PHMC Awards 35 Keystone Historic Preservation Grants

HARRISBURG, Pa., June 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has awarded $500,000 in Keystone Historic Preservation grants to help organizations in 19 counties.

The commission awarded 35 grants selected from 95 eligible applications. Grant amounts ranged from $5,725 to $25,000.

The grant program provides funds for planning, acquisition and rehabilitation of historic properties deemed eligible for or listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The program traditionally supplies construction grants to non-profit or municipal governments which operate publicly accessible historic properties.

The program's guidelines were revised to support smaller project-development activities rather than construction awards so a larger number of projects and people would benefit.  

Eligible projects include National Register nominations, architectural drawings, condition assessments, archaeology, and community and regional plans for historic preservation activities.  

Grants are available at two levels of funding: requests of $10,000 and below that do not require matching funds, and requests of $10,001-$25,000 that require a 50-percent match with either cash or in-kind support.  

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

Editor's Note: The following is a list of Keystone Historic Preservation Grant Awards, by county:

Allegheny
Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall - $25,000
Northside Leadership Conference - $10,000
Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation - $25,000
Preservation Pittsburgh - $ 5,725
Township of Moon - $15,000

Armstrong
Armstrong County Commissioners - $12,000

Blair
Allegheny Ridge Corporation - $10,001
Borough of Hollidaysburg - $10,000

Cambria
Johnstown Area Heritage Association -$25,000

Carbon
Palmerton Area Historical Society - $10,000

Crawford
City of Titusville - $9,500

Cumberland
Shippensburg Historical Society - $10,000

Dauphin
Friends of Fort Hunter - $ 5,000
Preservation Pennsylvania - $25,000

Delaware
Historic Landsdowne Theater Corporation - $12,500

Fayette
National Road Heritage Corridor - $25,000

Indiana
IUP Research Institute - $9,895
Saltsburg Area Historical Society - $15,770

Jefferson
Jefferson County Historical Society Inc. - $10,000

Lebanon
Historic Schaefferstown Inc. - $10,000

Lehigh
City of Allentown - $25,000

Northampton
Borough of Bangor - $12,500
City of Bethlehem - $10,000
Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Inc. - $8,000
Redevelopment Authority of Easton - $25,000

Philadelphia
Delaware River waterfront Corporation - $25,000
Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust Inc. - $ 8,500
Macedonia Freewill Baptist Church - $10,000
Stenton, NSCDA/PA - $10,000
Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia - $18,000
Wagner Free Institute of Science - $25,000

Somerset
Somerset Inc. - $10,000

Warren
Warren County Historical Society - $10,000

Westmoreland
Progress Fund - $10,000
Vandergrift Improvement Program Inc. - $10,000

SOURCE Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission