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 Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded $557,419 under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to the Atlanta Preservation Center, Inc. for emergency preservation work at the 1911 English Avenue School in Atlanta, Georgia. The project grant will support essential stabilization and weatherization of the historic structure's roof, gutters, scuppers and brick walls. It will also fund biological material abatement on the masonry and repairs to...
This $500,000 project grant from the National Park Service will support the rehabilitation of the George Alexander Towns residence in Atlanta, Georgia. The residence, built in 1910 and located in the Atlanta University Center Historic District, will be adaptively reused as a community education space through repairs to address water infiltration and fire/smoke damage issues. Preserve Black Atlanta, Inc. will convert the home of the early 20th century civil rights trailblazer into a cultural...
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,...
This Project Grant award of $750,000 was provided by the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904). The funding will assist the Trust for Public Land, a national nonprofit, in preserving the historic Prince Hall Masonic Lodge site in Atlanta, Georgia. Specifically, the grant will support replacement of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire monitoring systems, as well as work on the roof, drainage system,...
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....
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...
This federal Project Grant award of $749,200 was provided by the Department of the Interior's National Park Service through its Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904). The grant was awarded to the non-profit Americus-Sumter County Movement Remembered Committee to support installation of new electrical and HVAC systems, and interior repairs to the historic Americus Colored Hospital building in Americus, Georgia. This 3-year grant project will preserve and interpret the...
The National Park Service awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the ACE Theater Foundation, Inc. under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904). The grant will support a preservation and rehabilitation adaptive reuse plan for the historic ACE Theater in Coconut Grove, Florida. Built in the 1930s, the theater has served as an important community venue for the local Black community. Funding will be used to develop plans for a National Register nomination as well as...
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...