A restoration committee was established which secured grants and held fundraising events.

"He's working with the restoration committee to put the bow back in Diana's hands," Mrs. Broadbent said.

The floor plan of the house has never been altered and it did not have electricity until the restoration committee had plug-ins installed.

Initially, the restoration committee had not announced a decision on the issue.

Leo Cirino, chairman of the restoration committee, will focus on the structure and the work in progress at the barn in his talk.

The overall head of the restoration committee was Prince Philip, who took primary responsibility for the five rooms to be recreated exactly as they had been.

The restoration committee bought the building from the city in 1998 for $250, the price that the meetinghouse's founders paid for the land in 1827.

Mr. Williams, in fact, is the only member of the cemetery's restoration committee who is not black.

The restoration committee hired a diving crew to search for them.

"But the bottom is silt that's four-feet deep," Tom Green of the restoration committee said.