donor recognition/stories

Taliesin® Preservation, Inc. would like to thank its donors for their financial support from July 2008 to June 2009. Below is a list of some of the projects that TPI has been able to accomplish with the help of donations, followed by a list of our donors.

At the Hillside School Structure, TPI was able to:

• Restore the residence rooms of the east wing in the Hillside Drafting Studio.
  This project was the continuation of the already completed restoration of the west wing residence room and bath. The rehabilitation of the east wing bath was the first stage of this project and included the adjacent corner dorm room for structural reasons. Foundation and roof framing were completed in this area, along with the installation of interior finishes in the bath and corner room.

The second stage of the work included the comprehensive restoration to the remaining nine rooms in the corridor. The scope of the project included:

• The Installation of new bath as per plans and specifications.
• The repair of the crawl space framing and bearing as needed.
• Demolishing the roofing and sheathing of the residence rooms
• The repair and construction of the wall structure as needed.
• Performing roof framing repairs and structural augmentation (as performed on the east wing).
• The Installation of new roof membrane to match the adjacent roofing.
• The repair and restoration of finishes in the dorm rooms as needed
• Hillside paving/tour pathway Repairs
  The stone paving and stairs at Hillside are in very poor condition. The paving and stairs present safety issues especially to our public tours. This project focused on selective replacement and temporary repairs to the stone surfaces.
• Fund the research for a chronology of Hillside (an ongoing project), which will help on future restoration
• Repair furniture throughout the building

At Taliesin, TPI was able to:

• Stabilize the entry stairs and retaining wall at the "West wing"
  This project addressed a severely leaning stone retaining wall that runs along with the entry stairs to the West Wing (by the old chicken coops and granary). The wall was leaning 7 inches out of plumb before jacking began.

Fill was excavated from behind the wall and shoring installed to stabilize the it. This work was performed without disturbing the main electrical transformer at the downhill end of the wall. The follow-up to this project was the completion of corrective jacking, underpinning, and stone repair as required.

Click here for photographs of this work.

• Repair Taliesin's "Garden Court" fountain. This fountain, which is one of the oldest features of Taliesin, had been leaking for over a year, and the stone was severaly delaminating. With funds from longtime Taliesin Fellowship member (and master gardener), Frances Nemtin, TPI was able to repair the pools and replace the stone, leading to the sound and sight of water once again in this courtyard.

Click here for photographs of this work.

At Midway Barns, TPI was able to:

• Rehabilitate the floor of a lower cottage at Midway
  The lower Midway cottage is a residential space built above what were historically calf pens. The floor of the cottage was in poor structural condition and shoring was required to allow the completion of interior enhancement and the cottage's continued use.

Click here for photographs from this project.

• Re-roof the former cow barn at Midway.

• On the rest of the Taliesin Estate, TPI was able to:

• Remove invasive stands of honeysuckle along the western perimeter of the estate, near the Hillside building.
• With the assistance of the Aldo Leopold Foundation, perform critical Prairie Burns on a part of the Taliesin Estate.

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

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

Taliesin® Preservation, Inc. would like to thank the following donors for their financial support from July 2008 to June 2009.

In-kind donations are listed at the bottom of the page.

$25,001 - $49,999
Bert L. and Patricia S. Steigleder Charitable Trust
Henry J. Loos
The Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
Ralph Evinrude Foundation, Inc.

$5,001 – $25,000
Anonymous
Baird Foundation, Inc.
Northwestern Mutual Foundation
William F. Reinicker

Steve Biesanz Winona Lighting
Elaine Burke
Barry Cope
M & I Foundation, Inc
Daniel F. Marquardt
Reiman Foundation, Inc
Rockwell Automation
Frederick P. Stratton, Jr.
The Swig Foundation

$1,001 - $2,500
Alliant Energy Foundation
Donald Fairweather
Steven Holzhueter
O.K. Johnson
M. R. Pilling

$501 - $1,000
Ambler Tours, Dale Ambler
Barbara Meyer Elsner Foundation, Inc.
Dan Baumann
William B. Boyd
Bruce Bryant
Daniel Cramer Cramer Studio
Roger H. Ganser
Henry Gurr
Phoebe R.. & John D. Lewis Foundation
Willits-Robinson Foundation

$251 - $500
Bigler Cleaning Services
G.L. Coatsworth
Cummings Christensen Familly Foundation
Betty Custer
Design 1 of Edina, LTD
J O. Dodson
James Farr
Patricia A. Frost
Barbara Glass
Kimberly Hurtado
Karl Kendall
Christopher Koppen
Kraemer Brothers
Robert Lassandrello
Jacob Morrison
Donald A. Nichols
Joseph E. Nordsieck
Charles Paterson
Ed Ritts
Virginia G. Sorensen
Aino Sten
Wisconsin Energy Foundation

$101 - $250
AIA Wisconsin
Alice G. Alusic
Art In Sight
Gary Bach
Warren R. Bauer
David A. Bjorklund
Ellsworth Brown
Phyllis Buchwalder
Anna B. Caldwell
Sylvia Candela
Jeffrey Cole                 
John Ehle                     
Philip D. Elmore                      
First Weber Group Foundation, Inc.                
Paul E. Freehling                      
Kevin Froeter              
G & S Construction, LLC                    
General Mills Foundation                     
Dick L. Gibson
Brian W. Gunning                    
Edward J. Hammond               
Joseph W. Hammond              
Richard L. Hay            
Don H. Horisberger                 
John S. Houston                      
Timothy A. Howland               
John W. Huntington                 
Gary C. Johnson                      
Gwen A. Johnson                    
Mary S. Jemail            
David C. Jeschke                    
Steve Kelly                  
Sara Krebsbach                      
Carol Lied
Margaret Linnartz                    
Susan Jacobs Lockhart            
Robin Marrero            
Matthew D. Martin                  
Robert M. Mathews                
Jill McDermott
Microsoft Giving Campaign, The JK Group, Inc.                       
Laurie J. Miller            
Janet Montgomery                   
H. Nicholas Muller                  
Herbert Oechler                      
John Persch                 
Kathy Phelps               
Theodore F. Reinke                 
Sherry Retherford                    
Gail A. Robinson                     
Gael Romoser             
Charles Rop                
Jacquelyn D. See                     
Michael Stargel            
Aneita Fern Stickley                
Celia Stretmater                       
Sharon R. Stumpf                    
J. B. Tally                    
Janice E. Tazellar                     
Paul A. Teare              
John Terell                   
Lawrence M. Timmons
Grace Varney              
David L. Weimer

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

Donors from 2004, 2005, 2006-07, and 2007-08.

In-kind donations

In-kind donations allow TPI to put more money toward restoration of the buildings on the Taliesin Estate. TPI is grateful to:

Belarc, Inc. system management, for their in-kind donation of licensing fees for their product, Belarc Advisor.

Microsoft, Inc., for offering software to TPI at a greatly reduced price through its Software Donation Program.

* 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.