Baptist Alley and preservation

[mgambuzza]

(02-13-2013 03:23 PM)asobbingfilm Wrote:  Welcome !!! I'm certain that the amount of money needed to buy out and relocate the restaurant and do the restoration is astronomical. Ive always said if I win the lottery that I would try. Very touchy subject. Im not sure the current owners know just how important a relic they occupy is. (Or maybe they do). In any case do what I do every time I go to DC. Go to the Wok and Roll sit at the table in the window order the hot and sour soup and the orange chicken (very good BTW) and be satisfied knowing that you ate a meal at the same place more or less that Mary Surrat and other conspirators did. Sadly it may be the best you can do. If I do win the lottery and buy the place out I will have everyone over for THE party of the century when I reopen it as Mary Surratts Bar and Grille (just kidding, I will call it Mary Surratts Boarding House, think of what I could charge as a BnB).

Well I hope you do win and use some of the money that way. I'm not really sure why this is a touchy subject since we have other assassination sites well preserved. Granted, it is owned by a private party but everyone has their price. I figure that the building can be bought for maybe $2 Million and maybe another $1 Million in renovation?

By today's standards, not too much money but it is a shame that the second floor was knocked out. It's not a money making opportunity I know, but I'm almost sure money can be raised to restore it to a museum or something like that for future generations. We have the Lizzie Bordon house in Fall River MA in my state and that museum does quite well. People do have a fascination with this stuff and once it's gone, it's gone.

I wonder if Robert Redford has seen the property when he was working on the movie.

Best

Mike