Why?

• Community demand for quality event space

• Income to the HHH

• HHH turns down rental events because facility too small
• Provide space and revenue for new educational programs

What?

• HHH expansion

• New commercial kitchen

• 3 new banquet/meeting rooms

• Seating 200 people, bringing total facility capacity to 300+

Where?

• North and east of the HHH

• Removing Carriage House, built in 1939

Why now?

• Community need

• Additional revenue needed to keep HHH operating

• Preserve history of the Hormel family and Austin’s heritage

What can I do?

• Donations of cash or stock

• Pledge for up to five years

• Payments monthly, quarterly or annually

• Spread the word about the HHH expansion project

• Rent the HHH for business or private events

• Bring out-of-town family and friends to visit

The Hormel Historic Home has a building project on the drawing board for the first time in 69 years.

Back in 1939, the Girl Scout House was built on the north end of the property. The 23 by 35 foot room was added to meet the demands of the growing Girl Scout organization. The room served as a meeting place for Austin scouts for over fifty years. It is now known as the Carriage House and is used for meetings and events.

The capacity to host more meetings and events is part of the story of our new expansion plans. The Board of Trustees has been working to design additional banquet rooms and a commercial kitchen.

The new space will be built directly to the east and directly to the west of the current Carriage House. About 7,000 square feet, it will feature a commercial kitchen and three large meeting rooms facing south into the Peace Garden. The meeting rooms will hold about 75 people each or the walls can be collapsed for larger groups up to 200 people.

The original 1871 home will not be disturbed. No part of the Peace Garden be lost. The Austin Medical Center has generously donated a parcel of land allowing us to expand to the east.

The expansion project is intended to meet community demand for event rental space and also to generate much-needed income for the Hormel Historic Home operations. Just in 2008, the HHH has had to turn down 24 events because our facility was too small or was already booked.

Lillian Hormel was known for her hospitality and this new project will allow us to continue to offer hospitality and to reach out to all Austin’s visitors with the story of the Hormel family.