Cohen-Bray House
Victorian
Preservation Center of Oakland
1440 29th Ave. Oakland
Board of Directors
Karin Sidwell
Patty Donald
Patty Reidenbach
Hank Dunlop
Paul Roberts
Emeriti
Barbara Donald
Mike Reidenbach
VPCO Membership
The Victorian Preservation Center
of Oakland (VPCO) and
What
the VPCO does:
The organization has two
stated goals (one dealing with saving history, the other with the
educational study of that history), namely:
The mission of the Victorian Preservation Center of Oakland
is to interpret the history of the East Bay in the later
nineteenth century. The Center seeks to accomplish this goal by
promoting the study of material culture of the era and the social and
economic life of Oakland, the East Bay and the San Francisco Bay Area as
represented by the Cohen Bray house.
The house thus
serves as focal point for the study of the culture and development of
the Bay Area during the Victorian period and early 20th
Century. It provides
students from this area and from across the country an opportunity to
study the decorative arts and material collections of The Cohen-Bray
House. We are updating our mailing list and ask you to
help us by registering below and becoming a member for this year.
Annual membership covers July 2006 through June 2007.
___Individual
Member $25 ___Household
Member $35
Please
mail to: The Victorian Preservation Center of Oakland,
The Cohen-Bray House
Scholars participate
actively in conservation, interpretation, and analysis of the period and
in the study of the Fruitvale District of Oakland and of the Cohen and
Bray families in a hands-on setting, using the artifacts available in
the house and the resources of the community.
How
others may use and assist the VPCO:
The educational
efforts described above allow use of a unique site by students of
historic decorative design, restoration and preservation.
These efforts by scholars and others require broad-based support, financial and
otherwise, from public and private sources within and beyond the
immediate community. The
VPCO needs others to join with them as they offer this remarkable
residence for the study and preservation of the past.
The organization needs contributions of time, ideas, materials,
and money. For those
looking for first hand experience in historic preservation, keep in mind
that the professional skills of architects, contractors, roofers,
painters, carpenters, restoration specialists, conservators, curators,
antiquarians, librarians, gardeners, landscapers are all currently
needed at The Cohen-Bray House. Whether
you have these skills or would like to learn them in an historical
context you can help the VPCO enormously in many
ways:
The Victorian Preservation Center of
Oakland (non-profit organization tax id #94-3156522)
We need your help to keep out the rain, shore up the foundation, and
revitalize the landscape. We have no paid staff, no paid officers, nor do we receive
funding from any public source. Our entire effort comes from volunteers.
Funds from your membership are used to repair and maintain the
house and garden, both acutely in need of care at the ripe old age of
almost 122! Membership is open to all those who support the goals of
restoration and preservation of America’s vanishing treasures. There is no other house quite like it in all of California or
perhaps anywhere in the United States!
For
your membership you will receive:
·
Our
newsletter
·
Discount
on admission to all events
·
A
set of 6 postcards, interior and exterior views of the house
·
Invitation
to a specified members-only event
·
Most
important, the satisfaction that you are helping to save and keep this
astonishing repository of our Bay Area past for future generations!
Becoming
a Member
My check for
$__________ is enclosed.
___Supporting Member $50 ___
Sustaining
Member $150
___Benefactor
Member $500 ___Angel
$1000
Name_______________________________________________
Address_____________________________________________
City__________________________State_____ZIP___________
Telephone___________________________________________
E-mail______________________________________________
5245 College Ave., Suite 145, Oakland, CA 94618.
Thank-you and Welcome!
Cohen-Bray House
Copyright 2006 The Cohen-Bray House
Web Master: VPCO
Date Last Modified: 11/25/06