Halltown Memorial Chapel Association Receives Grant for the Halltown Colored Free School Restoration Project

The Halltown Memorial Chapel Association is pleased to announce it has received a $2,438.00 grant from the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation -- Two Rivers Giving Circle Fund to support the Halltown Colored Free School Restoration Project.

The Mission of the Halltown Memorial Chapel Association is to contribute to the understanding and interpretation of African-American life during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Jefferson County, West Virginia through the restoration and preservation of the Halltown Memorial Chapel (1901) and the Halltown Colored Free School (1870). This grant moves the Free School restoration forward by connecting electricity to the structure, a critical task that will support future restoration work and enable the structure to open to the public.

“The Halltown Memorial Chapel Association thanks the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation -- Two Rivers Giving Circle Fund for its support of the Association’s efforts to fully restore the Halltown Colored Free School built by freed slave Thomas Edwards in 1870. This grant will allow the Association to connect electricity to the Free School and enable critical restoration work to move forward safely and expeditiously.” Halltown Memorial Chapel Association President Philip Braxton

The Community Foundation was established in 1995 and awards over $1 million in grants and scholarships annually. With more than 320 endowed funds and assets of just over $60 million, EWVCF is one of the largest grantmaking organizations serving the Eastern Panhandle. The Foundation is located at the historic Caperton Train Station at 229 East Martin Street, Suite 4, Martinsburg, WV 25401. For more information, visit the website www.EWVCF.org  or contact EWVCF Executive Director Susan Caperton at scaperton@ewvcf.org or call 304-264-0353.

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