Cooperative Agreement P21AC10265

The National Park Service awarded a $1,703,584 Save America's Treasures grant (CFDA 15.929) to the Vandercook College of Music in Illinois to support critical repairs and renovations to the American Association of Railroads Engineering Laboratory Building, a historically significant structure within the Illinois Institute of Technology Historic District. The grant will fund repairs to the building's envelope and mechanical systems, as well as enable adaptive reuse of the property. This...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $220,000 Cooperative Agreement on July 23, 2024 to the Lincoln Presidential Foundation under the Cultural Resources Management (CFDA 15.946) program. This project will contextualize the history of the Lincoln Home in Springfield, Illinois with the centennial of Route 66, by interpreting how the telling and experience of Lincoln's story has evolved over generations along the historic Route 66 corridor. The project encompasses a broad range of cultural...

The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program to implement an architectural history festival, education programs, and digital technology upgrades. The grant period runs from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. Through this funding, CAF will plan and execute the Open House Chicago festival highlighting the city's historic architecture. The...

The Board of Commissioners of Tower Grove Park was awarded a $1,004,523 Project Grant from the National Park Service under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program. The grant will fund repairs to pavilions located in Tower Grove Park, a 171-year-old publicly accessible community space in St. Louis, Missouri that hosts approximately 500,000 annual visitors. The Board will provide $504,523 in matching funds for this preservation work. The grant performance period is from October 1,...

The Queens Museum of Art received a $631,633 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Save America's Treasures (SAT) program (CFDA 15.929) to conserve the Panorama of the City of New York, a large-scale architectural model created for the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair. Project activities will include a comprehensive assessment of the model's 272 panels, repainting and reinforcing the structural supports, and repairing the lighting system that codes...

The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Northwest Mountain Region awarded a $6.7 million Project Grant to the City of Pullman under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) to construct a new 45,000 square foot terminal building at the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport. This grant will fund the twelfth phase of construction, which includes an additional 4,000 square foot post-secure gate area and a third passenger boarding bridge. The project aims to reduce...

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 Public Housing Museum was awarded a $258,550 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301). The grant will fund a two-year project to create a series of rotating exhibitions about the history of public housing in Los Angeles, Saint Louis, and the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. The museum will use a participatory approach, engaging with housing authorities and residents in these locations to give voice and perspective to...

The National Public Housing Museum received a $409,752 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant supports the museum's development of a participatory exhibition and public programming that explores the role of music in the development of public housing communities, and the role of these communities in the creation and celebration of music. The exhibition and programming will be co-curated with current and former...

The National Park Service awarded a $2,575,076 Project Grant under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Recreation and Conservation Office in Washington to develop recreational facilities at Heritage Square Park in Walla Walla, Washington. The Recreation and Conservation Office will subgrant the funds to the City of Walla Walla, who will use the award to develop Heritage Square Park with new restrooms, an amphitheater stage, interactive...