The National Park Service awarded a $499,488 Project Grant to WGS3.0 Inc. under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to support preservation efforts at Girard Elementary School in Girard, Georgia. Funding will cover laser surveying and environmental cleanup work, as well as design and engineering studies from August 2022 to August 2025. As a school built in 1955 under Georgia's separate but equal policy, the project aims to properly document the property and ready...
This $500,000 project grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service will preserve the former residence of civil rights leader Grace Towns Hamilton. Awarded on August 1, 2022 through the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program, the funding will support Preserve Black Atlanta, Inc. in conducting a full building assessment to address water and fire damage at the property. Project activities will also include removing vegetation and replacing floor framing. The overall...
The National Park Service awarded a $750,000 project grant to Wgs3.0 Inc. under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to rehabilitate the Girard Elementary School building in Girard, GA. Specifically, grant funds will support repairing building openings and replacing the electrical and HVAC systems. The Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program provides congressionally mandated grants to help identify, evaluate, and protect historic properties through...
This Project Grant award of $694,522 was provided by the Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, Inc. The funding will support the exterior repairs, roof replacement, and mothballing of the historic Eleanor Roosevelt Rosenwald School site in Warm Springs, Georgia. The project aims to document, interpret, and preserve the sites and stories related to...
This $750,000 Project Grant was awarded on June 1, 2024 by the National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to the Atlanta Business League Foundation, Inc. The funding will be used to rehabilitate the Ashby Theatre, a historic site in Atlanta, Georgia that is listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The grant supports architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation planning, and physical...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $1,015,000 Project Grant under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to the McDuffie County Board of Commissioners in Thomson, Georgia. The funding will support the rehabilitation of historic buildings in rural Thomson through a subgrant program managed by the county. The goal of this grant is to foster economic development in the local community by preserving the architectural and historic...
The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $1,227,260 Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid (CFDA 15.904) Project Grant to the Lincoln High School Preservation Alumni Association, Inc., a minority and Black American owned non-profit organization, for the preservation and rehabilitation of the Lincoln High School in Sumter, South Carolina. The grant funds will support hazardous material abatement, preservation of interior features, and rehabilitation of the first-floor wing...
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...
The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded $757,574 to The Bishop Reverdy C. & Emma S. Ransom Foundation, Inc. under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to continue rehabilitation of the Ransom residence with interior repairs from April 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. The Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program provides congressionally mandated grants to support identification, evaluation and protection of historic properties,...
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...