Three years later, William Stickling purchased the tower and continued to make improvements.

The tower was eventually purchased by William R. Stickling, who went to great lengths to restore it.

It was donated to a charity named in his honor following his 1999 death, and the William R. Stickling Charitable Foundation continues to maintain the structure.

Stickling died later that year, but his benefactors transferred the building to the William R. Stickling Charitable Foundation, who currently maintain the building.

The original micro-webserver component of NCPS (network centric product support) was first developed and demonstrated in 2001 by David Loda, Enzo Macchia, Sam Quadri and Bjorn Stickling, and initially tested on board a Fairchild-Dornier 328 regional jet in January 2002.

But for all that Stephen retained a lively affection for him; his harmless delight in finery, his stickling for precedence, and even his more serious flaws did not amount to a great deal when they were compared with his courage, his delicate sense of honour, his generosity, and his unvarying kindness to his godson.