The Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation is turning 70 years old this year, and it just got a most excellent birthday gift to celebrate.
The Mellon Foundation has announced a $600,000 grant to group to support the new Preservation Center at Hopemont, formerly known as the Hunt-Morgan House on the corner of Mill and Second streets.
The Preservation Center is to open in 2027 as a “one-stop-shop” for the Trust’s preservation services, including programming, consulting, a preservation library, grant assistance and lectures…