The Sterling-Moorman House is located in Cheney on 2nd and G streets near the U.S. Post Office.
The Sterling-Moorman House, located at Second and G streets in Cheney, has received a grant from the Spokane Preservation Advocates (SPA) to help bring handrails up to code on the newly rebuilt porch.
The Heritage Grant application from the SPA awarded the house $625 to help support the cause.
The house was built in Cheney in 1884 and was originally located at Fourth and G streets. It was relocated in September 2006 to its current location and is now listed on the Cheney Register of Historic Places.
"We try to retain original materials as much as possible to make sure it can be as close to the original house," Susan Beeman, Sterling-Moorman House board member, said.
The structure is the only remaining example of the Gothic Revival architectural styles in Cheney. A local carpenter, Frank Sterling, built it and the name of the house also comes from long time ownership by the James Madison Moorman family.
The Cheney Historic Preservation Commission hopes to make the house into a local meeting area that can be rented out by local citizens. But the lack of funds has slowed down the process.
"Money is hard to come by, so we make a dollar go a long way," Beeman said.
Local Eagle Scouts from the Boy Scouts of America have had a partnership with the program for three other projects around the house. The first Eagle Scout, Isaac Powell, coordinated a team to create a small retaining wall at the front of the house. The next Eagle Scout, Colton Rager, organized a crew to create a bench in front of the house for public seating. And Shogo Starr led a team to install a sprinkler system.
Overall, there have been over 100 volunteers on the house who have put in over 600 hours of work on the house.
"We are just trying to keep the past alive," Lowell Mock, a member on the house board said.
According to the its website, "SPA was formed in 1997 by a group of local historic preservation advocates who believed in the value of preservation and its role in enhancing Spokane's quality of life."
For more information or to donate, visit the website http://www.sterlingmorman.org.
Grace Pohl can be reached at grace@cheneyfreepress.com.
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