Freeman Store Clubhouse & Den Mother Laine Hyde
Moorefield Demolition: Laine Hyde's Leadership in Action
The following comment regarding the Windover Heights Historic District was recently posted to the site. We repeat it here to make sure it is well read:
"This whole Historic Vienna, Inc. business seems to be a farce... an exclusive garden club hobby operating out of its Freeman Store clubhouse at Town expense. Who owns the Freeman Store property? Is this Town property? If so, how come only club members can meet there? And what does this club do besides sell crafts, display old stuff, and walk around their backyard "historic district"? What historic properties has this club identified and preserved since 1975... the Moorefield home that consumed countless manhours and tax payer dollars before being demolished? Nice work, Historic Vienna, Inc.! Do Town employees maintain the exclusive Freeman Store clubhouse? What does Historic Vienna, Inc. do with the non-profit funds they raise while operating off the good grace of Town tax payers? Where are their financial statements? How come their is no substantive content about Vienna history on their website... it's been 30 years... where's the preservation?... where's the history?... a death notice?... anything at all? Why are they using Town of Vienna e-mail addresses? Why are my tax dollars paying to support their IT overhead if they are an exclusive paying-members-only club? A historic district that has virtually no identified history, an exclusive club operating at Town expense... it's all as if someone is trying to fabricate a historic Vienna that never really existed. This all smells like someone's crafts project and small-town cronyism and and it's time to clean it up. Town government should get back to the basic functions of government and leave the garden club historical societies to the private sector."
The Freeman Store is owned by the Town. It is not located in a historic district. Who are all the players in the clubhouse?
President - Laine Hyde
Vice President - Shirley McCoy
Treasurer - D. H. Scarborough
Secretary - Anne Stuntz
Board Members of Historic Vienna, Inc.:
Sarah Jane Brady
Michael Cheselka
Daniel Dellinger
Mildred Monahan
Rose Mulville
Maud Robinson
Daphne Sloan
Paul Snodgrass
Katherine Tugendhat
Christopher Vereide
