donor recognition/stories

Taliesin® Preservation, Inc. would like to thank the following donors for their financial support from July 2007 to June 2008.

Below is a list of projects that TPI has been able to accomplish with these donations, followed by a list of our donors.

• At the Hillside School Structure, TPI was able to:
  • Repair doors and masonry.
  • Waterproof the roofs of the Theater, Foyer and Hillside Dining Room.
  • Re-construct 18 casement windows and 8 (French) door units.
  • Make enhancements to the Hillside Drafting Studio east wing corridor
  • Repair the Hillside kitchen/pantry floor
  • Repair one of Hillside's pools
  • Repair the Assembly Hall balcony facia and soffit
  • Make carpentry repairs at the Assembly Hall
  • Repair portions of the Hillside Drafting studio roof
  • Repair and restore Hillside dining room chairs
  • Continue pest screening and abatement
  • Repair the floor of the Hillside Dining room following record snowfalls in Wisconsin during the 2007-08 winter (which lead to moisture infiltration)
  • Continual repair and maintenance of graded roads and paths
  • Refinish the Hillside Drafting Studio floor following record snowfalls in Wisconsin during the 2007-08 winter (which lead to moisture infiltration)
• At Taliesin, TPI was able to:
  • Continue "period of significance" documentation of Taliesin's Guest Wing (the floor below Mr. and Mrs. Wright's Living Quarters at Taliesin)
  • Continue the building and slope monitoring program
  • Repair stair and paving
  • Upgrade select water supply systems
  • Repair select mechanical systems
  • Construct tour enhancements at Mr. and Mrs. Wright's Bedrooms, which are currently undergoing stabilization
  • Clean and repair select furniture by Frank Lloyd Wright
• On the rest of the Taliesin Estate, TPI was able to:
  • Make repairs and enhancements to the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center tours and administrative offices
  • Open seasonal buildings and spaces
  • Fill collapsed dry well tank in Hillside front lawn
  • Conduct a controlled burn of Romeo and Juliet prairie and Hillside stream bank (under supervision)
  • Removed invasive tree species at Midway Farm and conducted site clearing

These projects include planning, research, and documentation that are necessary for projects of this scope, and at a National Historic Landmark.

This report includes gifts received from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.

We apologize if we have missed anyone. Please contact the Taliesin Preservation Office if there is an omission.

$50,000 +
Briggs & Stratton Corporation Foundation
Uihlein, David and Julia

$25,001 - $49,999
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.       
Stratton 2005 Grandchildren Trust       

$5,001 – $25,000
Burke, Elaine
Frank L. Weyenberg Charitable Trust
Northwestern Mutual Foundation
The Other Stratton Foundation
Ralph Evinrude Foundation, Inc.
Reinicker, William        
Sikora, Steve & Lynette Erickson        
Windhover Foundation

$2,501 - $5,000
Alliant Energy Foundation
M & I Foundation, Inc.
Stratton, Frederick and Anne
Wisconsin Energy Corporation Foundation

$1,001 - $2,500
Baumann, Daniel & Karen
Frost, Pat
Holzhueter, Steven and Marjorie
Hurtado, Kim
Lewis, John D.and Phoebe
See, Jacquelyn
Spring Green Area Arts Coalition (SGAAC)
Thornton-Tomasetti Group
Wisconsin Preservation Fund, Inc.

$501 - $1,000
Barbara Meyer Elsner Foundation, Inc.
Berndtson, Indira
Boyd, Karen and William
Carter, Jim and Victoria Miller
Coatsworth, G.J.
Cole, Jennifer & Ty
Cramer Studio, Inc.
Fried, Jason
Ganser, Roger
Gregory, Janet 
Higgins, Larnie.
Johnson, O.K.
Kaiser, Loren D.
Nichols, Donald and Jane Bartels
Pilling, M. Russell and Mary Margaret
Shane-Dubow, Sandra
Wright, Tim and Karen Ellzey

$251 - $500
Abernathy, Ann
A.E. Greyson & Co., Inc.
Aneita Fern Stickley, LLC
Beyer-Mears, Annette
Bjerkaas, Carlton
Boeing Gift Matching Program
Boley, Helen
Cole, Jeffrey
Crista, Heloise
Ellis Goodman Family Foundation
Fisher, Kenneth and Susan
FLLW Foundation
Glass, Barbara and Bradley
Hammond, Marcia Brooks and Edward
Hurst, Frank and Andrea
James, Virginia
Johnson, Kathy G.
Kendall, Krista H.
Lang, Robert
Lassandrello, Robert & Noreen
Lloyd, Thomas and Carolyn
Microsoft Giving Campaign
Morrison, Kenneth
Salter, Trudy J
Schwartz, R. K.
Seymour, Marlyne
Shannon, John and Serr, Jan
Streich, Charles
Udall, Mary Michie
WE Energies
Weber, William and Rose
Willits Robinson Preservation Foundation
Wright, Gregory and Patricia

$101 - $250
A.L. Brourman Associates, Inc.
Bauer, Warren & Mary
Bounds, George and Linda
Carpenter, Curt
Ciano, Bob
Dodson, J. Orville
Dorman, Lowell and Patricia
Elmore, Philip
Froeter, Kevin and Jean
General Mills
George L N Meyer Family Foundation, Inc.
Hamlin, William and Chris
Hammond, Joseph W
Hasstedt T A
Hill Street Bed and Breakfast
Horrisberger, Don H
Johnson, Gary C
Levine, Neil
Lied, Carol & Thomas
Mathews, Robert and Vivian
Minkoff, Debbie and Joel
Neff, Marsha and Benjamin
Norris, Frank and Judith
Oechler, Herbert and Karen
Pardee, William
Persch, Jillane
Petersen, Cindy
Sand, Margaret
Silverman, M. G.
Skogan, Wesley
Stretmater, Celia B
Sunday, Robert
Thomson
Timmons, Lawrence and Patricia
Venture Investors, LLC
Wasson, Donald M
Wolover, Arthur

$1-$100
Adelman, Albert
Alter, Albert J. 
Alter, Susan
Allendorf, Thea
Alusic, Donald and Alice
Anderson, John
Anderson, Rolf
Art Insight Inc  
Augilar, Augie  
Bach, Gary and Marsha
Baker, Cathrine
Baldigo, Michael
Banks, Barbara
Barker, Robert A.
Becker, Carolyn
Benson, Debra
Bergstrom, Arthur F.
Berryhill, Martha
Beyer, Ann
Bhatt, Arun and Sasha 
Binsfeld, Anthony J.
Bixby, Lindy Brigante
Bjorklund, David A.
Blackbourn. M. Julia
Blanton, Joseph H.
Brakke, Mark H.
Brekke, Kevan
Bright, Fay S
Brockhaus, Thomas and Kathryn
Brown, Kent and Nancy
Brusick, William and Jeanne
Buchwalder, Phyllis A.
Buege, Ron and Diane
Bumstead, Bruce and Irene
Byom, Mary Lou
Byrnes, Becky 
Caldwell, M. Jane
Caldwell, Stephen D.
Campbell, Debra
Casey, Effi
Caterpillar Foundation
Chazen, Jerome A.
Cisar, Mary A.
Christy, Keith  
Clark House Pottery
Clay, Marlin
Cleasby, James
Community Shares of Minnesota
Condon, Glenda and David Spiller
Cook, Barry
Corrie, Nancy 
Cross, Linda S .
Craig, Dan W.
Crist, Lyndon
Cubage, Spencer and Elizabeth
Deaton, Patrick
Demkovich, James R.
Desimone, David
Detweiler, Merrill and Suzanne
Dickey, Timothy
Dittmer, Howard and Sheree
Donovan, Stephen and Susan
Drady, Liam
Drtina, Richard and Sonia
Eby, Robert P.
Edmondson, Eleanor T.
Efner, Daniel E.
Eiden, Rosemary and Peter
Eisen, Marc
Elder, Ralph C  .
Emerson
Epstein, John D.
Fedesna, Kenneth J.
Figueroa, Magdalena and John
Findling, James W.
Fogel, Jacquelyn
Fox, Jan Marshall
Francis, Richard Lee
Freund, Lucy
Friis, Janice
Garrett, Mr. and Mrs. David
Giesing, Cynthia and Linda Osborne
Gill, Grattan
Glover, Roy M.
Gragson, Rachel and Wesley
Goldstein, Howard and Sally
Grubic, Roger and Janice
Grimm, Mary E.
Grob, Heinz and Barbara
Guis, William B.
Gullickson, Roger and Cyndie
Guyer, Paul L. 
Hartwig, Gene and Debbie
Heinritz, Melinda
Henderson, Jeffrey
Herrmann, Henry
Hertzberg, Mark
Hillyer, Stephen
Hintz, Norman 
Hollenbach, Daryl
Holman, Jean
Hosilyk, Randall and Deborah
Idzikowski, Roger and Linda
Ibold, Donald and Dana
Jargstorf, Michael and Debra   
Jarowski, Joan 
Jenkins, Glen & Carolyn
Jerry Canupp Incorporated
Jeschke, David
Jewish Community Foundation
Johnson, Carol and Richard
Johnson Insurance
Johnson, Kyle  
Jones, Jenk
Kassilke, Dorothy
Kross, James and Marilyn
Kunkel, Matthew
Kupfer, Roxanne
Kyvik, Virginia & Robert
Laedtke Construction and Design
La Lanne, Jack and Linda
Laraway, Frank
Layton, Carol  
Lavin, Michael
Lee, Charles
Lew, M. John III
Lewis, Laurine
Linderman, Charlene
Livingston, Peter and Sharon Stark
Lockhart, Susan
Lukow, Ken & Maggie
Mc Call, T. C. 
MaCaulay, Stewart
McEnaney, Cheryl
McKnight, John
Maddox, Douglas and Carol
Mann, Kenneth
Marrero, Luis  
Marshall, James & Jane
Martin, Kirsten R.
Martin, Matthew D.
Martin, Ruth and Bob  
Marty, Myron
Matthews, Stephen
Maus, Brian
Mehler, Patricia
Melzer, Robert T.
Menza, Claudia
Miller, Laurie J.
Muller, H. Nicholas
Muller, Stephen and Mary
Moore, Linda B.
Morris, Ned E. and Julia
Morris, Robert
Morrison, Jacob
Moss, David and Virginia
Mullen, Jo Ann C.
Murray, Lois A.
Nelson, Eric
Newsome, Roy
Nisbet, Earl
O'Connell, Dale H.
Oleson, Lyndon
Omeara, James P.
Parry, Golnar Casey
Parsons, Lowell & Finola
Pelsor, Claudette A.
Peng, Qinghua 
Peterson, Claire Sullivan
Peterson, James & Patricia
Pierce, Carol
Pirkl, James A.
Poland, Brian
Porada, Michael
Poulos, John
Puccio, Jane M.
Pytel, John & Jacqueline
Quimby, Robert C.
Ralston, Mary Kay Keller
Rapp, Eric and Irene
Rapp, Jeffrey and Constance
Rega, Paula
Reilly, Maureen and Bradley Schnee
Reisley, Ronny and Roland
Rescher, Dorothy and Nicholas
Retherford, Sherry L.
Reynolds, Glen
Richardson, Jan
Richardson, Viola
Robinson, Gail
Rogers, James A.
Romoser, Gael and David
Rop, Charles and Shirley
Roth, Robert A.
Rudd, J. William
Rypstra, Ann
Rzeppa, Gerard and Sharon
Sagan, Paul
St. Maurice, Henry and Mary Arnold   
Schenk, Carl J.
Schreier, Glenn
Scott, Peter C 
Seehusen, Denise L.
Shauck, Maureen
Sherman, Stanley and Claire
Shults, Larry & Sharon
Simek, Deborah and Steven
Simet, Nancy Clement
Skias, Demetrios D.
Slick, Matthew
Smith, Shephard
Spitzer, Clarence & Carol
Spraw, David and Janet
Steele, Richard D.
Stein, Ralph E. 
Stith, Grace B.
Sztukowski, Jerome and Candy
Tally, J. Brad
Templeton, Carol and Phillip
Terell, John C.
Timm, Ramelle M.
Tomboulian, Jeff
Torikawa, Lois M
Townley, Terry & Cathy
Toyama, Gerri 
Turcotte, James
Varney, Grace 
Vogel, Eric
Vogelsberg, Diana
Walker, Richard and Margaret
Weimer, David L.        
Weiss, Jeffrey
Wikman, Charles P.
Wilbarger, Edward
Wisconsin Technical College System
Wobeter, Steven and Berleen  
Wood, Susanne and R. Bruce
Worley, O. Russell Jr.  
Zerschling, Marie A.
Zoia, Lisa M.
Zumdahl, Steven
Zvolanek, Denise

Additional thanks in 2007 to Synergy Graphics in Mazomanie, Wisconsin, which donated the cost of TPI's brochure production for the year. This in-kind donation allowed TPI to put more money toward restoration of these buildings.

Inquiries related to contributions can be made by phone, fax or e-mail:
Phone: (608) 588-7900, or toll free at (877) 588-7900
Fax: (608) 588-7514
E-mail: cjohnson@taliesinpreservation.org

Donors from 2004, 2005, and 2006-07.

* Earl Nisbet, a former apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright's, is donating all of the proceeds from the sale of his book, Taliesin Reflections, to Taliesin Preservation, Inc.