City council has unanimously awarded $20,000 to the current owners of Hulland House. City council has unanimously awarded $20,000 to the current owners of Hulland House. The money will be used to update the historic 1947 home, which was the abode of territorial superintendent, politician and schoolteacher Jack Hulland in the 1950s and 1960s. Owners of heritage properties in the city are able to apply for money from the city’s heritage fund for maintaining or upgrading the properties. The limit that someone can take from the fund is $20,000 or half of eligible costs, whichever is lower. The fund has been used in the past to do restoration or maintenance at the Old Log Church and the Telegraph Office. The restoration at the Hulland House, on Wood Street across from the Pioneer Cemetery, is all-encompassing: sealing the building to weather, reroofing, and a “complete interior renewal featuring new mechanical, plumbing and electrical systems, as well as accessible doorways, new windows, improved ventilation and energy efficiency upgrade,” as per the city report. The city report also says a ramp and front landing would be added to make the home more accessible. The city’s grant would go towards work done on the exterior and structure of the building. The city report specified the money would be going towards the reroofing, weather sealing and upgrades to the windows and exterior doors in particular. Contact Talar Stockton at talar.stockton@yukon-news.com
Hulland House owners get $20k from city for renos
