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Historic Barn Preservation Grants

In response to the ever increasing loss of historic agricultural buildings across the state of Maine, the Commission sets aside a portion of its New Century Community Program allocation for preservation grants to privately owned historic barns and related agricultural outbuildings such as silos, equipment sheds, ice houses and smoke sheds. The aim of the Historic Barn Preservation Grant program is to help private barn owners undertake repair or stabilization of their historic barns.   The competitively awarded matching grants are specifically for those barns or agricultural properties that are listed in, or eligible for listing in, the National Register of Historic Places.  Since its establishment in 1999 the Historic Barn Preservation Grant program has been funded three times.  Information on the next round of grants will be posted on this website when it becomes available.

            If you are interested in determining if your barn or agricultural outbuilding is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places please send an e-mail with your name, mailing address, and phone number to by email. and place the phrase “barn grant inquiry” in the subject heading.

2006 Barn Grant Recipients

Photo	Town/County	Project Description
	Intervale Farm New Gloucester, Cumberland County	$1100 grant in support of installing a new roof over the barn.
	Higgins Barn Bar Harbor, Hancock County	$2000 grant to replace missing joists and flooring in one bay of the barn.
	Longmeadows Farm Benton, Kennebec County	$3000 grant in support of upgrading the electrical system in this working barn.
	Maple Brook Farm Searsmont, Waldo County	$3700 grant to shingle one side of barn and repair windows and doors.
	Welch Farm Roque Bluffs Washington County	$5000 grant to repair sills and posts and reattach the wagon shed to the barn.
	Robertson Farm Woodland, Aroostook County	$7000 grant to install a new roof on this working barn.
	Parsons-Piper-Lord-Roy Farm Parsonsfield, York County	$7200 grant to repair rotted sills and the structurally unsound cupola.
	Stearns Hill Farm West Paris, Oxford County	$10,000 grant to aid with structural repair; foundation repair and new drainage.