I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 965 
To redesignate the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site as the ‘‘Saint- 
Gaudens 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) intro-
duced 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Saint-Gaudens Na-
tional Historical Park Redesignation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) Augustus Saint-Gaudens was one of the 
greatest sculptors in the United States, creating 
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well-known public monuments to Civil War heroes, 
peerless bas-reliefs, and the 1907 United States gold 
coinage, which are considered to be the most beau-
tiful coins ever minted; 
(2) from 1885 until the death of Augustus 
Saint-Gaudens in 1907, Augustus Saint-Gaudens 
maintained a residence and studios in Cornish, New 
Hampshire, where many of the most famous works 
of Augustus Saint-Gaudens were created and per-
fected; 
(3) the presence of Saint-Gaudens in Cornish, 
New Hampshire, attracted leaders and practitioners 
in painting, sculpture, etching, writing, poetry, 
drama, dance, musical composition, musical per-
formance, architecture, landscape architecture, juris-
prudence, politics, and other artistic disciplines to 
relocate to Cornish, forming the Cornish Art Colony, 
which was— 
(A) one of the earliest art colonies; and 
(B) one of the richest and most diverse 
concentrations of practicing artists in the 
United States; 
(4) the core of the Cornish Art Colony is cur-
rently preserved at Aspet, the estate of Augustus 
Saint-Gaudens, and at the Blow-Me-Down Farm, 
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which served as a social hub for the Colony, both of 
which are part of the Saint-Gaudens National His-
toric Site; and 
(5) throughout the long history of the Saint- 
Gaudens National Historic Site, the Historic Site 
and the partner organization of the Historic Site, 
the Saint-Gaudens Memorial, have promoted the 
arts through the regular presentation of musical 
concerts, historical dramas, visual arts exhibitions, 
artistic workshops, and the oldest artist-in-residence 
program in the National Park Service, creating a vi-
brant artistic community that promotes the creation, 
performance, and interpretation of the artistic herit-
age of the United States. 
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF SAINT-GAUDENS NATIONAL HIS-
TORICAL PARK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Saint-Gaudens National His-
toric Site shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Saint- 
Gaudens National Historical Park’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC LAW 88–543.—Public 
Law 88–543 (78 Stat.749) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘National Historic Site’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘National Historical 
Park’’; and 
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