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The second phase of the Katherine Anne Porter House Restoration Project is moving forward. Last year, the first phase, purchase of the childhood home of Katherine Anne Porter in Kyle, Texas, was completed. The Katherine Anne Porter House Restoration Committee has been formed to oversee the restoration. Members of the committee include Bill Johnson and Mary Giberson, Co-Chairs; Carroll Wiley, Secretary; Bob Barton, Treasurer; Wynette Barton; Rosa Corrales; Mary Etheredge; Tom Grimes; and Paul Porter. The committee retained architect Emily Little, who has completed a master plan for the site and architectural models. The plans tentatively call for restoration of the house to be used for a writer-in-residence. The target date for initiation of the writer-in-residence program is sometime next year. The projected master plan also provides details for an outbuilding with restrooms, kitchen, and seminar room to be constructed on the site. Members of the committee have written grant proposals for funding the last two phases of the project and have had the generous support of the Burdine-Johnson Foundation. Phase Three will seek an endowment to fund the writer-in-residence program and the maintenance of the house.

Anyone wishing to contribute to this important project should make checks payable to the Friends of the Hays County Historical Commission--Preservation Associates, Inc., and designated to the Porter House Preservation Project. They should be mailed to 1717 North Burleson Street, Kyle, TX 78640.