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Sumner County ad hoc committee advances Brown House restoration, approves up to $5,000 for site security
Summary
An ad hoc committee in Sumner County received a formal report on restoring the historic Latimer-Brown House, heard that an RFQ was awarded to Daniels Chandler, and approved up to $5,000 for temporary site security (fencing, with possible trail cameras if funds permit).
Acting chair of the Sumner County Ad Hoc Committee presided Dec. 1 as the committee received a formal report on plans to restore the historic Latimer-Brown House and approved funds for temporary site security.
The committee submitted a written report from Jeremy Mansfield, chairman of the ad hoc group, summarizing work to date. The report states the house sits inside William and Martha Brown Park and that the county formally accepted a $500,000 bequest from William Brown to preserve the property and place it in public use. Mansfield’s report says the ad hoc committee followed the county’s construction and renovation policy and recommends that a local “Friends” nonprofit — modeled on the Friends of the Bridal House in Cotttontown — be considered to operate and steward the site after restoration.
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