This $500,000 project grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service will support the rehabilitation of Melrose Cottage into a visitor center for Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. Funded through the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program, the award will deliver preservation and adaptive reuse work on the c. 1785 core structure of the cottage, originally built by Quaker farmer Jacob Vernon and inherited by his wife Sarah Cheyney Vernon following the death of her first...
The National Park Service awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) (CFDA 15.932) program to Voorhees University for the rehabilitation of the St. James Academic Building. This federal grant program was established in 1988 to document, preserve, and stabilize historic structures on HBCU campuses listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The project will restore and preserve...
The Department of the Interior's National Park Service has awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) program (CFDA 15.932) to Hampton University. The grant funds will support upgrades to the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, repairs to deteriorated finishes and structural elements, and repointing of masonry for the historic Mansion House site on Hampton University's campus....
This $750,000 Project Grant was awarded on August 1, 2023 by the National Park Service under the Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) program (CFDA 15.932). The funding will support mechanical, electrical, and plumbing upgrades, water damage repairs, renovation of the kitchen and bathroom, installation of a fire alarm and sprinkler system, replacement of the ADA ramp, and repair of finishes at the historic site of the...
The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $869,375.00 Project Grant to South Carolina State University under the Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) program (CFDA 15.932). The funding will be used to upgrade the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems of the historic Wilkinson Hall on South Carolina State University's campus. This HBCU preservation grant program was established in 1988 to...
This $750,000 Project Grant award from the National Park Service's 15.932 Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) program will fund the rehabilitation of the Peters Campus Center at Paine College, a private, non-profit HBCU located in Augusta, Georgia. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will support architectural assessments, building repairs, restoration work, and accessibility improvements to this historic campus...
This Project Grant award of $750,000 from the National Park Service's Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) program (CFDA 15.932) is to support the rehabilitation of Eppworth Hall, a historic structure on the campus of Paine College, a private HBCU located in Augusta, Georgia. The award period runs from September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027. The grant funding will be used to conduct architectural assessments, building...
The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to Benedict College, a private Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Columbia, South Carolina, under the Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) grant program (CFDA No. 15.932). The grant will fund the repair and renovation of the historic Antisdel Chapel on Benedict College's campus, including work on the stained glass...
This federal Project Grant award of $750,000 from the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service is provided under the Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) program (CFDA 15.932). The award is being provided to Alcorn State University, a 1890 land-grant HBCU located in Lorman, Mississippi, to rehabilitate the historic Belles Lettres Hall on the university's campus. The project will involve architectural...
The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded Hampton University $500,000 under the Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) program (CFDA 15.932) to address upgrades at Virginia Cleveland Hall from September 2022 through September 2025. Virginia Cleveland Hall, designed in 1874 by architect Richard Morris Hunt and listed on the Hampton Institute National Historic Landmark District, will receive electrical,...