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Audubon Society Gains Namesake's Home, Rent-Free, for 50 Years

MILL GROVE, PA-The society's lease with Montgomery County includes a

By Marita Thomas | Updated on April 23, 2003

MILL GROVE, PA-The Montgomery County commissioners and the National AudubonSociety formed a public-private partnership allowing the society to operatenaturalist John James Audubon’s residence at Mill Grove, PA. The property islisted on the National Register of Historic places.

The agreement grants the society a 50-year, rent-free lease on a 67-acreparcel of the 175-acre Audubon sanctuary at Pawlings and Audubon Roads inLower Providence Township; all the buildings on the property, includingAudubon’s 1792 farmhouse and barn, and an art collection valued at between$10 million and $12 million. The lease begins on January 1, 2004.

In return, the society is required to restore and maintain the property andbuild an art gallery and visitors’ center. Upgrading the buildings isexpected to cost about $5 million, and an additional $5 million is theestimated construction cost of a gallery for the art, primarily works byAudubon. Under the agreement, the gallery must be completed within 10 years.

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