Project Grant P19AP00499

The Federal Project Grant award of $3,000,000 provided to the Historic Brown Chapel AME Church Preservation Society Inc. is funded through the National Park Service's (NPS) Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929). This grant will support structural repairs, window repairs, electrical improvements, and HVAC upgrades to the historic Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama, a nationally significant civil rights landmark. The grant aims to preserve and conserve this historic property, which...

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...

This $489,800 project grant from the National Park Service, under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904), will fund repairs and accessibility improvements to the St. Mark's AME Church in Topeka, Kansas. The church, where Reverend Oliver Brown served as pastor during the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, will be preserved as an educational facility through this funding. Specifically, the grant will support masonry repair, termite damage remediation, window...

This $750,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) will support the rehabilitation and preservation of the historic Campbell Chapel AME Church in Americus, Georgia. The grant recipient, Historic Campbell Chapel Restoration Project Inc., a nonprofit organization, will use the funding to conduct architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation planning, and physical preservation work on the structure....

The Ralph David Abernathy III Foundation, Inc. will receive $499,232 from the National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to preserve and interpret the history of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA from August 1, 2022 to August 30, 2025. The Foundation will use the funding to replace missing windows, refinish pews and sanctuary space at the church, which was a focal point of the Civil Rights Movement under the leadership of Dr....

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...

This federal Project Grant award of $496,000.00 was provided by the National Park Service, under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966), to the nonprofit organization Historic Campbell Chapel Restoration Project Inc. The grant funding will support structural repairs and preservation efforts for the historic Campbell Chapel AME Church in Americus, Georgia. The project scope includes architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation...

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 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,...

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...