The National Park Service awarded a $434,465 project grant under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program to the Greenwood Community Development Corporation. The grant will fund repairs to storefronts and brickwork on two buildings in the 100 block of North Greenwood Avenue in Oklahoma City. This project aims to preserve structures that are part of the remnants of Black Wall Street in the Greenwood District, and protect the historic brickwork. The applicant is providing an additional...
This $499,521 project grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service will fund restoration of the Sullivan Building in Selma, Alabama. Administered under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904), the award will support structural repairs to the building's roof, electrical, plumbing and ductwork systems. Once renovations are complete by August 2025, the space will be used as a community center and cultural venue promoting economic development....
This $500,000 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 repairs and improvements to the Parren J. Mitchell House in Baltimore, MD. The grant, awarded to the Upton Planning Committee, Inc. on December 1, 2024, will support restoration of the historic property's masonry, exterior woodwork, doors and windows, plaster, and wall systems. The project aims to preserve this culturally...
This Project Grant award of $755,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904). The funding will support the rehabilitation of the Edgewood School by the South Carolina Rural Education Grassroots Group, a minority-owned nonprofit organization, over a project period from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027. The Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program provides funding for a range of...
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...
This Project Grant award of $250,000.00 was provided by the National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) to the Accident Drane House Association, Inc. for repairs and improvements to the Accident Drane House. The grant will fund architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and physical preservation work on the roof, structure, chimney, floor, and ceiling of the historic property located in...
This Project Grant award of $4,250,000 was made by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to the University of South Carolina. The funding will be used to rehabilitate the Florence C. Benson Elementary School, a historic property listed or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program supports a range of preservation activities including architectural services, historic...
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 $1,348,036 federal Project Grant award, funded through the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929), supports the stabilization and preservation of a historic 1883 carriage house and 1880 stable in Milton, Massachusetts. The award recipient, the Captain Forbes House Museum, will use the funds to undertake critical structural repairs, exterior restoration work, and infrastructure upgrades to these two historic buildings. Key activities include reinforcing...
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...