Congressionally directed spending - historic preservation fund grants-in-aid awarded through congressionally directed spending assist in the identification, evaluation, and protection of historic…

This $320,000 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 accessibility improvements to President Lincoln's Cottage in Washington, DC. The grant, awarded to the nonprofit President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers Home, will support a multi-year effort to enhance accessibility and visitation at this historic site associated with the nation's 16th president. The project aims to preserve and interpret this culturally significant property in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.

Congressionally directed spending - historic preservation fund grants-in-aid awarded through congressionally directed spending assist in the identification, evaluation, and protection of historic properties by such means as education, survey, planning, technical assistance, preservation, documentation, and financial incentives like grants and tax credits available for historic properties. The grants support a broad range of preservation projects for historic properties including architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and physical preservation to sites in keeping with the secretary of the interiors standards and guidelines for archeology and historic preservation. Beneficiaries include states, tribes, local governments and nonprofits as designated by congress. This project is awarded to the nonprofit, president lincoln S cottage at the soldiers home, for accessibility improvements to president lincoln S cottage.