The National Park Service awarded a $1,015,500 Project Grant to the United Society of Shakers Inc. under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929) to rehabilitate the Shaker Great Barn located at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester, Maine. Funded activities include installing new perimeter drainage systems, footings, correcting roofline and leaning walls issues, and replacing damaged timbers at the nationally significant historic structure. The awardee will...
The American Antiquarian Society will receive $2,128,410 in funding from the Department of the Interior National Park Service through the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929) to conduct repairs on the masonry and windows of Antiquarian Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts. $1,828,410 will be provided by the Society in matching funds, for a total project budget of $2,956,820. The Save America's Treasures program aims to provide matching grants for preservation or...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,000,000 from the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) provides preservation and conservation assistance to Shelburne Farms, a nonprofit organization in Shelburne, Vermont. The grant funds wall, window, door, and bridge repairs to the organization's historic farm buildings, which are part of a National Historic Landmark property. This award, effective from August 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027, requires a 1:1 non-federal...
The Seward House Museum in Auburn, New York will receive $1.463 million under a three-year Project Grant award from the National Park Service to remedy deferred maintenance issues with its barn and carriage house structures. Funded through the Department of the Interior's Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929), the project aims to preserve and rehabilitate the museum's ancillary buildings through September 2024. The Save America's Treasures program provides matching...
The Canterbury Shaker Village Inc., a non-profit organization, received a $468,954 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The three-year grant will support a collections inventory and cataloging project to strengthen the management and care of the organization's extensive Shaker artifact collection, consisting of over 40,000 three-dimensional items. The project aims to enhance physical and intellectual control of the...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,000,000 from the Department of the Interior National Park Service was made to the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance, a non-profit organization, under the Save America's Treasures grant program (CFDA 15.929). The funding will support physical preservation and conservation work on the nationally significant Concord Gas Light Co. Gas Holder House located in Concord, NH. This will involve repairs to the building's masonry and roof. The award period runs...
The Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office awarded a $1,602,107 Project Grant to the Barnum Museum Foundation, Inc. on September 30, 2021 through the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929). The funding will support historic windows restoration work at the Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, CT through September 30, 2024. The Save America's Treasures program provides matching grants for preservation and conservation of nationally significant intellectual...
The National Park Service awarded a $1 million Save America's Treasures grant to the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Inc. for physical preservation work at the Historic Whitcomb Farm in Richmond, Vermont. The grant will fund repairs to the foundation, structure, and windows of the East Monitor Barn from March 2023 through September 2026. The Save America's Treasures program provides matching grants administered by the National Park Service, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment...
This $416,101 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Park Service through the Save America's Treasures program will support the repair and preservation of the historic Dover Friends Meetinghouse in New Hampshire. The 255-year-old post and beam structure, which served as a gathering place during the American Revolution, requires structural reinforcement and fire prevention upgrades to safeguard its architectural integrity. Key activities include reinforcing roof trusses, replacing rotted...
This $960,000 Save America's Treasures federal project grant, awarded by the National Park Service, provides funding for roof repairs and waterproofing of the Old State House, a National Historic Landmark, which is managed by the non-profit organization Revolutionary Spaces in Boston, Massachusetts. The Save America's Treasures grant program, with CFDA number 15.929, offers preservation and conservation assistance for nationally significant historic properties and cultural artifacts across the...