APTA Hardeman Co TN Spring Newsletter - March 2013

The Hardeman County Chapter of theAssociation for the Preservationof Tennessee Antiquities

The Pillars and The Little Courthouse Museum

The APTAP. O. Box 148

Bolivar, TN 38008-0148

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rides through theBills-McNeal

Historic Districts.The chapter alsoheld a drawing onthe CourthouseSquare just afterthe ChristmasParade for a new

Apple I-pad. Manny Hatcher fromAlbany, Georgia won. It is nice to knowwe have supporters near and far.

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Our chapter is alreadylooking forward to springand the Hardeman CountySpring Festival. This 2day event on April 26 & 27,

will kick off the 6th season for“Music on the Square” every Fridaynight in Bolivar through October.(This event was created by ourAPTA chapter in 2008.) Theweekend will host “APTA’s 39thAnnual Historic Home Tour,” “Carsfor Kids” antique car show, amateurBackyard BBQ contest, music andmuch more. We are looking forwardto a large turnout, as the festivalalways bring thousands of visitors totown each year. Be sure to makeplans to be in town that weekend forgreat music, food and maybe a littlehistory lesson. It should be a lot offun for everyone of all ages.Tickets for the APTA’s 39th AnnualHistoric Home Tour will be availablethrough members orhttp://thepillars.org

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Did you know the best way ofspreading the word in today's fastpace world? Yes, Facebook! With abillion people now using Facebook,our members, our friends and theirfriends can keep up with events,special tours, and Hardeman Countyhistory, too, just by our Facebook page.All you have to do is "Search" for "TheTheTheThePillarsPillarsPillarsPillars andandandand LittleLittleLittleLittle CourthouseCourthouseCourthouseCourthouse" orclick_here:http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Pillars-and-Little-Courthouse/147939817299?ref=hl

Every time you "Like" or "Share"something on our Facebook page,your friends will see it, too. Now that isa fast way to get the word out. Weneed to get more of our friends andfamily interested in APTA andpreserving our historic sites and theirhistory. Without your help and others,history will be lost to the ages.

I would like to express our appreciationto The County Journal for theircontinued support of APTA. The paperprints ads each week for us free,informing the public of events andmuseum openings. They are alsorunning a series each week on the150th Anniversary of the Civil War.This article features not only nationalevents but local events and familiesduring the terrible time in our history.All Civil Wars articles can be read here:https://sites.google.com/site/civilwarhardemancotn/home

The County Journal also each yearprints our "Home Tour Guide" anddistributes it in each paper. They sellads to supplement the cost of printingit for us. The main difference betweenthe County Journal and any otherpaper doing this service .... is theCounty Journal splits any profits withour chapter. Until the County Journalmade us this offer, no other paper hasever done this for us. So advertise inour tab and we still profit from it .... !!!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Pillars-and-Little-Courthouse/147939817299?ref=hl



https://sites.google.com/site/civilwarhardemancotn/home

https://sites.google.com/site/civilwarhardemancotn/home





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MemberMemberMemberMember orororor Patron?Patron?Patron?Patron?

Membership has it privileges. As anAPTA member you are contributing toour local chapter’s support, but youalso receive newsletters from the stateAPTA and our local chapter, too. Youralso entitled to visit all of APTA’s 14sites statewide for free (unless there isa special event). Patrons on the otherhand are individuals, families orcommercial partners that contributetime and money for our causes.Without patrons many projects wouldnever be started, much less finished.Our patron program has become animportant part of our fundraising effortseach year. Contributions through thisprogram, will allow us to maintain ourneeds now, and grow into moreprojects in the future. Our local patronsare recognized at both of our sites andin our publications for our AnnualHistoric Home Tours. Patrons may alsoreceive tickets, and other benefits aswell. They are also letting everyoneknow, they are saving our historicalsites and their history, too. Thesecontributions are tax deductible bytaking advantage of Section 501(c)(3)of the Internal Revenue Code. APTAcan not operate without both. Everymembership and patron means wecan continue to serve our communitiesand state, saving our heritage for thenext generation. So please, tellsomeone about APTA and the work wedo. Invite them to a meeting or anevent!

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PolkPolkPolkPolk PilgrimPilgrimPilgrimPilgrimAnne Crighton (in memory of DavidCrighton)Meri Collins

HardemanHardemanHardemanHardeman HistorianHistorianHistorianHistorianAnn BaxterRichard & Noma EmersonScott & Kathy Ledbetter

FaithfulFaithfulFaithfulFaithful FriendsFriendsFriendsFriendsC B & S BankFirst South BankDanny CheshierAnn HarringtonBrenda JohnstonDoug MaxwellJimmy & Kathie MaxwellHoward & Diane MunfordEdward PolkDr Joe & Judy ShackelfordKen & Paula StanleyKen & Debbie SavageHarriet ThompsonMary Yarbrough

You too can be on our list of APTAPatrons just ask about it or look formore information on our web site:http://thepillars.org/

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AskAskAskAsk aaaa friendfriendfriendfriend totototo joinjoinjoinjoin us...us...us...us...How many of us lately have asked afriend to join APTA? Most people stilldo not know what APTA is or what westand for. Even worse some still don’tknow why it is important to preservehistory. I can not count the times folkshave asked me “What is APTA”?The APTA is the oldest statewidenon-profit historic preservationorganization in the State of Tennesseeand the fourth oldest in the nation.Since 1951 APTA has been preservingand maintaining historic sites that playan important role in Tennessee’s richcultural heritage. The Association forthe Preservation of TennesseeAntiquities’ mission is to promote andencourage active participation in thepreservation of Tennessee’s rich

historic, cultural, architectural andarchaeological heritage throughrestoration, education, advocacy andstatewide cooperation.

Currently, there are 11 chapters thatadminister 14 sites. APTA sites include:

Belle Meade Plantation, NashvilleThe Athenaeum Rectory,ColumbiaBuchanan Log House, NashvilleCrockett Tavern Museum, MorristownGlenmore Mansion, Jefferson CityRamsey House Plantation,Rachel H. K. Burrow Museum, ArlingtonHistoric Post Office, ArlingtonBlacksmith Shop Site, ArlingtonThe Pillars, BolivarThe Little Courthouse Museum, BolivarLee House, MemphisWoodruff-Fontaine House, Memphis

So get out this summer and discoverTennessee and visit some of our APTAsites. They are free to explore for ourmembers and you will be helping topreserve history.

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Continued from page 4With winter just about gone, it is timeto start thinking about our spring andsummer events for APTA. Our APTAAnnual Home Tour will be held alongwith the Hardeman County SpringFestival on April 27. We have lots ofwork to get ready for this tour. SheriffJohn Doolen has contributed workersto help out with yard work at ThePillars and Little Courthouse Museum.

RepairsRepairsRepairsRepairs atatatat TheTheTheThe PillarsPillarsPillarsPillarsKeeping buildings that are almost 200years old at times can be a challenge.As most of us know that with ownmodern homes, just trying to keep it alltogether, keeping us dry and warm isabout all we can handle at times.The Pillars and the Little Courthouseboth have survived through the ageswith a lot of tender loving care. Butsometimes repairs and upgrades cancause other problems. Sometimes notshowing these problems for years andyears. Such as the case at the Pillarslast year with foundation cracking. Thiscracking followed upward and into thehouse itself, causing interior walls tocrack and floors to sag. Unfortunatelythe damage was caused about 40years ago by APTA installing A/C in thehouse. Holes were improperly made inthe foundation for the ventilation ductworks and then not supported properly.Over the years, the problem begins.Thanks to APTA’s Endowment Fundgrant, we repaired the foundation andalso re-roofed all the buildings at The

Pillars. Ductwork was removed andholes in the foundation were bracedwith metal and wood. All the roofswere stripped to the decking and newroofing shingles installed.

Here are a few pictures of work beforeand after...

Foundation cut into and beams cut

Metal added for support and rebraced.This is just one of several walls workedon.





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In Evalina's Cottage, termites hadeaten from the foundation seal all theway to the roof. Repairs were made.Wish we could restore the interior, too.

Evalina's Cottage (1861)

Getting a new roofs on all buildings





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Please support our Hardeman CountySpring Festival and our 37th AnnualHistoric Home Tour.

Contact Jane Stevens to help serve asdocents and with tickets sales.

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APTA Hardeman Co TN Spring Newsletter - March 2013