Date: Fri 04-Aug-1995

Publication: Bee

Author: KAAREN

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Grants Available For

Historic Preservation

The Connecticut Historical Commission this week announced that grants will be

available under three separate programs for historic preservation and

restoration projects and archeological field investigations in 1996.

Properties that are on the State and/or National Register of Historic Places

and are owned and operated by non-profit organizations or municipalities are

eligible to compete for $300,000 in funds available through the 1996

Connecticut Historic Restoration Fund grant program, according to John W.

Shannahan, director of the Connecticut Historical Commission.

A competitive selection process will be used to determine all recipients.

Grant funds for restoration projects and archeological field investigations

will be awarded on a matching (50/50) basis, and individual grants probably

will range from $3,000 to $30,000.

Application packets are available by sending name, organization, address and

telephone number to Paul Loether at the Connecticut Historical Commission, 59

South Prospect Street, Hartford 06106, by calling 566-3005, or by faxing the

information to 566-5078.

The deadline for submittal of applications will be November 13.

Applications also are being solicited for funding under the 1996 historic

preservation grant program admistered by the Connecticut Historical Commission

with the state's share of the Historic Preservation Fund, money which Congress

appropriates annually for preservation efforts. Eligible projects include

architectural and archelogical surveys and public education activities

suitable for a statewide audience.

An estimated $45,000 will be available for these grants. Grants are awarded on

a matching basis with three awards of $5,000 available for survey projects.

(The Newtown Historical Society recently was awarded one of these $5,000

matching grants under the 1995 program for a survey of pre-1825 houses

throughout the town. See separate story.) The deadline for submission of

applications to the Connecticut Historical Commission for the 1996 program is

September 30, 1995, and all projects must be completed by May 31, 1997.

A third program provides funding for historic preservation to municipalities

which are participating in the federal Certified Local Government program.

Approximately $60,000 in grants is available on a matching basis for various

historic preservation projects. The deadline for these applications is

September 30, 1995. All projects must be completed by June 30, 1997.

Applications are available from the Connecticut Historical Commission.