Civil War Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin’s personal carriage will again be out for Heritage Weekend 2024.
In this newsletter you can expect:
Exciting Updates
2024 Programs & Events
Member Spotlights
Site Improvements
Stories of Impact
Fundraising and Volunteer Support Opportunities
Members Invited To Take Active Roles
Revitalization Coming with Transfer of Ownership to Roland Curtin Foundation In the coming months, the nonprofit Roland Curtin Foundation (RCF) will accept ownership of Eagle Iron Works and Curtin Village (EIW+CV) from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), a process that requires passage of legislation by the PA House of Representatives and Senate. On April 9, 2024, that legislation was passed unanimously by the House. Senate action is the next step. Over the last five years RCF members and volunteers have worked toward passage of this legislation as it provides the means to return Eagle Iron Works and Curtin Village to local ownership and opens the possibility to seek grant funding, initiate a capital campaign, enhance interpretive programs and establish an endowment program to support long-term operation.
The vision of our predecessors who fought to save EIW+CV from demolition and established the RCF in 1966, and the work of the PHMC to accurately reconstruct the iron furnace components lost to fire in 1921 and restore the mansion to its 1850 appearance inspires this generation of volunteers to persevere and preserve. We invite you to join the RCF in this undertaking. Take a tour, attend a program, become a member, volunteer, contribute your talents and your resources and help us preserve this distinctive historic site and inspire future generations. It is the longest-lived charcoal-fired iron furnace operation in Pennsylvania, the family home of Civil War Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin, and village community of nearly 200 industrial and agricultural laborers. Come visit us in 2024.
Sue Hannegan RCF President