2024 Federal Historic Preservation Grants Announced
The Tennessee Historical Commission, the State Historic Preservation Office, has awarded 21 matching grants totaling over $800,000 from the Federal Historic Preservation Fund allocated to non-profits, municipalities, universities, and civic organizations across the state to support the preservation of historic and archaeological resources.
“The Federal Historic Preservation Fund grant program allows for the Tennessee Historical Commission to assist communities with projects that document and preserve our state’s significant historic properties. These projects are developed with care, supported locally through the required match, and show a true commitment to preservation,” said Patrick McIntyre, State Historic Preservation Officer and Executive Director. The Federal Historic Preservation Fund reimburses 60 percent of the project costs with a 40 percent match of project funds from the grantee.
This year’s grant awards include a wide variety of historic and architectural projects, all listed below. Several projects this year continue previous projects such as the successful cemetery survey program in Nashville. Other grants will assist in funding preservation planners in seven of the state’s development districts and other grants are for posters highlighting the state’s archaeology and the restoration of historic buildings.
One of the agency’s grant priorities is for projects that are in Certified Local Governments, a program that allows the 50 enrolled communities to participate closely in the federal program of historic preservation. Certified Local Government communities are highly encouraged to apply, and for his round each CLG community that applied was funded including a grant to the Clarksville/Montgomery County for the development of downtown urban design guidelines, the City of Paris to restore windows in the Lee School, and the City of Rogersville to continue restoration of the Powell Law Office.
Additional priorities include those that meet the goals and objectives of the Tennessee Historical Commission’s plan for historic preservation. Properties that use the grant funds for restoration projects must be listed in the National Register. Applications for the next round of Federal Historic Preservation Fund grants will open in December 2024.
A complete list of grant recipients and/or National Register listed sites of the projects include:
Davidson County
Andrew Jackson Foundation
$30,000 to restore the Alfred’s Cabin at the Hermitage, a National Historic Landmark
Metropolitan Historical Commission
$43,000 to fund forth phase of the countywide cemetery survey and preservation plan
Preserve Lindsley Avenue Now
$60,000 to restore stained glass windows of the Lindsley Avenue Church of Christ
Fentress County
Sergeant Alvin C. York State Historic Park
$6,000 to update the Honeymoon House
Hawkins County
City of Rogersville
$70,000 to fund the restoration of exterior of the Powell Law Office
Henry County
City of Paris
$25,000.00 to restore Paris Lee School Annex Windows
Knox County
Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum
$70,000 to restore windows and doors of the Joe Howell Home
Montgomery County
Clarksville Montgomery County Regional Planning Commission
$30,000 to develop Downtown Urban Design Standards
Roan Mountain State Park
$11,500 to fund Miller Farmstead Archaeology and Preservation Plan
Williamson County
Heritage Foundation of Williamson County
$15,000 for County Survey (1st of multiyear countywide project with focus on African American history)
Multi-County Grants
Middle Tennessee State University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
$4,025 for posters for Tennessee Archaeology Week.
Middle Tennessee State University, Fullerton Laboratory for Spatial Technology
$65,00.00 GIS services for historic/architectural survey
East Tennessee Development District
$40,000 to fund a preservation specialist staff position for the East Tennessee Development District
First Tennessee Development District
$39,000 to fund a preservation specialist staff position for the First Tennessee Development District
Northwest Tennessee Development District
$38,500 to fund a preservation specialist staff position for the Northwest Tennessee Development District
Mid-South Development District
$39,000 to fund a preservation consultant to prepare National Register of Historic Places nominations and address preservation needs
South Central Tennessee Development District
$50,000 to fund a preservation specialist staff position for the South Central Tennessee Development District
Southeast Tennessee Development District
$54,000 to fund a preservation specialist staff position for the Southeast Tennessee Development District
Southwest Tennessee Development District
$44,000 to fund a preservation specialist staff position for the Southwest Tennessee Development District
Upper Cumberland Development District
$35,000 to fund a preservation specialist staff position for the Upper Cumberland Development District