The National Park Service awarded the Alabama Historic Commission $1.686 million under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program for FY 2022-2024. The award will support the identification, evaluation, and protection of Alabama's historic properties and cultural resources through eight program areas authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act. A minimum of 10% of the funding ($168,616) must be subgranted to local governments participating in the Certified Local Government...
This $693,262 federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) will support the Alabama Historical Commission's rehabilitation of the Moore Building in Montgomery, Alabama. This preservation project, with a period of performance from June 2024 to May 2027, aims to document, interpret, and physically preserve a historically significant site related to the African American civil rights movement. The funding will enable...
The Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded the Historic Commission Alabama a $775,163 Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid (CFDA 15.904) project grant to rehabilitate the historic Moore Building in Montgomery, AL. The project will complete hazardous materials abatement, develop ADA-accessible bathrooms, upgrade electrical and mechanical systems, and rehabilitate the building's historic interiors. This grant is part of the African American Civil Rights (AACR) program,...
The National Park Service, through its American Battlefield Protection Program (CFDA 15.926), awarded a $108,660.84 Project Grant to the University of North Alabama (UNA) on September 20, 2024. The grant will support the development of a Civil War interpretive trail through the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area, with one tour stop in each of the 6 counties included in the heritage area. Additionally, the funding will be used to draft a National Register of Historic Places nomination for the...
Spring Hill College was awarded a $376,330 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to conduct a five-day Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop titled "From Clotilda to Community: The History of Mobile, Alabama's Africatown." The workshop will immerse K-12 educators of all grades in the history of the 110 survivors of the slave ship Clotilda, their descendants, and...
This federal Project Grant award of $749,545 was provided by the Department of the Interior's National Park Service through the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to the Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church-Selma, AL Legacy Foundation, Inc. The grant will fund the rehabilitation and preservation of the historic Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama, which played a significant role in the African American civil rights movement from 1922 to 1968. The grant-funded...
The National Park Service awarded Auburn University a $499,799 Project Grant under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to stabilize and rehabilitate the Tankersley Rosenwald School located in Hope Hull, Alabama. The work will focus on addressing structural issues in the building, including a significant roof collapse, to preserve the historic property. Auburn University will complete the exterior rehabilitation work by August 2025. Additionally, Georgia Tech...
The Elmore Bolling Foundation received a $264,199 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office through the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program. The grant will support restoration and preservation activities at the historic Lowndesboro School in Lowndesboro, Alabama over a three year period ending September 2024. The Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program, identified by CFDA #15.904, provides congressionally mandated grants...
This $500,000 project grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service will fund electrical, fire protection, and accessibility upgrades to the historic Tabernacle Baptist Church edifice in Selma, Alabama. Awarded on August 1, 2022 through the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904), the funding will support code compliance work and building improvements to help preserve the 100-year-old structure. As one of the sites associated with the American Civil...
This federal Project Grant award of $750,000 from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) will fund the rehabilitation of the Sabine High School in Many, Louisiana. The award, granted to SHSRP Management Group, Inc., will support architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation planning, and physical preservation work on this historic site that is listed in or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. This effort...