Grant to fund beer can house rehab
The Associated Press reports that Houston's quirky "beer can house" will be getting some needed rehabilitation:
Beer-lover John Milkovisch attached the cans to his house over a 20-year period as an alternative to more traditional home repair. He also made beer-can fences and garlands to hang from his roof.
The home was becoming a nationally celebrated folk-art site when the Southern Pacific upholsterer died in 1988 at 75. Since then, it has suffered years of decline.
Now, a $125,000 grant from Houston Endowment grant to the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art will help restore the home.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 03/17/05 10:02 PM | Print | Comments (1)
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