Harrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission has awarded $2.6 million in Keystone Historic Preservation grants to help historical and heritage organizations, museums and local governments in 24 counties.
The commission awarded 52 grants selected from 94 eligible 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 24 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 covered bridges and significant archaeological sites. 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 and Conservation Fund. This fund is supported annually from a portion of the state realty transfer tax revenue.
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The following is a list of Keystone Historic Preservation Grant Awards, by county:
Allegheny Historic Preservation Society, Inc. - $24,500
City of Pittsburgh - $100,000
New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts - $25,000
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens - $80,000
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy - $50,000
Rodef Shalom Congregation - $95,000
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum Trust Inc. - $96,350
The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh - $24,000
The Union Project - $25,000
Christ Episcopal Church - $48,849
Oley Youth Character Bldg - $25,000
Blair County Historical Society - $77,500
Perkasie Borough - $100,000
Center for Metal Arts - $25,000
Johnstown Area Heritage Association - $100,000
Johnstown Redevelopment Authority - $50,000
Pittsburgh Gateways Corporation - $99,969
Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown - $25,000
Centre County Historical Society - $100,000
Downtown Lock Haven Inc. - $10,000
Central PA Conservancy - $34,672
Mt Holly Springs Borough - $25,000
City of Harrisburg - $13,500
Friends of Fort Halifax Park - $17,746
Historical Society of Dauphin County - $10,000
Friends of Sellers Hall - $24,752
Historic Lansdowne Theater Corporation - $73,832
Erie Downtown Partnership - $22,500
Union City Borough - $25,000
Capitol Theatre Foundation - $19,200
Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation - $73,000
Allegheny Ridge Corporation - $100,000
Old Zion German Reformed Church - $25,000
Lehigh University - $25,000
Friends of the Embassy Theatre, Inc. - $100,000
Beth Sholom Preservation Foundation - $32,327
Friends of Nathaniel Boileau Farmstead, Inc. - $100,000
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites - $13,625
Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society - $35,000
Third Street Alliance for Women & Children - $100,000
Northumberland County - $100,000
Historical Society of Perry County - $25,000
Byberry Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) - $24,500
Carpenters' Company of the City & County of Philadelphia - $100,000
CultureWorks Greater Philadelphia - $6,250
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site - $100,000
Friends of Historic Sedgeley - $39,426
Pennepack Baptist Historical Foundation - $10,888
Wyck Association - $16,000
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (Meadowcroft) - $75,724
Washington Business District Authority - $12,000
Ligonier Valley Historical Society - $71,954