House and Garden Tour Sponsors!

A huge thank you to all the sponsors of this year’s House & Garden Tour, including Access-Ability Consultants, Inc.; Adirondack Tree Experts; Allied Window, Inc.; Bennett Frank McCarthy Architects, Inc.; Broadhurst Architects, Inc.; Chamberlin-Washington, Inc.; Merrick Design and Build, Inc.; Washington Adventist University (formerly Columbia Union College); Galliher & Huguely Associates, Inc.; Robbi Kimball of Long & Foster Real Estate; Long and Foster Realtors; Art and Ellen McMurdie; Lorraine Pearsall and Paul Chrostowski; Takoma Park Silver Spring Co-Op; Washington Adventist Hospital.

Other major donors include Douglas Development, Inc.; Judy and Mike Luthor; Tenants of Montgomery Oaks Management; Universal Designers and Consultants, Inc.

Our donors also included Sabrina and Frederick Baron; Braitman Design Studio, Inc.; Keystar Real Estate; Silber, Perlman, Sigman & Tiev, P.A.; Eileen Sobeck and Michael Gosliner; Takoma Park Animal Clinic; Urciolo Properties.

Historic Takoma Projects

Our all-volunteer Board of Directors and scores of volunteers from throughout Takoma make possible the many wonderful activities and programs we run.

Arcadia Book Photos Needed

Do you have publication quality, copyright free, images of people, places or events important in Takoma Park history? Our DC-MD pictorial history will go into production in early 2010. We lack images illustrating a number of places and people, especially for the 1960-1990 period. This is an all volunteer, no fee project. If you have photos to share, please contact Caroline Alderson at caroline.alderson@gsa.gov or 301-270-5958. We will scan and promptly return your photos, providing you a high resolution digital copy if you would like.

Henrick Motor Company

Hendrick Motor Company was on Laurel Avenue. This photo is from between 1918 and 1928. Credit: National Photo Company collection of the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog of the Library of Congress at http://lcweb4.loc.gov/pp/

Members Update

We are hoping to compile a list of email address to notify members of HTI events and issues. To receive these updates, please submit your email address using the form on the Contact HTI page.

HTI members and members of the community and the public can now get updates on the progress of the renovation of our building, access a calendar of events, and generally obtain information about HTI projects and programs in a more informative and accessible manner thorugh this web site. In addition, tickets to the next spring's House and Garden Tour can be purchased and memberships and donations paid on-line via PayPal.