Officials met with neighbors on Nov. 20 to talk over the plans. The project will be funded through money raised from University donors as well as from the federal government. The project will take about two years to complete. The earliest it could begin is next fall, said Wooten. Planned changes to the President's House include a permanent enclosure for the rear terrace to accommodate functions without assembling and disassembling tents, and a catering kitchen in the basement to prepare food on site for the events, said Dorothy F. Renaghan, assistant vice president of facilities management for Plant Operations.
Opportunities generally come during presidential transitions.
The house was owned by Rush and Elizabeth Sturges until they sold it to the University in 1947 and is the fourth home used by Brown presidents since the University was founded.