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.
PHMC Executive Director Andrea Lowery said, “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 following is a list of Keystone Historic Preservation Grant Awards given to local agencies and organizations in Bucks County: 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
In Lehigh County, Whitehall Township was awarded $12,360; in Northampton County, Hellertown Historical Society was awarded $10,000.
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