Cooperative Agreement U79SM063100

This Project Grant award from the National Park Service under the Save America's Treasures program provides $1,049,418 to Longue Vue House and Gardens in New Orleans, Louisiana. The funding will support a strategic preservation plan for the historic site, which features the landscape design and interiors created by renowned 20th-century landscape architect Ellen Biddle Shipman. Key components of the project include: Archival stabilization and digitization of Shipman-related materials held at...

This $126,000 Formula Grant from the Federal Highway Administration's Recreational Trails Program (CFDA 20.219) will fund the New Iberia Historic Districts Trail project. The project involves constructing a pedestrian walkway along East and West Main Street in New Iberia, Louisiana to connect adjoining National Register historic districts. Specifically, the funding will support connecting walks, LED lighting, wayfinding signage, trailhead maps, and crosswalk striping. The walkway will include...

The federal Project Grant award of $244,294 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Energy for America Program (CFDA 10.868). The grant supports the Fleur De Lis Event Center, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company located in Mandeville, Louisiana, to implement renewable energy system and energy efficiency improvements. The funding will enable the installation of solar panels, HVAC upgrades, and building insulation...

This $1,560,000 Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures program is designed to mitigate the threat of a dome collapse at the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Asheville, North Carolina. The key project activities include: Repairing and reinforcing the steel tension rings embedded in the masonry cornice to stabilize the dome structure Redesigning the stormwater collection system to eliminate future water infiltration and damage Rebuilding and repairing the...

This $218,706 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) will benefit approximately 3,170 acres of coastal wetlands in southeast Louisiana. The project has three key components: The enhancement of 1,645 acres of intermediate marsh in Lafourche Parish through the construction and planting of earthen terraces. The restoration of 425 acres in Terrebonne Parish via hydraulic dredging to...

The Project Grant award titled "NOTRE DAME IN COLOR: INTERPRETING THE LAYERS OF POLYCHROMY ON THE SCULPTURES OF THE CATHEDRAL OF PARIS USING 3D MODELING" is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161). The $249,995 award to the University of Alabama will develop a 3D model showing the layers of paint on the exterior sculptures of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The project will analyze data on the stone...

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 $441,742 federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service under the Save America's Treasures program will enable Louisiana State University (LSU) to stabilize and protect the LSU Campus Mounds, two ancient, dome-shaped Native American mounds that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The grant will fund activities to repair erosion, revitalize vegetation, and unify the sacred landscape between the mounds. Key activities include removing damaged vegetation,...

The Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism will use a $600,000 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service to install an inclusive playground at Fontainebleau State Park in Mandeville, Louisiana. Funded through the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program, the project aims to exceed ADA and ABA accessibility requirements by developing the area's first inclusive play facility. Scheduled for completion by July 2025, the...

This Project Grant award of $400,000 from the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures (CFDA 15.929) program was made to the Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchitoches. The funding will support preservation and conservation work on the Melrose Plantation, a National Historic Landmark in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Specifically, the grant will address drainage and moisture issues, as well as replacement of the roof, sills, and chinking on structures at the historic site. The...