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 was provided by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) to Salve Regina University located in Newport, Rhode Island. The funding will support masonry and terrace repairs for Ochre Court, a historic property associated with the university. The project aims to document, preserve, and interpret the cultural significance of this site, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This award is part of the NPS's broader efforts to fund preservation activities for diverse historic properties across the United States, with a focus on underrepresented communities, civil rights history, and sites related to the nation's founding era. The project period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028.

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 institute of higher education, salve regina university, for masonry and terrace repairs for ochre court.