Restore the national historic landmark casa DEL herrero in santa barbara, california, a historic treasure in the classic spanish revival architecture style

This $1,555,816 federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures program will fund the restoration and conservation of the National Historic Landmark Casa del Herrero in Santa Barbara, California. The award will support three major project areas:

1. Plaster repairs to the exterior walls of the main house.
2. Restoration work on the walls, doors, windows, and painting of the glasshouse, lath house, gardener's tool shed, and workshop.
3. Repair, restoration, and conservation of the 10 exterior Spanish tile fountains on the property to bring them back to their original working condition.

This funding will allow the California Missions Foundation, the non-profit awardee, to mitigate water damage, protect the walls with newly sealed plaster, and restore the outer buildings and fountains to become operational again for public use by tourists, students, artists, and historians. The award has a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027.

The project will involvethree major areas. The main house of the casa will receive plaster repairs to the exterior walls. The glasshouse, lath house, gardener S tool shed and workshop will receive restoration work on the walls, doors andwindows as well as painting. The 10 exterior spanish tile fountains on the property will receive repair, restoration and conservation of the units so they can be brought back to their original state. This funding will allow the casa to bring the outer buildings and fountains back to working condition so theywill be operational again for public use and will be appreciated by tourists, students, artists, historians andemployees. IT will maintain the main house of the casa and the other buildings by mitigating water damage andprotecting the walls with newly sealed plaster.