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Johnny Carson's birthplace home project gets grant
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Vision Iowa Board has awarded more than $21,000 to help restore the Iowa home of famed comedian Johnny Carson.
The grant was approved Wednesday by the economic development agency's board at its meeting in Des Moines.
The Johnny Carson Birthplace Society's project is expected to cost more than $139,000.
Backers hope to restore the house to its 1925 layout and fill it with Carson memorabilia.
Carson was born in Corning in 1925 and lived there for three years. Then the family moved to Norfolk, Neb., where he graduated high school before attending the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.
Talk show host Johnny Carson, with his personalized coffee cup in front of him, watches clips from earlier shows during the last taping of 'The Tonight Show' in front of family and friends in Burbank, Ca., in this May 22, 1992 file photo. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)
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