DCist received word last night that the Heurich House, widely known as the Brewmaster’s Castle, has been saved from being sold for private use, and will thus remain open to the public. Citing a press release emailed by Gary Heurich, over $100,000 has been raised from nearly 2,000 donations over the past 44 days, and while that didn’t meet the $250,000 that was needed by yesterday, the cooperative lender has allowed for an imminent refinancing of the Castle’s $5.5 million mortgage.

We’ll be bringing you a more detailed post as soon as we get more info. We just wanted to get the good news to our readers, as well as a big thank you to those of you who helped spread the word, visited the house, and donated funds. This has been a fantastically inspiring grassroots effort, and we’re glad to see that DCist co-founder Mike Grass’ great-great grandfather’s wood carvings aren’t going to be gutted from a gorgeous piece of District history.