Project Grant P25AP00242

The federal Project Grant award of $300,000 from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) will support the Newport Historical Society's preservation and interpretation efforts for the Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House in Newport, Rhode Island. The award, made on January 1, 2025, will fund the development of interpretive planning for the historic house's connection to the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Historic Trail, the creation of educational programming about French forces in Newport during the American Revolution, and extensive archival research to digitize and document records of African, African American, and Indigenous individuals associated with the site. This grant builds on the organization's previous efforts to preserve and share the diverse histories represented at the Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House and aligns with the program's objectives to support the documentation and preservation of cultural resources important to American history.