15.904 historic preservation fund grants-in-aid historic preservation fund grants-in-aid assist in the identification, evaluation, and protection of historic properties by such means as education,…

The City of Drew, Mississippi received a $650,000 project grant from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966), awarded July 1, 2025, with a completion date of April 30, 2029. This grant supports the African American Civil Rights (AACR) competitive physical preservation program, which documents and preserves sites and stories related to African American struggle for equal rights from the transatlantic slave trade forward. The funding will be utilized to rehabilitate the historic Drew City Jail, a structure listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, and to install new building systems within the facility.

The project deliverables include architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and physical preservation work on the structure. These activities align with the NPS Historic Preservation Fund program's broader objectives of identifying, evaluating, and protecting historically significant properties through education, survey, planning, technical assistance, and preservation documentation. The award demonstrates the City of Drew's continued commitment to preserving African American civil rights-related historic properties, following its prior $750,000 NPS award in June 2024 for renovating the Drew Rosenwald School.

15.904 historic preservation fund grants-in-aid historic preservation fund grants-in-aid 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. Opportunity P24AS00541 african american civil rights (aacr) is a competitive physical preservation grant program to document and preserve the sites and stories of the history of the african american struggle to gain equal rights as citizens from the transatlantic slave trade forward. Projects are for historic sites listed in, or eligible for listing in the national register, and include architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and physical preservation to structures. Beneficiaries include states, tribes, local governments, and nonprofit organizations. This project is awarded to the city of drew, mississippi, to rehabilitate the building and install new systems of the historic drew city jail.