This $1,560,000 Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures program is designed to mitigate the threat of a dome collapse at the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Asheville, North Carolina. The key project activities include: Repairing and reinforcing the steel tension rings embedded in the masonry cornice to stabilize the dome structure Redesigning the stormwater collection system to eliminate future water infiltration and damage Rebuilding and repairing the...
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $2,890,000 Save America's Treasures (SAT) grant (CFDA 15.929) to the Highland Green Foundation, Inc. for a physical preservation project to mitigate structural deterioration of the character-defining dalle de verre (structural glass) at the First Presbyterian Church in Stamford, Connecticut. The SAT program provides matching grants to protect nationally significant historic properties and cultural collections. This award, with an anticipated completion...
The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust received a $112,616 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The funding will support the Trust's development of virtual tours and associated workshops at the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio and Frederick C. Robie House sites. Specifically, the Trust will complete video tours of both sites currently under development,...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,025,000.00 from the Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) will support the rehabilitation of historic purpose-built religious properties in rural communities to sustain them as community anchors. The grant is awarded to Partners for Sacred Places to provide subgrants for architectural, engineering, and physical preservation services for historic sites listed or eligible...
The National Park Service awarded a $863,292 Historic Preservation Fund grant to The Foundation For The Preservation Of 20 Arlington Street Inc. to support the identification, evaluation, and preservation of the Arlington Street Church in Boston, MA. This 3-year project grant, with a period of performance from April 15, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will fund architectural services, historic structure reports, and physical preservation work on the historic church. The grant is provided under the...
This $1,555,816 federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures program will fund the restoration and conservation of the National Historic Landmark Casa del Herrero in Santa Barbara, California. The award will support three major project areas: Plaster repairs to the exterior walls of the main house. Restoration work on the walls, doors, windows, and painting of the glasshouse, lath house, gardener's tool shed, and workshop. Repair, restoration, and...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Park Service through the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929), will fund the restoration and repurposing of the Governor's Mansion within the Milwaukee Soldiers Home National Historic Landmark District. The $1,500,000 award, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will address critical issues related to the mansion's exterior, interior, and infrastructure, including masonry cracks, wood trim decay,...
The Federal Project Grant award of $3,000,000 provided to the Historic Brown Chapel AME Church Preservation Society Inc. is funded through the National Park Service's (NPS) Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929). This grant will support structural repairs, window repairs, electrical improvements, and HVAC upgrades to the historic Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama, a nationally significant civil rights landmark. The grant aims to preserve and conserve this historic property, which...
The National Park Service awarded a $1.45 million Save America's Treasures Project Grant to the California Missions Foundation to rehabilitate the Church at Mission Santa Ines in Santa Barbara, California. The grant will fund critical structural reinforcement of the adobe walls, repair of historic interior wood ceiling beams, and re-coating of exterior rendering. Matching funds of $1.55 million will also be provided by the Foundation. Work is scheduled to take place between October 1, 2022 and...
The National Park Service awarded $500,000 under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929) to the Friends of the Union Meeting Hall, Inc. on November 16, 2022. The project grant will fund rehabilitation work to the Ferrisburgh Union Meeting Hall in Ferrisburgh, Vermont through September 30, 2025. Specifically, the funding will support accessibility improvements, roof repairs, window repairs, stage repairs, and system repairs to help preserve this nationally significant...