ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, May 13, 1993                   TAG: 9305130044
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C3   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: TAZEWELL                                LENGTH: Short

MUSEUM WINS GRANT TO BUILD CLASSROOM

Historic Crab Orchard Museum has received a $5,000 grant from Norfolk Southern Corp. to help create a classroom in the 160-year-old Horsepen farmstead now being rebuilt on museum grounds.

Its first floor will accommodate school groups for discussions of pioneer life in Tazewell County and Southwest Virginia. It will be available for other educational and civic meetings.

The original building, constructed between 1825 and 1835, is thought to have been an overnight stopping place along a stage road.

The grant is the largest contribution toward the project so far. Donations totaling $16,000 allowed the building to be put under roof, but about $15,000 still must be raised for porches, fireplace, chimney, electrical service, handicapped access and other work. - Southwest bureau 


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