National Park Service Awards $1.25 Million to Recognize Historic Underrepresented Communities

News Release Date: January 15, 2025

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WASHINGTON - The National Park Service today announced $1,250,000for 20 projects in 17 states and the District of Columbia for the survey and nomination of places and properties associated with groups that are underrepresented on the National Register of Historic Places (National Register).

Examples of this year's grants include funding for:

• A National Register nomination for the ILZRO House in Foster, Rhode Island, which will uncover and recognize the little-known history of design for the disabled community, also known as Disability Design.
• A survey and National Register nomination for the Eagle Harbor ancestral community in Ugak Bay, Alaska, to preserve and share the history of the Alutiiq/Sugpiaq, the Indigenous people of Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago.
• A survey of historic resources and National Register nominations related to Hispanic heritage in Kansas City, Missouri.
• A survey and National Register nomination in Detroit, Michigan,related to the architecture of Nathan Johnson, an important African American modernist architect.

Created by Congress in 2014, the Underrepresented Communities Grant Program has provided $8.25 million to State and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices, Certified Local Governments, and nonprofit organizations to expand the National Register of Historic Places through historic surveys and nominations.

For more information about the Underrepresented Communities Grant Program, please visit http://go.nps.gov/urc. Funding for fiscal year 2025 is dependent on Congressional appropriations.

Underrepresented Communities Grant Awards

Location	Project	Grantee	Award
Alabama	Survey and National Register District Nominations for Mobile Heights and Carver Park	City of Montgomery	$75,000
Alaska	Survey and National Register Nominations for Eagle Harbor	Alutiiq Heritage Foundation	$74,940
California	Survey and National Register District Nomination for Leimert Park	The Los Angeles Conservancy	$75,000
California	Redevelopment Era Community History Project and National Register Nomination	City and County of San Francisco	$75,000
Colorado	Colorado Statewide African American Travel Resources National Register Nominations Project	The State Historical Society of Colorado	$74,250
District of Columbia	Multiple Property Documentation Form and National Register Nominations of Washington, DC LGBTQ+ Resources	DC Preservation League	$75,000
Florida	Deuces Neighborhood Survey and National Register Nomination	City of St. Petersburg	$75,000
Georgia	National Register Nomination for Good Shepherd Episcopal School and Church	Episcopal Diocese of Georgia	$20,250
Massachusetts	National Register Nominations for Ashley House and Walker Burial Ground	Massachusetts Historical Commission	$29,950
Michigan	Survey and National Register Nominations for the Architecture of Nathan Johnson	Michigan Strategic Fund	$75,000
Mississippi	Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Multiple Site Documentation and National Register Nomination	Emmett Till Interpretive Center	$75,000
Missouri	Multiple Property Documentation and National Register Nomination for Hispanic Heritage in Kansas City	City of Kansas City, MO	$45,000
New York	National Historic Landmark Nomination for Bayard Rustin Residence	Fund for the City of New York, Inc.	$32,000
North Carolina	East Winston Survey and Mars Hill Baptist Church National Register Amendment	City of Winston-Salem	$75,000
Ohio	Survey and National Register Nominations for African American Resources	Ohio Historical Society	$75,000
Rhode Island	ILZRO House National Register Nomination	Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission of Rhode Island	$19,000
Rhode Island	Providence LGBTQ+ Survey and National Register Nomination	Providence Preservation Society	$74,692
Tennessee	South Memphis Historic Sites National Register Nominations	Historic Clayborn Temple	$54,918
Texas	Southeast Denton Historic Resource Survey and National Register Nomination	City of Denton	$75,000
Virginia	Asian American and Pacific Islanders in Virginia Survey and National Register Nomination	Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Historic Resources	$75,000
17 States plus Washington, DC		Total Funded	$1,250,000

The grants are supported through the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), which was authorized at $150 million per year through fiscal year 2024 and has provided more than $2 billion in historic preservation grants to states, Tribes, local governments, and nonprofit organizations since its creation in 1977. HPF funds may be appropriated by Congress to support a variety of historic preservation projects to help preserve the nation's cultural resources.

The HPF, which uses revenue from federal offshore oil and gas leases, supports a broad range of preservation projects without spending tax dollars. The intent behind the HPF is to mitigate the loss of nonrenewable resources through the preservation of other irreplaceable resources.

HPF grant programs managed by NPS fund preservation of America's premier cultural resources and historic places in underrepresented communities, rural areas, and historically black colleges and universities, as well as sites key to the representation of Tribal heritage, African American civil rights, the history of equal rights in America, and the nation's founding.

For more information about NPS historic preservation programs and grants, please visit go.nps.gov/grants.

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