Harrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has awarded $1,136,425 in Keystone Historic Preservation grants to help historical and heritage organizations, museums and local governments in 19 counties.
The commission awarded 39 grants selected from 72 eligible applications. Grant amounts ranged from $5,000 to $25,000 for project grants and $5,000 to $50,000 for construction projects. All grants require a 50/50 cash match and were awarded through a competitive selection process.
Keystone Historic Preservation Grants provide funding to support projects that identify, preserve, promote and protect historic and archaeological resources in Pennsylvania for both the benefit of the public and the revitalization of communities. Funding also supports municipal planning initiatives that focus on historic resources or may be used to meet building or community specific planning goals. The program also supports construction activities at resources listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
These grants receive funding from the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund. This fund is supported annually from a portion of the state realty tax revenue.
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is the official history agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Visit the commission online at www.phmc.state.pa.us.
Media contact: Howard Pollman, 717-705-8639
The following is a list of Keystone Historic Preservation Grant Awards, by county:
Allegheny
Calvary Episcopal Church-$10,500.00
City of Pittsburgh, Department of City Planning-$25,000.00
Daisy Wilson Artist Community, Inc.-$50,000.00
Historical Society of Mount Lebanon-$50,000.00
Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation-$50,000.00
Waldorf School of Pittsburgh-$25,000.00
Bucks
Township of Bensalem-$50,000.00
Cambria
Johnstown Area Heritage Association-$50,000.00
Chester
Lincoln University-$25,000.00
Pocopson Township-$50,000.00
Clinton
Clinton County Historical Society-$5,000.00
Dauphin
Historical Society of Dauphin County-$25,000.00
Delaware
Brandywine Conservancy-$17,000.00
Erie
Erie County, Department of Planning-$25,000.00
Hornby School Restoration Society-$5,000.00
Huntingdon
Planning & Development Department, Huntingdon County-$50,000.00
Lancaster
Fulton Opera House Foundation-$13,250.00
Montgomery
Friends of Nathaniel Boileau Farmstead, Inc.-$9,750.00
Montour
Danville Business Alliance-$10,000.00
Perry
Perry County Council of the Arts-$15,000.00
Philadelphia
Athenaeum of Philadelphia-$19,375.00
Awbury Arboretum Association, Inc.-$47,653.00
Christ Church Preservation Trust-$38,135.00
College of Physicians of Philadelphia-$50,000.00
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Inc.-$50,000.00
Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation-$19,375.00
Independence Seaport Museum-$13,857.00
Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania-$50,000.00
National Society of Colonial Dames of America/PA Stenton, NSCDA/PA-$50,000.00
Old Pine Conservancy-$25,000.00
Woodford-$7,500.00
Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation-$19,953.00
Susquehanna
Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust-$25,000.00
Venango
Historic Franklin Preservation Association-$20,000.00
Somerset
1901 Church, Inc.-20,000.00
Warren
Struthers Library Theatre-$50,000.00
Warren County Historical Society-$25,000.00
Westmoreland
Westmoreland County Historical Society-$7,488.00
York
Crispus Attucks Association of York Pennsylvania-$37,589.00
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