When the chill of winter finally loosens its grasp here at the Hamill House, ground-breaking will begin on the exciting re-landscaping project of the Hamill House lawn. With grants from the State Historical Fund and National Park Service, the Hamill House grounds will be taken back to an earlier era, in an effort to make the entire Hamill House Museum property representative of its turn-of-the-century era. The large cottonwood trees on the south side of the stone wall will be replaced with younger versions, the concrete walk-ways around the house will be replaced with gravel-textured concrete similar to when the house was built in 1879, and the fountain will be re-plumbed and restored.