Atlanta
Betterment Fund schedules open house for Atlanta’s newest tourist
attraction
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[July 13, 2018]
The public is invited to an Open House
at the J.P. Hieronymus Carriage House, one of Atlanta’s last
remaining, wooden carriages houses, now restored and turned into a
tourist attraction.
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The event will take place on Sunday, July 15, 2018
from 2:00pm-4:00pm on the grounds of J.H. Hawes Grain Elevator
Museum in downtown Atlanta, Illinois.
In the early days of the 20th century, most homes in Atlanta
included a structure that housed the family’s carriage and the
trusted horse that pulled it. As the automobile gradually took the
place of horses and buggies, many wooden carriage houses were
replaced with more modern garages. In 2015, the Atlanta Betterment
Fund group, recognizing the community was close to losing a piece of
its transportation history, put a plan in place to save one of the
town’s last standing wooden carriage houses.
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Originally located at 607 NW Vine Street at the
family home constructed in 1908 by John Pendelton Hieronymus, the
Carriage House was purchased, moved 9 blocks to its new site, and
fully restored for the public to enjoy.
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![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2018/Jun/29/images/ads/current/rohlfs_lda_072017.png) The Carriage House now contains a two-wheeled buggy, life-sized
fiberglass horse, along with an interpretive panel and short video that tell the
story of this small part of Atlanta’s transportation history. The purchase and
restoration of the Carriage House was made possible through a combination of
support from the City of Atlanta’s hotel/motel tax, fundraising efforts of the
Atlanta Betterment Fund, and personal donations – including several generous
contributions from descendants of J.P. Hieronymus.
Light refreshments will be served during the Open House.
[Bill Thomas] |