U.S. Department of the Interior-National Park
Service
Save America’s Treasures
FY 2000 Historic Preservation Fund Grants
(competitive grants awarded 7/7/00)
Arkansas
Central High School National Historic Site, Little Rock
Award amount: $ 500,000
Central High School was the first important test for implementation of the U.S. Supreme
Court’s historic 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision. This National Historic
Landmark has become a symbol of the end of racially segregated public schools in the
United States. The school is experiencing extensive material failures—crumbling
ceiling and wall plaster, basement and foundation problems, deteriorating roofs—due
to moisture infiltration. Funds will be used to eliminate moisture sources and to repair
damaged plaster.
Arizona
“Saving Southwest Traditions: The Pottery Project,” Arizona State Museum, Tucson
Award amount: $ 400,000
The Arizona State Museum houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of Southwest
Native American ceramics in the world. Storage facilities lacking environmental controls
threaten the collection. If left unchecked, these irreplaceable objects could
disintegrate. Funding will support appropriate museum storage and protection and
conservation work on individual pieces.
California
Angel Island Immigration Station, Tiburon
Award amount: $ 500,000
A National Historic Landmark, Angel Island Immigration Station served as the primary West
Coast port of entry for immigrants to the United States. Chinese immigrants detained at
the station carved poetry into the walls of the barracks, leaving an invaluable historical
record of the Pacific immigration experience. Long-term deterioration and water damage
threaten the structural integrity of the buildings. Many of the inscriptions have
weathered to the point that they are barely legible. Funding will enable stabilization of
the buildings and conservation work to ensure that the poetry is not lost.Knight Foundry Water-Powered Iron Works, Sutter Creek
Award amount: $ 250,000
One of the few intact late-19th-century industrial workplaces, Knight Foundry is powered
by Knight Water Motors, the direct-drive water turbines invented by founder Samuel Knight.
In continuous operation as a foundry, pattern shop and machine shop from 1872 to 1996, it
is a repository of nearly extinct foundry skills. Structural decay and water damage
threaten the building and the collection of patterns, tools and machinery. Funding will
support stabilization of the buildings and machinery restoration.
Colorado
Old First National Bank, Telluride
Award amount: $ 250,000
The Old First National Bank is a key structure in Telluride’s National Historic
Landmark District, which is significant for its 19th-century “Boomtown”
architecture. Designed by prominent Colorado architect James Murdoch, the building also
housed the Telluride Power Company, operator of the first commercial alternating current
power plant. The bank’s masonry facades have deteriorated over time and have suffered
damage due to inappropriate repairs. This grant will address these problems.
The District of Columbia
The Charter Murals, National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.
Award amount: $ 500,000
The Charter Murals, The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United
States, were completed by artist Barry Faulkner in 1936. Located in the National Archives
Rotunda above the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights,
these murals are viewed by hundreds of visitors each day. Protruding bulges from fallen
plaster mar the murals, and years of dirt build-up have dulled them. In conjunction with a
major renovation of the Rotunda, this grant will support comprehensive conservation
treatment of the murals. Dance Heritage Coalition
Award amount: $ 90,000
Katherine Dunham Archives, East St. Louis, Illinois
Hulla Huhm Dance Collection, Honolulu, Hawaii
Gertrude Kurath, Eleanor King, and Kealiinohomoku Collections, Flagstaff, Arizona
These dance collections require urgent attention to conserve their historic costumes,
musical instruments, and historic photographs. Storage facilities lack climate control,
threatening the records of grass-roots dance troops’ collections. Funds will address
these problems and ensure the preservation of these important African American, Korean
American and Native American traditions. Historic Sound Recording Collections of the American People, Smithsonian Institution
Award amount: $ 750,000
Together the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress hold the largest and most
significant collections of audio recordings documenting the American experience from the
1890s to present. These collections contain icons of American oratory, such as Martin
Luther King, Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech, and tens of thousands of recordings of
every genre of American spoken word and music. Many elements of the collections are in
poor condition and could be lost due to unstable original media. This grant will support
conservation of the original recordings and copying to stable formats. Anderson Cottage, United States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home
Award amount: $ 750,000
Built in 1842-43, Anderson Cottage was the country home of George W. Riggs, a prominent
banker in Washington, D.C. In 1851, it became part of the U.S. Soldiers’ and
Airmen’s Home. Anderson Cottage was a summer retreat for Presidents Buchanan,
Lincoln, Hayes and Arthur. Funds will support restoration of the Cottage for use as a
learning center dedicated to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, who wrote the first draft
of the Emancipation Proclamation there.
Hawaii
USS Missouri, Honolulu
Award amount: $ 300,000
The USS Missouri is the last bombardment battleship to be completed for the United
States Navy, as well as the last that remained in service. The formal instrument of
Japanese surrender that ended World War II was signed aboard the USS Missouri. The
ship last served in the Persian Gulf during the 1991 Operation Desert Storm. Corrosion of
the superstructure and the wear of 400,000 visitors in one year have taken a toll on the
ship. Funding will enable the USS Missouri Memorial Association to address these issues
and enable this popular historic ship to remain available to the public.
Iowa
Woodbury County Courthouse, Sioux City
Award amount: $ 300,000
A National Historic Landmark, the Woodbury County Courthouse is the largest Prairie School
style structure in the nation. It epitomizes the theories, design and presentation of this
purely American style of architecture. Water infiltration has resulted in extensive damage
to structural elements and interior finishes and features. Funding will repair and restore
the internal structural elements, decorative plaster ceilings, leaded glass windows,
fixtures and stenciling.
Illinois
Cahokia Mounds Archaeological Collection, Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Award amount: $ 55,000
The Cahokia Site is one of the most important pre-Columbian archaeological sites in North
America. The well-preserved artifact-bearing deposits at the site chronicle the
development of one of the first urban centers in the Western Hemisphere. Inadequate
storage facilities and collection management practices have resulted in damage and loss to
components of the collection recovered from the National Historic Landmark site. This
grant will help support appropriate housing and conservation of the collection. Edward E. Ayer American Indian History Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago
Award amount: $ 125,000
The Edward E. Ayer Collection, the most comprehensive collection of manuscripts, maps,
artifacts, paintings and photographs about Native Americans. The collection is in great
demand by scholars, and funding will stabilize and preserve the collection so that it will
remain available for research.Glessner House, Chicago
Award amount: $ 250,000
The 1886 Glessner House is one of the last and most mature of noted architect Henry Hobson
Richardson’s residential designs. Many of the furnishings are original to this
National Historic Landmark house. The lack of an adequate climate control system has
resulted in damage to interior finishes and furnishings. Funds will support conservation
of deteriorated historic materials and enable the installation of a climate control
system. Frederick C. Robie House, Chicago
Award amount: $ 250,000
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Robie House is one of the most important buildings in
the history of American architecture. Completed in 1910, the building was a catalyst for a
revolution in domestic architecture, presaging many of the developments and styles that
would arise throughout the 20th century. Like nearly all of Wright’s flat-roofed
structures, the National Historic Landmark Robie House suffers from water infiltration
that is damaging its interior features. Funding will correct the water penetration and
repair damage to the interior.
Indiana
Indiana Cotton Mill, Cannelton
Award amount: $ 250,000
Begun in 1849, the Indiana Cotton Mill was one of the first American mill buildings to wed
utility and aesthetics. Steam powered the mill, an innovation at a time when most mills
used waterpower. This National Historic Landmark is constructed of native Indiana
sandstone and has been vacant for several decades. Funds will be used to restore the
building.
Kansas
Chase County Courthouse, Cottonwood Falls
Award amount: $ 250,000
The 1873 Chase County Courthouse represents the Kansas settlement period and is the oldest
continuously operating courthouse in the state. This Second Empire building is constructed
of native limestone. Funds will support completion of a restoration that will enable the
building to continue to serve the community.
Louisiana
African House, Yucca House and Prudhomme-Roquier House, Natchitoches
Award amount: $ 250,000
These three National Historic Landmarks are key components of the Cane River National
Heritage Area. Dating from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, they represent the
Creole and African American architectural and cultural traditions of the area and era.
Each building suffers moisture and structural problems. Funds will be used to halt
deterioration of these important structures.
Maryland
Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood
Award amount: $ 400,000
A National Historic Landmark, Sotterley Plantation is an intact fabric of landscape,
architecture and archaeological holdings. The structures and features that comprise this
90-acre site date from the 18th through the early 20th centuries and include the 1717
Manor House and a rare surviving slave cabin. Funds will be used to correct structural
failures in several buildings and restore damage done by moisture and insects.
Massachusetts
American Antiquarian Society Library, Worcester
Award amount: $ 400,000
Established to collect, preserve and make available for study all materials printed in the
United States prior to 1877, the American Antiquarian Society is the nation’s third
oldest historical society. Lack of a fire suppression system in the Society’s 1910
building and antiquated storage facilities threaten these irreplaceable collections. This
grant will enable this National Historic Landmark institution to address these concerns.Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield
Award amount: $ 400,000
Constructed in 1903, the Colonial Theatre has been considered one of the best acoustical
theatres in the nation. Maintained in a controlled state of deterioration by a long-term
owner, the theatre needs a comprehensive restoration to return it to its former grandeur.
Funding of this restoration will enable the theatre to once again host the performances
for which it became famous.Orchard House, Concord
Award amount: $ 400,000
This 300-year old National Historic Landmark was the family home of Louisa May Alcott and
the setting for her autobiographical classic, Little Women. Literary greats such as
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau were frequent visitors. A
large collection of archival materials, including books, papers, photographs, and artwork,
remains in the house. Lack of climate control, improper storage and water infiltration
threaten the collection. Funds will be used to address these problems.
Michigan
Cranbrook House, Bloomfield Hills
Amount awarded: $300,000
Built between 1908 and 1920, the Albert Kahn-designed Cranbrook House is an outstanding
example of early 20th-century design and craftsmanship. Cranbrook House was the residence
of George and Ellen Booth, founders of the Cranbrook Educational Community, an idealist
institution dedicated to combating shoddy machine-age goods by making beautiful objects
and creating architectural settings with the finest quality details. This National
Historic Landmark house contains fine art, antiques and unique examples of the Arts and
Crafts movement. Funding will support restoration of portions of the roof, terrace and
plaza deck.
Missouri
St. Louis Civil Court Records, St. Louis
Award amount: $ 175,000
The St. Louis Civil Court Records form a premier judicial collection documenting westward
expansion during the territorial and early statehood period, 1790-1830. This collection,
which has been largely inaccessible for two centuries, records the legal basis of the
early court system, profiles nationally prominent individuals and illustrates broad themes
of American intellectual and social history. Funds will be used for conservation
treatments that will make the documents available for research and study.
Mississippi
Grand Opera House of Missisippi, Meridian
Award amount: $ 400,000
The Grand Opera House, built in 1889-90 by noted theater designer J.B. McElfatrick, is an
excellent example of a second-floor opera house. McElfatrick designs include the National
Theater in Washington, D.C., and the Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Funds will support the restoration of the Opera House and enable it to
reopen as a performing arts center.
Montana
Butte - Silver Bow Public Archives, Butte
Award amount: $ 50,000
Government records of the city of Butte are an outstanding collection of city council
minutes, correspondence, petitions, reports of various agencies, coroner reports and other
public documents. They provide a context for the study of settlement, development and
industrial growth of the American West and are particularly important to the study of
mining and labor in America. Funds will support conservation and appropriate storage of
the records, making 100 volumes of documents and over 150,000 rare, primary source images
available to scholars.
Nevada
Stewart Indian Boarding School Historic District, Carson City
Award amount: $ 250,000
Founded in 1890, the Stewart Indian Boarding School served Native American students until
1980. The campus and buildings constructed of colorful native Nevada stone are a rare
intact ensemble. The site now houses a museum and other teaching activities. Deferred
maintenance since the school’s closing hastened the deterioration of its buildings,
and funds will be used to address for restoration needs.
New Hampshire
Canterbury Shaker Village, Canterbury
Award amount: $ 250,000
Canterbury Shaker Village includes 25 historic buildings and hundreds of acres of fields,
ponds, and forests. The 1793 Dwelling House, one of only two remaining 18th-century Shaker
dwelling houses, is the largest and most endangered building in this National Historic
Landmark complex. Continuously occupied until the last Canterbury Sister died in 1992, the
Dwelling House suffers from decades of deferred maintenance and long-term structural
damage due to failing roofs. Funds will be used to repair roofs and address other
preservation needs to avert additional damage.
New Jersey
Laundry and Hospital Outbuilding at Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty National Monument
Award amount: $ 500,000
Ellis Island was the country’s principal immigration station from 1892 to 1954. The
Laundry and Hospital Outbuilding, part of the first major integrated hospital complex of
the early 20th century, was designed by James Knox Taylor, Architect of the Department of
the Treasury Department. Vacant for decades, the building is in extremely poor condition
with a collapsed roof and some major structural damage. Funds will support restoration of
the roof and masonry and replacement of windows and doors.
New Mexico
Feather Cave Complex Collections Archeological Collections, Albuquerque
Award amount: $ 75,000
The collection recovered from the Feather Cave Complex sites represents the most complete
assemblage of perishable prehistoric materials, including miniature and full-size bows and
arrows, feathers, wooden balls, sandals, bone and shell beads and basketry fragments. It
also provides incomparable data for research into the origins and development of
indigenous traditional practices in the Americas. Subjected to temperature and humidity
fluctuations and contact with corrosive agents, the collections’ artifacts
deteriorate and their research and educational value diminishes. Funds will support
conservation treatments and appropriate storage facilities.
New York
Harriet Tubman Historic Sites, Auburn
Award amount: $ 450,000
Harriet Tubman was one of the recognized leaders of the Underground Railroad. The original
wood frame house she occupied upon settling in Auburn in 1858 was later improved with
brick. Nearby is the National Historic Landmark Home for the Aged that Tubman established
for aged and indigent African Americans. These and several other structures associated
with Tubman’s life and work have deteriorated to the point that major restoration is
needed. This grant will support the restoration.The Tenement at 97 Orchard Street, New York
Award amount: $ 250,000
The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is the first museum in the country to interpret the
home and community life of urban, working class and poor immigrants. Housed in the
tenement at 97 Orchard Street, the museum focuses on tenement life in the second half of
the 19th and first decades of the 20th century. Funding will be used to complete the
tenement’s restoration, making the entire building available to the public for the
first time. Records of the United States Sanitary Commission, New York
Award amount: $ 250,000
The United States Sanitary Commission, precursor to today’s Red Cross, was a
voluntary organization formed in 1861 to provide medical and physical relief to the Union
troops during the Civil War. The Commission’s archives include photographs, medical
rolls, correspondence, memoranda, reports, registers, scrapbooks, posters and diaries.
Currently, the collection is not accessible to scholars due to its advanced state of
deterioration. Funds will support conservation and proper archival storage for the
collection. The Metropolitan Opera Radio and Television Archives, New York
Award amount: $ 200,000
The Metropolitan Opera Radio and Television Archives is an unprecedented collection of
recorded performances documenting live opera presentations since 1931 and featuring the
voices of three generations of great vocal artists. Deterioration of the material on which
the broadcasts were originally recorded threatens the collection. Funds will be used to
remaster the most severely deteriorated broadcasts and to transfer them to stable media. Babe Ruth Scrapbooks, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown
Award amount: $ 50,000
These ten scrapbooks are an autobiographical record of the heart of George Herman
“Babe” Ruth’s baseball career, 1921-1935. The scrapbooks contain newspaper
clippings, photographs, playbills, posters, telegrams and the inside of a baseball hat,
and document both his baseball achievements and his off-season barnstorming tours
throughout small-town America. The ephemeral nature of the original materials and the
scrapbook pages has led to severe deterioration over time. Funding will support
conservation of these documents.
North Carolina
Union Tavern / Thomas Day House, Milton
Award amount: $ 250,000
Thomas Day, a 19th-century free African American cabinetmaker (1801-1861), has gained
national recognition for his highly-prized furniture and distinctive architectural
woodwork. The 1810 Federal style Union Tavern served as his residence and workshop during
the peak years of his career. A 1989 fire severely damaged this National Historic
Landmark, destroying the roof, compromising its structural integrity and substantially
damaging the interior. Funds will be used to complete the exterior restoration of the
building.
Oklahoma
Western Fine Arts Collection, Oklahoma City
Award amount: $ 140,000
This collection includes works by significant 19th-and 20th-century artists, including
Charles Russell, Frederic Remington, N. C. Wyeth and members of the Taos Society of
Artists. Items from this collection are constantly sought for exhibits at other
institutions, subjecting the paintings to considerable stress and wear over time. This
grant will enable comprehensive conservation of the collection, ensuring its preservation
for the future.
Pennsylvania
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Philadelphia
Award amount: $ 500,000
Constructed in 1823, Eastern State Penitentiary was radical in both design—its radial
cellblock plan—and in penal theory: rehabilitation through solitary confinement. It
became the model for some 250 prisons throughout the world. Closed as a correctional
facility in 1971, the Penitentiary narrowly escaped demolition in 1987. Now partially
stabilized, the site is open and interpreted to the public. Water infiltration due to
failing cellblock roofs continues to threaten masonry, plaster and other materials. Funds
will enable restoration of roofs to halt further deterioration of this National Historic
Landmark site. 1777-78 Continental Army Winter Encampment Structures, Valley Forge National Historical
Park
Award amount: $ 450,000
Four buildings that served as quarters for General Washington’s officers during the
Continental Army’s winter encampment—General the Marquis de Lafayette’s
Quarters, General William Alexander’s (Lord Stirling) Quarters, General William
Maxwell’s Quarters / Philander Knox Estate Building and General Huntington’s
Quarters / Maurice Stephens House—and a domestic building that served the
Army—the David Potts House—are threatened by failing roofs and drainage systems.
Funding will restore the roofs and improve the drainage systems to ensure the protection
of these buildings.
Puerto Rico
Fort San Felipe del Morro, San Juan National Historic Site, San Juan
Award amount: $ 750,000
Fort San Felipe del Morro is the largest of the fortifications at San Juan National
Historic Site, which contains the oldest and largest extant Spanish fortifications in the
New World. The entire park is a World Heritage Site, and the earliest features of the fort
date to 1539. The harsh tropical climate, vegetation growth and public visitation have
taken a toll—eroded masonry, loss of surface stucco, and corroded gun emplacements.
Funds will support the restoration of masonry and stucco.
Rhode Island
Southeast Lighthouse, Block Island
Award amount: $ 300,000 Block Island’s 1874 Southeast Lighthouse is an unusual
combination of a working first-order lens and a Gothic Revival building. The lighthouse
and attached keeper’s house were planned as the showpiece of the U. S. Lighthouse
Bureau. This National Historic Landmark ceased active service in 1993. Funds will be used
to restore the lighthouse and keeper’s house for a maritime museum.
South Carolina
Drayton Hall, Charleston
Award amount: $ 250,000
Begun in 1738, Drayton Hall is the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is
open to the public. Its design was inspired by Andrea Palladio’s The Four Books of
Architecture, and its recessed two-story portico derives directly from Palladio’s
Villa Pisani. This National Historic Landmark descended through seven generations of one
family and remains substantially unaltered and without electrical, plumbing or mechanical
systems. Funds will be used to conserve historic finishes and features and to address
structural problems.
South Dakota
Corn Palace, Mitchell
Award amount: $ 400,000
The unique and highly popular Corn Palace features murals constructed of 10 colors of
corn. Forms of folk art, the murals are changed annually. Constructed in 1921, the Corn
Palace is a tribute to the state’s rich farm heritage and remains an active center of
civic life. Funding will restore the Corn Palace’s deteriorating roof and onion
domes.
Tennessee
The Hermitage, near Nashville
Award amount: $ 340,000
The National Historic Landmark Hermitage presents two distinct presidential homes to
visitors—the mansion of Andrew Jackson’s presidential and retirement years and
the two cabins comprising the First Hermitage of his early political and military years.
Later occupied by slave families, the nearly 200-year-old cabins are in fragile condition
due to rot, weathering and insect infestation. Funding will support their restoration.
Utah
Promontory Cave Collection, Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City
Award amount: $ 50,000
The Promontory Cave collection, recovered in early 1930s by noted anthropologist Julian
Steward, includes stone, clay, bone, wood, reed and leather artifacts dating between about
A.D. 1100 and A.D. 1600. Steward’s analysis of the artifacts led to his conclusion
that they represented a unique culture around the Great Salt Lake. Funds will support
conservation and proper museum storage of the collection, dramatically improving its
educational and research potential.
West Virginia
B & O Railroad Roundhouse Complex, Martinsburg
Award amount: $ 500,000
The B & O Railroad Roundhouse complex is the finest and most complete example of
mid-19th-century railroad shop complexes in the United States. It was the site of a labor
action that led to the widespread 1877 railroad workers’ strike. Vacant and unsecured
for over a decade, the buildings suffer from water infiltration, vandalism and general
neglect. This grant will secure the buildings and restore their exteriors.
Wisconsin
Ten Chimneys, Genesee Depot
Award amount: $ 250,000
From the 1920s through the 1960s, Ten Chimneys was home to Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontanne,
one of the nation’s premier acting teams and husband and wife off stage. Nearly all
the hand-painted finishes, furnishings, collections and personal memorabilia are original
to the home. Deferred maintenance and water infiltration have led to deterioration of many
interior features and objects. Funding will support appropriate preservation treatments
for the exterior, which will avert further damage to the significant furnishings and
collections.
U.S. Department of the Interior-National Park Service
Save America’s Treasures
Designated FY 2000 Historic Preservation Fund Grants
(grants designated by Congress Fall 1999)
Alaska
Sitka Pioneer Home, Sitka
Award amount: $150,000
Funding will go to replace the home’s roof.
Unalaska Aerology Building, Unalaska
Award amount: $100,000
Funding will help preserve stairs, wood finishes and mosaics as the building is made into
a Visitors Center.
Alabama
Saturn V Rocket, G.C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville
Award amount: $700,000
Funding will restore the rocket and construct exhibits.
Tannehill/Brierfield Ironworks, McCalla
Award amount: $250,000
Funding will protect the archeological site and construct exhibits.
California
Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano
Award amount: $320,000
Funding will stabilize and repair the Sanctuary Dome of the Mission.
Connecticut
Mark Twain House (Nook Farm), Hartford
Award amount: $2,000,000
Funding will help make structural repairs, install a heating, ventilation and air
conditioning system, and build a Collections Annex.
Florida
Old City Hall, Safford House, and Historic Railroad Depot, Tarpon Springs
Award amount: $150,000
Funding will repair these three properties in the Tarpon Springs Historic District.
Illinois
Aurora Civil War Memorial, Aurora
Award amount: $300,000
Funding will repair the foundation, control dampness, and improve accessibility.
Kentucky
African American Heritage Center, Trolley Barn Complex, Louisville
Award amount: $1,000,000
Funding will repair the Trolley Car Barn for use as a Heritage Center.
River Heritage Museum, Paducah
Award amount: $300,000
Funding will help fund general renovations to the museum.
Massachusetts
Sewell Building, Dimmock Center, Roxbury
Award amount: $300,000
Funding will repair the Sewell Maternity Building (formerly the New England Hospital for
Women).
Nebraska
Mari Sandoz High Plains Cultural Center, Chadron
Award amount: $450,000
Funding will repair Chadron State College Library for use as a Heritage Center.
New York
Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York City
Award amount: $2,500,000
Funding will help construct a new Visitors’ Center.
Ohio
McKinley Monument, Canton
Award amount: $100,000
Funding will repair stairs, repaint the interior, and replace the security camera.National First Ladies Library/City National Bank, Canton
Award amount: $2,500,000
Funding will renovate the former bank to become a First Ladies Museum and Research Center.National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, VA Medical Center, Dayton
Award amount: $130,000
Funding will help stabilize the building.
Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial, Philadelphia
Award amount: $300,000
Funding will make structural repairs and improvements to meet ADA accessibility
requirements.
Thaddeus Stevens Hall, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg
Award amount: $300,000
Funding will help restore the Hall.
Virginia
Montpelier, Orange County
Award amount: $1,000,000
Funding will restore the private chambers of Dolley Madison.
Washington
Admiral Theatre, Bremerton
Award amount: $400,000
Funding will upgrade the stage and flyways.
Mukai Farm and Garden, Vashon Island
Award amount: $150,000
Funding will acquire Mukai Gardens and help develop a plan for their long-term restoration
and operation.
Nathaniel Orr Pioneer Home Site, Steilacoom
Award amount: $250,000
Funding will restore the Orr Pioneer Home and establish a museum and interpretive center.
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma
Award amount: $600,000
Funding will support new construction to protect the museum’s collection.
West Virginia
Weston State Hospital, Weston
Award amount: $750,000
Funding will stabilize and make essential repairs.