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Blow-Me-Down Farm Site Management Plan
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There are two phases under the selected alternative. Phase 1 occurs within the first seven years following the issuance of this FONSI. During Phase 1, the park will proactively seek grants and cost-share opportunities, strengthening existing partnerships and developing new partnerships for undertaking needed preservation and rehabilitation or restoration of the Farm's historic structures. The park may also pursue leasing or cooperative agreement opportunities that would bring uses to the Farm that directly relate to the park's purpose and significance cluding: art, history, and natural resource education programs; artist-in-residence programs; museums; or other programs which provide educational opportunities in the fields of art, art history, historic preservation, public lands management, or natural resources.
Phase 2 would begin in the eighth year following implementation of the selected alternative and would continue as the management strategy for the Farm, provided substantial progress towards the goals laid out in Phase 1 is not achieved. The intent of Phase 2 is to increase the likelihood of Saint-Gaudens NHS finding suitable occupants to assist in stabilizing and/or rehabilitating the Farm's structures in the event that the goals of Phase 1 prove untenable. Phase 2 will permit the park to consider leasing options that are not directly related to the park's existing programs but that do not detract from the park's mission.
Blow-Me-Down Farm was acquired by the park via donation from the park's non-profit partner, the Saint-Gaudens Memorial, in 2010. The property consists of 42.6 acres of land and nine historic structures. The property was the historic home of the Charles Beaman family; Beaman was instrumental in enticing sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to move to Cornish in 1885. The presence of Saint-Gaudens in Cornish brought many other artists to the area leading to the development of the Cornish Colony of artists. Blow-Me-Down Farm became one of many social hubs and gathering places for the Colony members.
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Contact Information
Rick Kendall, SuperintendentSaint-Gaudens National Historic Site
139 Saint Gaudens Road
Cornish, NH 03745