Cooperative Agreement P15AC01549

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904), will fund a program to support the rehabilitation of historic religious properties in rural communities. The $1,025,000 award to Partners for Sacred Places will enable the organization to provide subgrants to sustain historic purpose-built religious properties as community anchors. Specifically, the funding will support repairs and preservation work on...

The National Park Service, through the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929), awarded a $1,500,000 project grant to the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Foundation, Inc. in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. This grant will fund the preservation and restoration of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, one of only five religious buildings designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The project includes exterior cleaning, crack repair, and painting; interior plaster repair and...

This $499,128 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service will support needed repairs and architectural assessments of the Historic Campbell Chapel AME Church in Americus, Georgia. Funded by the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program, the award will allow the Historic Campbell Chapel Restoration Project Inc. to conduct a full structural assessment of the landmark building designed by Louis H. Persley, the first African American registered architect in...

The Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church-Selma, Al Legacy Foundation, Inc. received a $750,000 project grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904). The funding will support improvements to electrical systems and fire protection at the Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the church is significant for its association with the civil...

This Project Grant award of $2,360,026 from the National Park Service's "Save America's Treasures" program (CFDA 15.929) will support the assessment and rehabilitation of the Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul in Charleston, South Carolina. The project aims to address structural issues with the portico, including the deterioration of column capitals and beams, and cracking in the sanctuary's north face. The work will involve carefully deconstructing and rebuilding portions of the...

This $500,000 project grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service will fund electrical, fire protection, and accessibility upgrades to the historic Tabernacle Baptist Church edifice in Selma, Alabama. Awarded on August 1, 2022 through the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904), the funding will support code compliance work and building improvements to help preserve the 100-year-old structure. As one of the sites associated with the American Civil...

The Collins Chapel CME Church in Memphis, Tennessee will use a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Park Service to conduct preservation activities for the historic church building and site from August 2022 through August 2025. Funded through the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program, the project aims to improve infrastructure to meet safety standards and develop plans to highlight the original 1841 architectural design of one of the oldest surviving Black-owned institutions in...

The Friends of Historic Second Church will use a $512,728 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures program to conduct conservation treatments at the Second Presbyterian Church of Chicago. Three conservation firms will stabilize and repair interior design elements in the sanctuary, including a large mural, wooden framework supporting angels and arches, and two metal organ screens. Extensive cleaning and paint and plaster stabilization...

The National Park Service awarded a $500,000 Historic Preservation Fund Grant-in-Aid to the Buffalo Niagara Freedom Station Coalition Inc. to preserve the Michigan Street Baptist Church in Buffalo, NY. Under the award, the Coalition will complete repairs to the doors, windows, and interior finishes of the historic church building, along with electrical system improvements. The work will assist in preserving this historic resource in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for...

The National Park Service awarded a $750,000 Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid (CFDA 15.904) project grant to the Friends of Antioch, Inc. to rehabilitate the Antioch Baptist Church in Crawfordville, Georgia. This project is part of the African American Civil Rights (AACR) program, which aims to document, interpret, and preserve sites and stories related to the African American struggle for equal rights. The grant will fund architectural services, historic structure reports,...