A Successful Fundraiser to Save the Blue
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n March, I wrote a post, Help Save the Blue. It was about a fundraiser to save a 180-year-old pavilion. The Friends of the Blue, the committee managing the restoration, needed to raise $25,000 to match grant funds for the restoration process. I am happy to report that the groups working to preserve this 180-year-old pavilion have surpassed their fundraising goal.
The Greenbrier Historical Society and Friends of The Blue launched a Kickstarter campaign in February to raise $25,000 and raised $27,000. The money will be used for stabilization work and the beginning of restoration.
The Greek Revival-style pavilion was once part of the Blue Sulphur Springs spa about 9 miles north of Alderson. Union troops burned every structure at the site except the pavilion during the Civil War.
The below video provides images, provided by the Mills Group, of the Blue Sulphur Spring Pavilion as it is, as it was, and as it will be.
Preservation Alliance of West Virginia included the pavilion on its 2013 endangered properties list.
Thanks to all that helped Save the Blue!
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