This is a detailed list of projects (PDF) funded by this year’s round of Keystone Historic Preservation Grants
Harrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) has awarded $2.58 million in Keystone Historic Preservation grants to help historical and heritage organizations, museums, and local governments in 21 counties.
The commission awarded 48 grants selected from 101 applications. Grant amounts ranged from $5,000 to $25,000 for project grants and $5,000 to $100,000 for construction projects. All grants require a 50/50 cash match and were awarded through a competitive selection process.
“We are pleased to support these important projects from across the Commonwealth. It is rewarding to impact communities in 21 different counties,” said PHMC Executive Director Andrea Lowery. “The selected projects represent the breadth of historic resources that Pennsylvanians value – from cornerstone buildings in their downtowns to a rural grist mill and significant lighthouse. This investment ensures that Pennsylvania’s cultural memory will be preserved for future generations.”
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 & Conservation Fund. This fund is supported annually from a portion of the state realty transfer tax revenue.
The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission is the official history agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Learn more by visiting PHMC online or following them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn.
Media Contact: Howard Pollman, 717-705-8639
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The following is a list of Keystone Historic Preservation Grant Awards, by county:
Allegheny
Borough of Sewickley - $7,500.00
City of Pittsburgh - $25,000.00
Historical Society of Upper St Clair - $65,325.00
Penn Hills Community Development Corporation - $20,000.00
Preservation Pittsburgh - $7,500.00
Rodef Shalom Congregation - $17,295.00
Blair
Blair County Historical Society - $16,439.00
Bucks
County of Bucks - $59,400.00
Mercer-Fonthill Museum/Bucks County Historical Society - $25,000.00
Nakashima Foundation For Peace - $10,250.00
Butler
Harmony Museum - $98,799.80
Zelienople Historical Society - $22,500.00
Chester
Chester County Department of Facilities - $100,000.00
East Bradford Township - $100,000.00
Crawford
First Baptist Church of Meadville - $100,000.00
Cumberland
South Middleton Township - $20,000.00
Dauphin
Historical Society of Dauphin County - $11,493.50
Delaware
Chadds Ford Township - $100,000.00
Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation - $12,208.00
Nicholas Newlin Foundation - $100,000.00
Rose Valley Centennial Foundation - $100,000.00
Township of Upper Chichester - $25,000.00
Erie
City of Erie - $25,000.00
Mercyhurst University - $25,000.00
Presque Isle Light Station - $17,250.00
Fayette
City of Connellsville - $66,550.00
Huntingdon
Marklesburg Borough - $8,000.00
Juniata
Juniata County Historical Society - $25,797.20
Lancaster
City of Lancaster PA - $25,000.00
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society (d/b/a 1719 Museum) - $100,000.00
YWCA Lancaster - $99,827.00
Lebanon
Historic Schaefferstown Inc. - $12,487.50
Monroe
County of Monroe - $25,000.00
Northampton
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites - $63,600.00
Philadelphia
Arch Street United Methodist Church - $100,000.00
Christ Church Preservation Trust - $100,000.00
Cliveden Inc. - $19,920.00
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site Inc. - $25,000.00
Fund for Girard College - $65,000.00
Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation - $98,701.50
Historic St. George's Preservation Society - $100,000.00
Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks - $100,000.00
Saint James School - $100,000.00
The School District of Philadelphia - $100,000.00
West Mt. Airy Neighbors - $25,000.00
Somerset
Redevelopment Authority of Somerset County - $83,348.00
Westmoreland
Westmoreland Fayette Historical Society - $100,000.00
York
Susquehanna Heritage Corporation (d/b/a Susquehanna National Heritage Area) - $25,000.00