Aug 1, 2000 |
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Chattanooga Regional History Museum, which originally opened in 1978, expands its location at Fourth and Chestnut Street into a Broad Street building donated by the city. |
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Aug 1, 2006 |
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The museum changes its name to The Chattanooga History Center. |
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Aug 1, 2007 |
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Developer Henry Glasscock proposes a $20 million project to build an eight or nine story building at First Avenue and Market Street, anchored by the museum, but the project falters with economy. |
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Feb. 1, 2013 |
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Daryl Black submits a letter to the editor of the Times Free Press, in response to a Free Press editorial. I write to assure you that the [Chattanooga History Center] is happening. It is happening as I write this letter. Physically, actually, really. With the help of more than 350 contributors, in our well organized, ongoing capital campaign, we have raised $8.25 million of our $10.5 million goal. |
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Aug 1, 2008 |
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The museums properties are sold, and it moves to a temporary location at 615 Lindsay Street. |
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July 1, 2014 |
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The museum receives $400,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The museum is set to open in early 2015. |
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Aug 1, 2009 |
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Daryl Black is promoted from a curator to the executive director of the museum, and plans are revealed to open a new museum on Market Street. |
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Sept. 1, 2013 |
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Unum Group donates an additional $350,000 to the museum, bringing the total amount raised to $9.4 million. |
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June 1, 2011 |
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The museum moves to its new location on Market Street and, says it will open by mid 2012. |
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Oct. 1, 2012 |
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Fundraising reaches about $8 million, after a $150,000 donation from Unum Group, $100,000 from an anonymous donor, and $50,000 from First Tennessee Bank. We want to open a year from today and host the governors of Georgia and Tennessee and celebrate the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, says Rick Montague, the co-chairman of the museums capital campaign. |
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Aug. 1, 2011 |
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The museum has raised about $6 million of its $10 million goal. |
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May 1, 2013 |
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Construction is expected to be competed in early summer. Officials say the doors should open in 2014. When I give myself time to stop and think and really kind of get my head around being in the final stage, its a little bit frightening, says Daryl Black, the centers executive director. |
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Jan. 1, 2012 |
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Construction stops for about a year while fundraising is slow. |
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Oct. 1, 2013 |
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Construction on the museum renovation is completed. |
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March 1, 2012 |
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Museum is set to open in early 2013. Weve tried to do three or four years of work in a year and a half, Daryl Black says. Weve got to make sure we do this right. |
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Jan. 1, 2015 |
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The capital campaign reaches $10.3 million, but board members say that thyll need an additional $3.2 million to finish the museum. They plan to get the money through loans instead of donation. The museum remains unopened, and Daryl Black says he wont give an opening date. |
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