Enumclaw’s founders’ crypts will finally be getting replaced.

The Daughters of the American Revolution Mary Fell Stevenson Chapter out of Black Diamond recently announced that after a year of fundraising that they finally have the cash to restore the grave markers of Mary Fell Stevenson, husband Frank Stevenson, and father Joseph Fell — all considered to be the founders of Enumclaw.

“We are so excited for the City of Enumclaw that after 100 years these monuments will have new faces,” Treasurer Jeannette Carroll said.

Mary and Frank came to Enumclaw from California in 1879, claiming a 16-acre plot of land in what would become the heart of downtown. Frank died in 1914, and Mary in 1928, meaning their crypts at the Enumclaw Evergreen Memorial Park have been watching over the city for more than a century.

No repair work has been done on the crypts since they were first erected, and it shows; Mary’s father’s headstone has with chips and cracks all along the face, and her own marker has a crack all along the base, threatening to fall off.

The whole project will cost about $28,000. The high cost is due to the fact that the headstones are a unique pink granite and not easily replaced.

Bellevue-based Quiring Monument Company has been contracted to replace the headstones.

Funds for the project came from the city of Enumclaw, which provided $18,000; $2,000 from an anonymous donor; $5,000 from King County Council member Reagan Dunn; and another $5,000 raised through a GoFundMe, craft sales at various community events, and other individual donations.