Make History Matter: The Campaign for the Trudeau Building will restore the former home and medical office of Dr. E. L. Trudeau, pioneer in tuberculosis treatment and scientific research. The building will open as a museum that explores the story of Saranac Lake and Dr. Trudeau’s groundbreaking work in tuberculosis treatment. View our Case Statement.

Make History Matter is a $1.7 million fund-raising effort. Since announcing the project in May of this year, we have secured over $300,000 in lead gifts, foundation grants, and pledges of support. While this is excellent early progress, there is work left to do in order to reach our goal:

• We seek to raise an additional $300,000 through naming opportunities at the Trudeau Building. 
• We are actively applying for foundation grants, in order to secure an additional $150,000.
• We seek to raise an additional $100,000 in the public campaign.
• Our goal is to secure $500,000 in state funding, and we have submitted four applications for major state grants. Additionally, the Trudeau Building is one of the projects in the village’s $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative. 
• Recognizing the importance of the museum expansion for our ongoing work in the humanities, Historic Saranac Lake has applied for a National Endowment for the Humanities Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant of $250,000. 
• We are securing a mortgage in order to finance the purchase of the building.
• A donor of a generous gift of $115,000 to our endowment has given us permission to reallocate the gift to the Trudeau Building as needed.

Download our pledge card.