Wellman Heritage Society, five others get grants

The Wellman Heritage Society received a $400 grant from the Washington County Historical Preservation Committee Tuesday, June 2, during the regular Board of Supervisors meeting. The funds will be used to help with painting two buildings in the Society’s Heritage Park.
Other awards were to Ainsworth Community Together (ACT), $500, to help with interior and other painting of the Ainsworth Opera House; Washington county Historical Society, $300, to help with the $13,000 cost of painting the Conger House Museum in Washington; Washington County Fair Board, $1,400 to help with moving an historic farm building to the fairgrounds; Crawfordsville, $900 to help repair the town’s historic fire station, and Brighton, $500 for a plexiglass case to enclose its bicentennial quilt.
The awards were from the $4,000 allocated to the Commission by the Board of Supervisors. The Commission retained the balance for its operations.