Harrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) has awarded $2.18 million in Keystone Historic Preservation Grants to help historical and heritage organizations, museums, and local governments in 22 counties.
The commission awarded 44 grants selected from 113 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’re thrilled to announce this year’s grantees for this critical funding that supports preservation work across the Commonwealth,” said PHMC Executive Director Andrea Lowery. “Projects range from restorations of a World War I memorial in Munhall Borough [Allegheny County] and the Slate Hill Cemetery in Lower Makefield Township [Bucks County] to masonry restoration at Presque Isle Light Station [Erie County] and structural stabilization of the original 1850 farmhouse and barn at Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm in Stroudsburg [Monroe County]. From bank barns to penitentiaries and 18th-century Quaker meetinghouses to 20th-century synagogues, the preservation of these resources is key to ensuring the legacy of Pennsylvania’s rich history.”
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 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: Sean Adkins, 717-705-5794
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The following is a list of Keystone Historic Preservation Grant Awards, by county:
Adams
Great Conewago Presbyterian Church - $14, 850
Allegheny
Borough of Munhall - $6,300
City of Pittsburgh - $20,000
Frick Art & Historical Center - $100,000
Genesis Corporation - $25,000
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy - $50,000
Society to Preserve the Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka - $25,000
Beaver
New Brighton Historical Society - $41,266
Bucks
Lower Makefield Township - $33,250
Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Museum (an entity of The Grundy Foundation) - $100,000
The Andalusia Foundation (Andalusia Historic House, Gardens & Arboretum) - $42,405
Cambria
1901 Church Inc. (DBA The Steeples Project) - $17,500
Chester
East Coventry Township - $25,000
Crawford
United Universalist Church of Meadville - $79,165
Cumberland
Cumberland County Historical Society - $23,100
Dauphin
Grace United Methodist Church - $25,000
Erie
Erie Art Museum - $100,000
Presque Isle Light Station - $10,000
Franklin
Greene Township - $26,794
Greene
Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation - $55,476
Indiana
Indiana Borough - $10,000
Lancaster
LancasterHistory (DBA LancasterHistory.org) - $34,720
Lehigh
Whitehall Township - $12,360
Monroe
Monroe County Historical Association - $100,000
Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm - $8,350
Montgomery
Hiway Theatre Inc. - $36,400
Merion Friends Meeting - $100,000
St. Thomas Church - $93,700
Northampton
Hellertown Historical Society - $10,000
Philadelphia
Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust - $100,000
Awbury Arboretum Association Inc. - $100,000
Congregation Rodeph Shalom - $48,869
Cranaleith Spiritual Center - $25,000
Eastern State Penitentiary - $100,000
Friends of 2125 Chestnut Street - $100,000
Friends of the Tanner House c/o Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia - $25,000
Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust - $13,600
Historic RittenhouseTown Inc. - $31,674
Independence Seaport Museum - $37,050
Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks - $100,000
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania - $100,000
Susquehanna
Susquehanna County Historical Society - $100,000
Warren
County of Warren PA - $63,710
Westmoreland
Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor - $14,988.75