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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 965 

To redesignate the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site as the ‘‘SaintGaudens National Historical Park’’, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 7, 2017 

Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire (for herself and Ms. SHEA-PORTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 

Resources 

A BILL 

To redesignate the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site as 

the ‘‘Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park’’, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Saint-Gaudens Na5 tional Historical Park Redesignation Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 

8 (1) Augustus Saint-Gaudens was one of the 

9 greatest sculptors in the United States, creating 


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1 well-known public monuments to Civil War heroes, 

2 peerless bas-reliefs, and the 1907 United States gold 

3 coinage, which are considered to be the most beau4 tiful coins ever minted; 

5 (2) from 1885 until the death of Augustus 

6 Saint-Gaudens in 1907, Augustus Saint-Gaudens 

7 maintained a residence and studios in Cornish, New 

8 Hampshire, where many of the most famous works 

9 of Augustus Saint-Gaudens were created and per10 fected; 

11 (3) the presence of Saint-Gaudens in Cornish, 

12 New Hampshire, attracted leaders and practitioners 

13 in painting, sculpture, etching, writing, poetry, 

14 drama, dance, musical composition, musical per15 formance, architecture, landscape architecture, juris16 prudence, politics, and other artistic disciplines to 

17 relocate to Cornish, forming the Cornish Art Colony, 

18 which was— 

19 (A) one of the earliest art colonies; and 

20 (B) one of the richest and most diverse 

21 concentrations of practicing artists in the 

22 United States; 

23 (4) the core of the Cornish Art Colony is cur24 rently preserved at Aspet, the estate of Augustus 

25 Saint-Gaudens, and at the Blow-Me-Down Farm, 


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1 which served as a social hub for the Colony, both of 

2 which are part of the Saint-Gaudens National His3 toric Site; and 

4 (5) throughout the long history of the Saint5 Gaudens National Historic Site, the Historic Site 

6 and the partner organization of the Historic Site, 

7 the Saint-Gaudens Memorial, have promoted the 

8 arts through the regular presentation of musical 

9 concerts, historical dramas, visual arts exhibitions, 

10 artistic workshops, and the oldest artist-in-residence 

11 program in the National Park Service, creating a vi12 brant artistic community that promotes the creation, 

13 performance, and interpretation of the artistic herit14 age of the United States. 

15 SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF SAINT-GAUDENS NATIONAL HIS16 TORICAL PARK. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Saint-Gaudens National His18 toric Site shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Saint19 Gaudens National Historical Park’’. 

20 (b) AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC LAW 88–543.—Public 

21 Law 88–543 (78 Stat.749) is amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘National Historic Site’’ each 

23 place it appears and inserting ‘‘National Historical 

24 Park’’; and 


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1 (2) in section 2(a), by striking ‘‘historic site’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘Saint-Gaudens National Historical 

3 Park’’. 

4 (c) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law, regula5 tion, document, record, map, or other paper of the United 

6 States to the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site shall 

7 be considered to be a reference to the ‘‘Saint-Gaudens Na8 tional Historical Park’’. 

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