Project Grant PF30781526
- The Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $750,000 project grant under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to the non-profit Union Foundation. The grant funding will support repairs and accessibility improvements to the United Colored American Cemetery located in Cincinnati, Ohio. This grant aligns with the program's goals of preserving historic properties and addressing the struggle for equal rights in America. The Union Foundation...
- The Union Foundation was awarded a $165,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service through the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program to digitize cemetery records. The objective of the grant is to complete a collections conservation project that will digitize records from the Union Baptist Cemetery and United American Cemetery located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The grant period runs from June 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026. The Historic Preservation...
- The National Park Service awarded $500,000 under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program to the National Mary Potter Club Inc. to rehabilitate the vacant Mary Potter School Shop Building in Oxford, North Carolina. Funds will support work to install HVAC, plumbing, electrical and an elevator in the existing interior space. Upon completion by August 2025, the building will serve the public as a multi-purpose community and literacy center while also functioning as a tourist...
- The Green-Wood Historic Fund, Inc. received a $666,666 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to construct a new 5,000 square foot Center for Research. This center will provide critical indoor space for humanities scholars and researchers to access the historic Green-Wood Cemetery's archives and collection. The new facility will include exhibit space, a reading room, climate-controlled archives room,...
- This $499,128 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service will support needed repairs and architectural assessments of the Historic Campbell Chapel AME Church in Americus, Georgia. Funded by the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program, the award will allow the Historic Campbell Chapel Restoration Project Inc. to conduct a full structural assessment of the landmark building designed by Louis H. Persley, the first African American registered architect in...
- The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) received a $349,400 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to continue and broaden the reach of CCAHA's Preservation Field Services programs over a two-year period from April 2024 to March 2026. The grant will fund a range of activities, including: providing NEH-subsidized preservation planning assessments to 16 small to mid-sized cultural...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $500,000 Historic Preservation Fund Grant to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, OH. The funds will be used for a collections conservation project, including collection imaging and expansion of the center's collection storage space. This grant is part of the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904), which provides grants to assist in the identification, evaluation, and...
- The Weeksville Society will use this $703,414 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (CFDA 45.309) program to complete a comprehensive collections inventory and increase public access to the Weeksville Heritage Center's collections documenting the history of Weeksville, one of the largest free Black communities in pre-Civil War America. Key project activities include cataloging unprocessed collection items,...
- This $345,539 federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program will fund a comprehensive catalog of the 1,200 stained-glass windows housed in the family mausoleums at the Woodlawn Cemetery, a National Historic Landmark in the Bronx, New York. A team of conservators, art historians, and research historians will survey the artifacts, document their conditions and physical...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Kawaiaha'o Church Corporation $100,000 under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (NANH-Museums) to hire an archivist to oversee management of its historical sites and archive library as the church undertakes a mold remediation project from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025. The archivist will help coordinate relocation of the archival collection, oversee contractors performing mold remediation, and work with the project...
OAK HILL CEMETERY ARCHIVES - BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE [THE OAK HILL CEMETERY HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS $49,308.60 TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO IMPROVE COLLECTION STORAGE SPACES IN THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED OAK HILL CEMETERY ARCHIVE (OHCA). FUNDS WILL SUPPORT PLANNING FOR THE RENOVATION OF KEY PHYSICAL SPACES, IN ALIGNMENT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COLLECTION ASSESSMENT FOR PRESERVATION (CAP) REPORT DEVELOPED FOR THE ORGANIZATION IN LATE 2023. AS THE CAP REPORT DETAILS, THE PRIMARY STORAGE ENVIRONMENT, CENTERED ON A REPURPOSED VAULT IN THE ORIGINAL GATEHOUSE, IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR CONTINUED USE WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT RENOVATION. AS AN INTERIM PROTECTIVE STEP, OHCA HAS RENTED OFFICE SPACE NEARBY IN ORDER TO SECURELY STORE AND PROCESS PRIORITY ITEMS; HOWEVER, THIS ONLY ADDRESSES A PORTION OF THE ARCHIVAL MATERIALS AT OAK HILL. THIS PROJECT WILL ALLOW OHCA TO TAKE A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD IN IMPROVING PRESERVATION AND ACCESS TO OUR LONG UNDER-RESOURCED COLLECTION.]
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $49.3k | 11/26/25 |