Athenaeum Wins Contest Participation Prize

The Athenaeum waged a noble effort but was not the top winner in the Partners in Preservation grant competition. It did win a $5,000 prize for participation.

The Athenaeum was competing with 24 other historic sites in Washington, DC and its suburbs.

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of the popular vote. The cathedral will receive a $100,000 grant that will go toward restoring two bays of the vaulted ceiling inside the nave. Once complete, the cathedral will be able to remove the netting that has shrouded the building’s interior since the August 2011 earthquake.

Nearby Mount Vernon Estates won $100,000 to paint, plaster and restore George Washington’s large dining room.