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Restoration Plans and Funding.


Restoration of the well will include repointing of the interior and exterior brickwork; elevating the viewing deck; installing new glass viewing panels; replacing exterior and interior lighting; and adding directive and interpretive signage.
   Fundraising is in progress to support the restoration project. To date,  generous donations and grant funds have been received from:
   *Individual contributors
   *Gadsby’s Tavern Museum Society
   *Save America’s Treasures
   *Roller-Bottimore Foundation
   *1772 Foundation
   *National Trust for Historic
     Preservation
   *Historic Alexandria Foundation
   *Alexandria Association

   The project has also benefited from a 2007 General Assembly grant (administered by DHR).  The goal is to complete the restoration by 2012.

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