About the National Trust for Historic Preservation

Helping people protect, enhance, and enjoy the places that matter to them.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation provides leadership, education, advocacy, and resources to save America's diverse historic places and revitalize our communities.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a private, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to saving historic places and revitalizing America's communities. Recipient of the National Humanities Medal, the Trust was founded in 1949 and provides leadership, education, advocacy, and resources to protect the irreplaceable places that tell America’s story.  Staff at the Washington, DC, headquarters, six regional offices and 29 historic sites work with the Trust’s 270,000 members and thousands of preservation groups in all 50 states.

The need for the National Trust for Historic Preservation has increased since its founding in 1949. When historic buildings and neighborhoods are torn down or allowed to deteriorate, a part of our past disappears forever. When that happens, we lose history that helps us know who we are, and we lose opportunities
to live and work in the kinds of interesting and attractive surroundings
that older buildings can provide.

National Trust for Historic Preservation Website

www.preservationnation.org

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The Chase Stone Barn Park Committee and the Town of Chase would like to thank the National Trust for Historic Preservation for all their help.  We could not have come this far without you!

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has played a key role in our Stone Barn project from the very beginning and will stand by us to the end.  They have been guiding our Stone Barn Committee every step of the way, telling us what needs to be done, when to do it, and how to do it...for free!

In April 2009 the National Trust for Historic Preservation awarded a $5000 grant to the Town of Chase to help with our project because they know how difficult it is for small towns and organizations to find funding.  We greatly appreciate their support!

A very special thanks to Trent Margrif, who is our main go-to person at the Trust.  Thanks also to Royce Yeater who has also given us valuable advice.  Both men have toured the Stone Barn and have remained active in our project through emails and phone calls on a weekly basis.

We would also like to give a very big thank you to Tom Jeffris, President of The Jeffris Family Foundation from Janesville, WI, who helped provide funding for our Historic Structures Report and also gives generously to the National Trust for projects like ours.