Grants Awarded

Trust Awards Technical Assistance Grants 

The Connecticut Trust awarded $215,608 in Historic Preservation Technical Assistance grants in December, which will make possible a total initial investment of $465,002 in these historic places. The grants are part of a comprehensive historic preservation technical assistance program of the Trust, in collaboration with and with generous funding from the Connecticut General Assembly, the Connecticut Humanities Council, and the State Historic Preservation Office, Department of Economic and Community Development, through the Community Investment Act. The grants are intended to encourage and support community efforts in planning for the preservation, restoration, and rehabilitation of historic buildings and places. (In the list, “NR” indicates sites on the National Register; “SR” means State Register.)  

Guilford, Dorothy Whitfield Historic Society: $2,500 for strategic planning for the Hyland house (NR) 

Hamden, Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven: $20,000 for plans and specifications for restoration of the Maselli Farm house 

Hartford, Connecticut Landmarks: $20,000 for construction documents for renovation of and an addition to the Amos Bull house and Butler-McCook carriage house (NR) 

Hartford, Village for Families and Children: $15,000 for needs assessment and preservation plan of main and satellite campuses (all NR) 

Killingly, Westfield Congregational Church: $9,890 for construction documents for repairs to the steeple (NR) 

Middlebury, Middlebury Historical Society: $3,150 for conditions assessment and preservation planning for the Curtiss-Nichols house 

New London, New London Landmarks: $3,869 to create a guidebook for downtown New London and adjacent historic neighborhoods (NR) 

Norwich, Spirit of Broadway Theater: $19,930 for plans and specifications for rehabilitation of upper floors of the Chestnut Street firehouse (NR) 

Old Lyme, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts: $20,000 for plans and specifications for exterior restoration of the John Sill house (NR) 

Plainville, Congregational Church of Plainville: $5,000 for a capital needs assessment  

Southbury, Southbury Historic Buildings Commission: $6,599 for a conditions assessment and remediation plan for the Bullet Hill School (NR) 

Stafford, Connecticut Retirement Colony: $20,000 for a feasibility study for converting the Borough Elementary School to affordable housing 

Stratford, Stratford Historic District Commission: $7,500 for a conditions assessment of the John Benjamin house (NR) 

Vernon, Rockville Public Library: $5,000 for specifications for window restoration (NR).  

Wallingford, Wallingford Historic Preservation Trust: $12,000 to study exterior and interior surfaces of the Nehemiah Royce house (NR), in preparation for restoration  

Town of Waterford: $1,400 for a conditions assessment of the Nevins tenant cottage (NR) 

Town of Weston: $20,000 for a conditions assessment and feasibility study of the Lachat Farm 

Town of Willington: $7,500 for a capital needs assessment of the Old Town Hall (NR) Windsor, Grace Episcopal Church: $16,270 for construction documents for repairs to the church roof and a conditions/feasibility study of the Ruel Hotchkiss Tuttle house (NR) 

This article originally appeared in the January/February, 2012, issue of Connecticut Preservation News.  

PHOTOGRAPH: Village for Families and Children, Hartford: main campus Credit: Village for Families and Children

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