The Henry Ossawa Tanner House Preservation Team Chooses Union as Design Partner
The Friends of the Tanner House preservation approach is guided by a commitment to ennoble the site’s historical significance and enable its continued relevance as a place of cultural vitality through work in partnership with existing and emerging local community institutions through the Friends of the Tanner House Community Partner Network.
“We’re grateful to have UNION as partners in this process, as we accomplish new benchmarks for our organization and the stewardship of 2908 W. Diamond St. Their mission-oriented, values-aligned nature wowed us through the open RFP process. We appreciated the diversity of the team they assembled alongside the depth of experience in advancing community-forward projects like ours. We believe we’ve found the right folks with the right set of talents and skills so that the revitalization of the Henry Ossawa Tanner House is nationally understood as one of the premier ready-to-go investment opportunities for uplifting Black heritage during America’s semi-quincentennial.”
— Christopher R. Rogers Ph.D.,
Co-Coordinator, Friends of the Tanner House
“At UNION, our mission has always been to serve communities by shaping spaces that hold meaning, depth, and belonging. To join hands with Friends of the Tanner House is not simply a project – it is a profound honor. The Tanner House is more than brick and mortar; it is a vessel of memory, a keeper of voices too often silenced, a testament to the brilliance, resilience, and creativity of Black life in America. Their story is our story. My story. To be entrusted with such a mission moves us deeply, and we are humbled to stand alongside Friends of the Tanner House in carrying it forward.”
– Victoria Bryant, Project Manager, UNION