State President Projects

2025–27

For her project, Colorado State President Connie Buswell elected to have the oak server at the Historic Callahan House refinished, one of several pieces of the original 1906 dining room furniture. The Callahans purchased the home in 1897, and when they moved to Nevada in 1938, the home was given to the City of Longmont for use by women’s groups for meetings and events. Thanks to the dedication and donations by the Long Peak Chapter, Columbine Pioneers Society, other Colorado chapter donations, and several yard sales, $3,200 was raised to refinish the extensively used oak server.

2024–25

State President Lee Hensley chose to donate $3,000 of State Questers funds toward the Raise the Roof campaign for the 1881 Emma Malaby Grocery in Fort Collins, Colorado. Meg Dunn, Historic Larimer County, stated they must repair and replace the deteriorating roof structure in order to save this historic building of many lives including photography studio, millinery shop, neighborhood grocery store with wood and coal business, years as part residence, and also a second-hand shop until 1943. The building will be transformed into a center for education, research, interpretation, and community events.

2020–22

State President Lee Hensley chose to repair drywall and paint the dining room in the Historic Stanley Home in Estes Park, Colorado. When the home was built in 1904, the walls were covered with painted burlap, a traditional wall covering at the time. Over the years, the paint color was changed from its original deep red to pale blue. The project was complicated when further research showed that removing the paint from the original burlap wallpaper would be too dangerous.

In January 2023, the dining room was returned to its deep red color, a color that in Victorian times was thought to enhance the appetites of diners.

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2017–18

State President Paula Doty recognized that one of the tapestries in the Governor's Mansion in Denver was in need of restoration. The 10 ft 1 in x 6 ft 8 in tapestry was produced in the Ateliers of Nelson, Manufacture des Gobelin in Paris and was originally procured by Claude Boettcher from an art dealer in New York. Details of the tapestry include an ecru ground bordered in sky blue with a framework of golden leaf scrolling, hung with festoons of pastel-colored roses, peonies, and other flowers. The center is highlighted with an oval medallion depicting a landscape vignette with the figures of three children in the Claude Boucher style.