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Friends of the Elizabeth Ney Museum ask committee to support freestanding ADA restroom
Summary
Friends of the Elizabeth Ney Museum asked the Mayor's Committee for People with Disabilities on Sept. 12 to support fundraising and a letter of support for a freestanding ADA-accessible restroom as part of an ongoing renovation funded by earlier bonds and other sources.
Friends of the Elizabeth Ney Museum presented renovation plans to the Mayor's Committee for People with Disabilities on Sept. 12 and asked the committee for a letter of support and help identifying funding for an ADA-accessible freestanding restroom.
The request matters because the museum, the former studio and home of sculptor Elizabeth Ney, is owned by the City of Austin, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and, according to the presenters, currently lacks an accessible restroom. Friends member Anne Graham told the committee the building's only toilet is in a basement reached by a narrow wooden staircase and “does not meet any bathroom code.”
Graham said the renovations already under way include restoration…
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