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Recent News
Fall 2007
Round-Up
"Senator Hutchison Secures Department of Interior Appropriations for Museum"
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Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee,
announced earlier this summer that the committee approved the FY2008 Department
of Interior Appropriations bill, which includes $350,000 Senator Hutchison secured
for the Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum. These appropriations, which were awarded
to the organization as “matching funds,” are earmarked for the restoration of the historic
second floor spaces of the former Knights of Pythias Hall and will be administered through
Save America’s Treasures, a federal program established in 1998.
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
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Community Meeting Spaces an Important Amenity
The second floor of the Hall was
designed for the ceremonial and
recreational needs of the Knights
of Pythias organization, who constructed the Romanesque
Revival building in Cuero in 1903. Measuring approximately
5,000 square feet, the upper floor was designed with several
large spaces, including the organization's meeting, recreation
and dining rooms. Once restored, the board of directors of the
CTHM envisions the upstairs spaces to be utilized as
multi-purpose community facilities. Meetings, lectures,
small conferences, continuing education classes,
traveling exhibits, and children's summer camps, for
example, can be accommodated on the upper floor;
these are community needs that are currently not met.
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Fall 2007
Round-Up
"Ruben Hinojosa Issues News Release: EDA Awards Museum $1 Million Grant"
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The Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum received a shot in the arm this
summer, with the announcement that the project has been awarded a
$1 million grant from the Economic Development Administration.
U.S. Congressman Ruben Hinojosa (Democrat,
Mercedes), issued a news release making the
announcement in June 2007.
The grant funds will support the renovation of the
historic building that will house the Museum, gift
shop, research library and community facilities, and
construction of a new two-story building adjacent to
the original building.
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Ruben Hinojosa
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Fri., July 6, 2007
The Victoria Advocate
Editorial – "Cuero might be getting its own 'Alamo'"
What would the town of San Antonio be like without the Alamo? San Antonio
might be known for its River Walk, the Alamo Dome, maybe its rich culture,
but without that historic structure, it would be like so many other large
cities that have something to offer, but maybe not uniqueness.
Cities like Victoria, Beeville, Goliad, Gonzales and Cuero have beautiful
castle-like county courthouses that draw people from all over. These
courthouses are unique and have been featured in books distributed nationwide.
Now Cuero is able to develop its own "Alamo" of sorts.
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Thu., July 5, 2007
The Victoria Advocate
"Chisholm Trail museum gets big boost from $1 million grant"
Money will go toward renovation and construction of a new building
by Sonny Long – Victoria Advocate
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CUERO – The Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum got a shot in the arm
Monday, with the announcement the project has been awarded a $1 million
grant from the Economic Development Administration.
The grant funds will support the renovation of the historical building that
will house the museum and construction of a new two-story building adjacent
to the facility that will feature a library, visitors' center and gift shop.
U.S. Congressman Ruben Hinojosa, D-Mercedes, issued a news release making
the announcement.
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SONNY LONG/VICTORIA ADVOCATE
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The Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum in Cuero will be housed in the
historic Knights of Pythias Hall on Esplanade Street. It was announced
Monday that the project would receive a $1 million federal grant.
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Mon., April 30, 2007
Press Release
"Chisholm Museum Awarded Multiple Awards for Capital Campaign Materials"
The Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum recently received the highest award
possible from the Texas Association of Museums (TAM) for its design of
capital campaign materials at the state museum conference held in Austin,
Texas. The capital campaign materials, "Blazing New Trails," designed by
Jenny McChesney / Zeitgraph Graphic Design Firm of San Antonio took a gold
merit award, matching the achievement of other select museums in the state
such as the Blanton Art Museum, Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum,
Fort Worth Museum of Science & History, Museum of the Big Bend, Witte
Museum and Houston Museum of Natural Science. The recognition, awarded at
TAM's Closing Awards Luncheon, drew judges' remarks such as "clever,
intriguing, and memorable."
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Fri., March 23, 2007
The Victoria Advocate
"H-E-B JOINS CHISHOLM TRAIL MUSEUM EFFORT IN CUERO"
Grocery donates $100,000 raised in two years of annual golf tourney
by Sonny Long - Victoria Advocate
CUERO – H-E-B, which has been selling groceries in Texas for more than
100 years, has donated $100,000 to the Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum in
Cuero.
In a recent ceremony at the museum, H-E-B representatives Shelley Parks,
public affairs manager from Corpus Christi and Mike Martignoni, Cuero store
manager, presented the $100,000 check to Robert Oliver, chairman of the
museum board of directors.
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Wed., February 7, 2007
The Cuero Record
"CHISHOLM TRAIL MUSEUM EARNS GRANT"
For the second time in as many years, The Texas Historical Foundation has
awarded the Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum a grant which provides funding
for architectural planning. The $5,000 grant was awarded for the creation
of construction documents necessary to implement Phases III and IV of the
organization's seven-phase master plan for restoring the historic Knights
of Pythias Hall, developed by preservation architect David Hoffman.
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