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

This Project Grant award of $500,000.00 from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) supports repairs and preservation work at the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona, Queens, New York. The funding will be used to restore the floors, walls, ceilings, wallpaper, and cabinets of the historic Louis Armstrong House, a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This work aims to preserve the cultural and architectural significance of the property, which was the home of legendary jazz musician Louis Armstrong. The award period runs from December 1, 2024 through September 30, 2028, providing multi-year support for the preservation project.

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, louis armstrong house museum, for repairs to the floors, walls, ceiling, wallpaper, and cabinets for the louis armstrong house.