Project Grant BP26459619

The Lancaster History organization will receive $635,900 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to integrate inclusive design and community engagement in the creation of the Thaddeus Stevens & Lydia Hamilton Smith Center for History and Democracy. Accessibility consultants will work closely with staff to ensure inclusive practices are central to the schematic design, design development, and implementation phases of the new...

This $320,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) will fund accessibility improvements to President Lincoln's Cottage in Washington, DC. The grant, awarded to the nonprofit President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers Home, will support a multi-year effort to enhance accessibility and visitation at this historic site associated with the nation's 16th president. The project aims to...

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania received a $164,583 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) to preserve the Penn Family Papers, a collection of 56 linear feet of materials and 222 volumes related to William Penn and the founding of Pennsylvania. Project activities will include conservation treatments such as cleaning, mending, rehousing, and enhanced archival processing of the documents, which...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) provides $825,000 to The Lincolnite Club, a minority-owned, nonprofit organization in Marion, Alabama, for the Phase III rehabilitation of the historic Lincoln Normal School gymnasium. The funding will support architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and physical preservation work on this National Register-listed historic site...

This $658,481 project grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service will fund preservation and restoration work at the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse in Fulton, New York. Awarded on July 1, 2022 through the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program, the funding will support exterior envelope preservation and interior restoration of the Meetinghouse. As a former center for equal rights that was converted to a barn in 1927, the Meetinghouse is of historic...

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 City of Alexandria, Virginia was awarded a $1.3 million Save America's Treasures Project Grant by the National Park Service to preserve the Franklin and Armfield Office in Alexandria. Commonly known as the Alexandria Slave Pen, the building will be repaired and conserved to correct and prevent further degradation of its windows, doors, siding, and foundation. Upon completion of these preservation activities, the City will open the structure as a museum dedicated to interpreting the...

This federal Project Grant award of $533,832 from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) provides funding to Delaware County, Pennsylvania for physical preservation and facility upgrades at the historic 1724 Chester Courthouse. Specifically, the grant will cover exterior building envelope repairs, updates to electrical, plumbing, and fire alarm systems, and restoration of interior finishes. Additionally, the grant will support amending the...

The National Park Service awarded $500,000 under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program to the National Mary Potter Club Inc. to rehabilitate the vacant Mary Potter School Shop Building in Oxford, North Carolina. Funds will support work to install HVAC, plumbing, electrical and an elevator in the existing interior space. Upon completion by August 2025, the building will serve the public as a multi-purpose community and literacy center while also functioning as a tourist...

The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) was awarded a $650,398 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture federal grant program (CFDA 45.309). The grant will support AAMP's development and installation of a new permanent exhibition extending its timeline on African American history from 1776-1876 to the present day. The new exhibition will include four additional sections on education, politics,...