Historic Preservation Fund Grants 2023/2024
The Old Brick Schoolhouse, owned by the Town of Winslow and located in Winslow, Maine received support to commission architectural drawings and specifications to replace the structure's 34-year-old cedar roof shingles, gable cedar shingles and drip edges before anticipated water damage occurs.
Historic Preservation Fund Grants 2023/2024
The City of Waterville will use HPF grant funding to conduct an architectural survey of the "Victorian District", a compact historic residential area bounded to the east by Elm Street, west by Messalonskee Stream, north by North Street and south by Western Ave. This survey will be used to determine if it is eligible to be added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Historic Preservation Fund Grants 2023/2024
The City of Waterville will use HPF grant funding to conduct an architectural survey of the "Victorian District", a compact historic residential area bounded to the east by Elm Street, west by Messalonskee Stream, north by North Street and south by Western Ave. This survey will be used to determine if it is eligible to be added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Historic Preservation Fund Grants 2023/2024
Victoria Mansion shas received a grant to fund stipend for attendees at the second in an ongoing series of hands-on training workshops to address the critical shortage of preservation skills in Maine.
Historic Preservation Fund Grants 2023/2024
The 1893 Maine State Building, owned by the Poland Spring Preservation Society and located in Poland Spring, Maine has received grant support to commission architectural drawings and specifications for the repair of the building buildings slate roof to prevent damage to the interior and structure of the building.
Historic Preservation Fund Grant 2023/2024
The Maine Paper & Heritage Museum, a non-profit organization located in Livermore Falls, Maine, has received funding to address building structural issues identified by the Building Condition Assessment report the museum commissioned in 2021. The museum is in an historic building that has suffered from years of deferred maintenance. The Board of the museum seeks to secure the envelope of the building, with this phase addressing the leaking roof. The HPF grant is augmented by a grant from the New Century Community Fund.
Historic Preservation Fund Grants 2023/2024
Historic New England will engage an environmental planning consultant and community stakeholders inthe development of a Vulnerability Risk Assessment and Action Plan for Sayward-Wheeler House, our c.1718 historic house museum overlooking the York River in York, Maine.
Certified Local Government Grant 2023
The City of Portland on behalf of the First Parish Church in Portland received a CLG grant of $15,000 to complete a predevelopment investigation of the First Parish front stairs and the retaining wall adjacent to Freshman Alley in Portland, Maine. This will be a limited engineering investigation for the structural rehabilitation of the stairs and wall associated with the historic church. The granite retaining wall on the northeast side of the Parish Hall Garden is visibly bowed and in danger of failing, and the shifting granite front steps form a safety hazard.