This $1,555,816 federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures program will fund the restoration and conservation of the National Historic Landmark Casa del Herrero in Santa Barbara, California. The award will support three major project areas: Plaster repairs to the exterior walls of the main house. Restoration work on the walls, doors, windows, and painting of the glasshouse, lath house, gardener's tool shed, and workshop. Repair, restoration, and...
This $1,497,470.03 Save America's Treasures grant awarded by the National Park Service (CFDA 15.929) will enable the Coalfield Development Corporation, a non-profit community development organization, to rehabilitate the historic Nenni Building in Matewan, West Virginia. The funding will be used to stabilize the building's structure and upgrade critical systems, including the roofing, walls, windows, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and fire protection. These renovations will preserve the...
This $460,000 Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) will support repairs and improvements to the Springer Opera House in Columbus, Georgia. The grant funding will specifically cover repairs to the building's windows, doors, marquee, and roof, as well as system and accessibility upgrades. This funding is part of congressionally directed spending to assist in the identification, evaluation, and...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,500,000 from the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) will support Phase II of the Telluride Transfer Warehouse restoration project in Telluride, CO. The goal is to stabilize and reinforce the historic masonry walls of the deteriorating 117-year-old landmark building through repointing, grouting, and anchoring the structure. This work is a critical step in the multi-year, three-phase process to fully revitalize the building...
This $1,500,000 Project Grant award, provided by the National Park Service (CFDA 15.929 - Save America's Treasures), will support masonry window marquee repairs and HVAC improvements to the nonprofit Apollo Civic Theatre in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The grant funding, awarded on August 1, 2024, requires a dollar-for-dollar non-federal match, and will support preservation and conservation efforts at this nationally significant historic property through September 30, 2027. The Save America's...
This $499,521 project grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service will fund restoration of the Sullivan Building in Selma, Alabama. Administered under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904), the award will support structural repairs to the building's roof, electrical, plumbing and ductwork systems. Once renovations are complete by August 2025, the space will be used as a community center and cultural venue promoting economic development....
The Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $2.3 million Project Grant to the West Virginia Division of Culture and History under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929). The funding will support physical preservation work on three nationally significant historic properties in West Virginia: the Cottrill Opera House in Happy Retreat, the Wheeling Centre Market building, and an unspecified property in Wheeling. As the state historic preservation...
This federal Project Grant award of $200,000, administered by the National Park Service under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929), will provide preservation and conservation assistance to the Mineral Point Opera House, a nationally significant historic site. The award will fund restoration of the opera house's marquee and door window repairs, with a required dollar-for-dollar non-federal match. The grant performance period runs from July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The Save...
The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, Inc. was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164) to develop the "Pioneering Women of American Architecture" podcast and website. The podcast and accompanying website will feature biographical essays on a diverse range of women architects and designers who played important roles in shaping 20th century American architecture. Both...
The Appalachian Regional Commission awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Montgomery Museum & Lewis Miller Regional Art Center through the Appalachian Area Development federal grant program (CFDA 23.002). The grant period runs from October 1, 2021 through October 1, 2022. Funds will support the delivery of cultural and tourism-related products and services that strengthen economic development in the Appalachian region of Virginia. Specifically, the Montgomery Museum & Lewis Miller...