[MassHistPres] Reminder: National Trust Grant Opportunities!

[Judy Markland]

What if several municipalities got together to request funding for an 
engineering study on the cost/benefit tradeoffs of repairing existing 
historical windows vs  new "energy efficient" replacements?
We've all lamented the lack of numbers to prove the merits of the 
historical materials.  Maybe we could generate some authoritative ones.

Judy Markland
Weston Historical Commission

At 02:46 PM 9/12/2006, Brent Leggs wrote:


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>Mildred Jones Keefe and Eastern Massachusetts Preservation Funds for
>Massachusetts
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>The National Trust for Historic Preservation invites applications from
>public municipalities and nonprofit organizations to apply for the
>Preservation Funds for Massachusetts.  The Mildred Jones Keefe Fund was
>created in 1984 in memory of the late Mildred Jones Keefe who was active
>in the arts and a lifelong preservation advocate in Southeastern,
>Massachusetts.  The Eastern Massachusetts Fund was created in 2001 with
>the support of a private donor.  All Preservation Fund applications
>received from Massachusetts organizations will be considered for funding
>through one of these programs.
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>The Preservation Fund provides nonprofit organizations and public
>agencies matching grants from $500 to $5,000 (typically from $1,000 to
>$1,500) for preservation planning and education efforts.  Funds may be
>used to obtain professional expertise in areas such as architecture,
>archeology, engineering, preservation planning, land-use planning, fund
>raising, organizational development and law as well as preservation
>education activities to educate the public.  Funds are not available to
>support construction and/or restoration costs.  Application deadlines
>are February 1, June 1, and October 1. The application for the both
>Funds is the same application as the Preservation Fund, formerly known
>as the Preservation Services Fund, of the National Trust for Historic
>Preservation.  Below is a list of recent National Trust grants awarded
>in Massachusetts:
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>*         Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc., Pawtucket, a $750
>grant is being used to cover the cost of promotional materials for the
>Blackstone River Valley "Footsteps in History" Preserve America Weekend.
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>*         Edith Wharton Restoration, Inc., Lenox, $1,000 was awarded to
>support speaker's honoraria at The Mount's 2006 Edith Wharton and the
>American Garden Conference.
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>*         Architectural Heritage Foundation, Lowell, $5,000 was awarded
>to hire preservation consultant, John Leeke, to teach preservation and
>restoration courses for their Preservation Carpentry Training Program.
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>*         Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, a $1,000 grant was
>awarded to conduct data recovery and archeological excavation of
>cultural materials from the Middleborough Little League site.
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>*         Historic Boston, Inc., Boston, $5,000 was granted to hire a
>consultant firm to complete a Feasibility Study to preserve and
>redevelop the Calf Pasture Pumping Station.
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>*         Preservation Worcester, Worcester, a $2,000 grant was awarded
>to hire preservation consultant, William Finch of Finch & Rose, to
>conduct a Historic Structures Report on the barn at Hope Cemetery.
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>Feel free to contact Brent Leggs, Program Assistant at the Northeast
>Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation at 617-523-0885
>or at Brent_Leggs at nthp.org.
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>The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a private, nonprofit
>membership organization dedicated to saving historic places and
>revitalizing America's communities.  Recipient of the National
>Humanities Medal, the Trust was founded in 1949 and provides leadership,
>education, advocacy, and resources to protect the irreplaceable places
>that tell America's story.   Its Washington, DC headquarters staff, six
>regional offices and 28 historic sites work with the Trust's 270,000
>members and thousands of preservation groups in all 50 states.  For more
>information, visit the Trust's web site at www.nationaltrust.org
><http://www.nationaltrust.org/> .
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