The Youngstown Foundation helps fix a Canfield museum

Staff report

CANFIELD

The Canfield War Veterans Museum received a $10,000 grant from The Youngstown Foundation to repair the building’s exterior.

Doug Speece, museum owner, said he was grateful for the opportunity to fix the East Main Street building.

According to the museum’s website, the building, built in 1809, is the oldest house in Canfield still on its original foundation. It was renovated in the late 1980s when it became a museum, which is now home to more than 40,000 artifacts from almost every U.S. conflict.

In 2015, renovations began again with donations collected by 12-year-old Scotty Crawford, a Canfield Middle School student who has been raising money for the museum for four years.

Speece said the first priority for the foundation money will be to fix the steps. The memorial bricks will be taken off, and a new cement foundation will be poured. The bricks will be put back down, in the same order, and weather treated to prevent further deterioration.

After the steps, the handicapped-accessible ramp will be redone with new wood, donated by Baird Brothers Fine Hardwoods of Canfield. The ramp and porch also will be repainted, Speece said.

Donations can be sent to the museum: The War Vet Museum Building Fund at Farmers’ National Bank, 20 S. Broad St., Canfield, or through the website, www.warvetmuseum.org.