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

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded $500,000 to Quoddy Tides Foundation (doing business as Tides Institute & Museum of Art) on June 10, 2025, under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966). The nonprofit will utilize these funds to undertake masonry and roof repairs to the Masonic Hall located in Eastport, Maine, with project completion scheduled for April 30, 2029.

This congressionally directed spending award supports the identification, evaluation, and protection of historic properties through physical preservation activities aligned with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation. The project contributes to the broader program objectives of documenting and preserving cultural resources significant to American history by addressing critical structural rehabilitation needs at a historically important property in Maine.

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, quoddy tides foundation, for masonry and roof repairs to the masonic hall.