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.