Recent Grant Recipients

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In 2023, Preservation Connecticut has awarded over $183,000 in grants to 19 beloved community assets through 2 active matching grant programs.  See below for a list of recipients of The 1772 Foundation Historic Preservation Grants and Maintenance & Repair Grants:

The 1772 Foundation Historic Preservation Partnership Grants

For the thirteenth year, we partnered with The 1772 Foundation to distribute maintenance and repair grants to nonprofit organizations. This year, we granted $134,000 to repair 15 historic places.  Applications – from 57 organizations– demonstrated a capital repair need of more than $470,000 in work.

Branford Land Trust (Stony Creek school) : $10,000

Clinton, Adam Stanton House: $10,000

Cheshire, Ball & Socket Arts: $10,000

Madison Historical Society (Allis-Bushnell House): $10,000

Morris Historical Society (1772 Schoolhouse): $10,000

Mystic Seaport Museum (American Seamen’s Friend Society Reading Room): $10,000

New Milford Historical Society (bank building): $7,000

 Newtown Historical Society (Matthew Curtiss, Jr. House): $10,000

Norwich Arts Center (St. Mary’s Total Abstinence and Benevolent Society building): $7,500  

Old Saybrook Historical Society (General William Hart House): $10,000

Thompson Historical Society (Old Town Hall): $10,000

Wallingford, Gaylord Hospital (Alaric Persky building): $6,000

Washington, Steep Rock Association (Isaac Camp House): $3,500

Windham Free Library Assocation (Dr. Chester Hunt’s Office): $10,000

Windham Preservation (Windham Inn): $10,000

 

Preservation Connecticut Maintenance & Repair Grants for Religious Places

Through careful budgeting, Preservation Connecticut set aside $50,000 from its operating budget to help nonprofit religious organizations meet critical maintenance and repair needs.  We awarded grants to 4 historic sacred places:

 Barkhamsted: Barkhamsted Congregational Church will be repainting c.1844 Greek Revival Meetinghouse: $15,000

Hartford: Trinity Episcopal Church will be doing chimney repairs of its 1898 Gothic Revival church: $15,000

Litchfield: St. Michael’s Episcopal Church will be performing electrical upgrades on its 1920 Gothic Revival church: $7,000

New Haven: Pitt’s Chapel UFWB Church will be replacing the boiler of its 1914 Queen Anne/Gothic Revival church: $12,500

 

We awarded two Vibrant Communities Initiative grants to support preservation planning in two Connecticut cities: Groton and New Haven. The grants, using Historic Preservation Technical Assistance Grant funding from the State Historic Preservation Office through the Community Investment Act, are aimed at helping communities produce action plans for underutilized cultural and historic assets.

Over $25,000 in funds were distributed for Technical Assistance Consultancies. These are the results of small grants that can make a big difference at a critical time. The Circuit Riders can offer direct technical consultancies provided by qualified professionals valued at $500 to $1,500 for emergency structural, architectural, code, or other evaluations. The evaluations are intended to spur further investment in stabilizing and reusing historic sites. In 2022, we provided 4 technical consultancies to worthy projects:

  • Greenwich, First Baptist Church. DeStefano & Chamberlain Inc performed cursory condition assessment.
  • Deep River Historical Society, Bleach House. Robert B. Hurd, AIA created short term preservation plan.
  • Tolland, Hicks-Stearns Family Museum. Cirrus Structural Engineering and Robert B. Hurd, AIA performed cursory condition assessment.
  • Hartford, Polish National Home. Crosskey Architects and James K. Grant Associates conducted assessment of roof.

The success of this program is due to the extraordinary professional team of consultants listed above who offer their expertise at a reduced rate and provide a quick response time. In addition, all community action to support CEPA cases are funded by TACs, like the most recent situation in Stamford’s South End neighborhood.

Check out some stories about recently funded grants and tax credit projects:

Reid & Hughes Building, Norwich

First Church of Christ, Old Saybrook

Temple Beth Israel, Killingly

Hilliard Mills, Manchester

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