The National Park Service awarded a $434,465 project grant under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program to the Greenwood Community Development Corporation. The grant will fund repairs to storefronts and brickwork on two buildings in the 100 block of North Greenwood Avenue in Oklahoma City. This project aims to preserve structures that are part of the remnants of Black Wall Street in the Greenwood District, and protect the historic brickwork. The applicant is providing an additional...
This Project Grant award of $750,000, provided by the National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966), supports repairs and improvements to a historic property in Oklahoma City, OK. The award was made to Open Design Collective, Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned non-profit organization, to fund structural, masonry, and architectural restorations, as well as building systems upgrades for the property. The project aims to...
This Project Grant award of $1,177,763.00 was provided by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966). The award was made to the University of North Carolina at Pembroke to draft design documents for facade repairs at a historically significant site related to the struggle for equal rights in America. The project supports the broader program objectives of documenting, preserving, and interpreting culturally...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,625,445.00 from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) is intended to support the rehabilitation of the Griggs Business and Practical Arts College Building in Memphis, Tennessee. The funding will be used by the nonprofit awardee, Property Power and Preservation, to undertake architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation planning, and physical preservation activities for this historic...
This $750,000 Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants (CFDA 15.966) program will fund the rehabilitation of the Unita Blackwell property by the Lighthouse - Black Girl Project in Jackson, MS. The project involves architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and physical preservation work to restore the buildings and install new systems on this historically significant property. The award...
This $500,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) to the Upton Planning Committee, Inc., a nonprofit organization in Baltimore, MD. The grant will fund repairs and improvements to the Parren J. Mitchell House, including work on the masonry, exterior wood details, doors, windows, plaster, and systems. This project supports the program's objectives to document, preserve, and...
This $499,521 project grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service will fund restoration of the Sullivan Building in Selma, Alabama. Administered under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904), the award will support structural repairs to the building's roof, electrical, plumbing and ductwork systems. Once renovations are complete by August 2025, the space will be used as a community center and cultural venue promoting economic development....
This federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) provides $702,803 to the University of Northern Colorado to rehabilitate the interior of the O.T. Jackson House, a historic site listed in or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The project aims to document, preserve, and interpret this culturally significant property associated with African American civil rights history. The...
This Project Grant award of $100,000 was provided by the National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) to the Black Archives, History and Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc. The funding supports research and digitization of archival resources related to the history of the African American civil rights movement. This aligns with the program's objectives to document and preserve culturally significant historic...
This $8,994,272 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to the Famicos Foundation, a non-profit organization and community development corporation in Cleveland, Ohio. The grant will fund the rehabilitation of the St. Marks Presbyterian Church, a historic property listed or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The project period runs from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027. The grant...