Supporters of the house where the inventor of the Saltine cracker lived are in the home stretch of their efforts to rehabilitate the historic structure.  They are hoping to complete renovations soon, and are just a few donations short of raising the money needed to finish the job.

According to a post on social media, they have just a couple of days left on their challenge to raise the money on the Cracker House GoFundMe page (here).

The Frank L. Sommer home, affectionately known as “the Cracker House,” is located at 914 Main Street in St Joseph. Organizers of the effort say the “tuck pointing” is almost complete. The west side of the building is done as well as most of the east side. There is a little bit of tuckpointing to do on the north side and quite a bit on the south side as it is the most weathered.

They’ve raised more than $400 in the latest fundraising effort, but need a total of $1,500 to finish the job.

You can follow their progress at the GoFundMe site or on their Facebook page here.