The National Park Service announced it has awarded $750,000 in Underrepresented Community Grants

WASHINGTON – The National Park Service today announced it has awarded $750,000 in Underrepresented Community Grants to support the identification and nomination of sites to the National Register of Historic Places. The Underrepresented Community grant program focuses on documenting the homes, lives, landscapes, and experiences of underrepresented peoples who played a significant role in national history. FY 2019 grants will help fund 18 projects to eight states, six tribes, two local governments, the District of Columbia, and the Federated States of Micronesia.

Federal oil and gas revenues from the Outer Continental Shelf provide the lion’s share of deposits into the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), which is the source of funding for Underrepresented Community grants.

“These competitive grants will help diversify the nominations submitted to the National Register of Historic Places,” said National Park Service Deputy Director David Vela, exercising the authority of the Director. “They will provide assistance to state, tribal, and local governments to identify and preserve sites that will convey a more complete history of our country.”

Examples of projects selected for FY 2019 funding include a historic landscape nomination in the first underrepresented community grant awarded to the Federated States of Micronesia; a historic context study of women’s history in the District of Columbia; documentation of slavery in Massachusetts; and nominations of significant tribal sites in California and Washington.

Applications for $750,000 in FY 2020 funding will be available in the fall of 2020. Eligible applicants include state and tribal historic preservation offices and certified local governments.

For more information about the grants and the Underrepresented Community Grant Program, please visit https://www.nps.gov/preservation-grants/community-grants.html.

Underrepresented Community Awards:

(State, Projects, Grantee, Award)

California:

Graton Rancheria Tolay Lake Nomination

Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria

$41,500

California:

Valley Cemetery Survey and Nomination

San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians

$47,342

District of Columbia:

Historic Context Study of Women’s History and Suffrage in DC

District of Columbia Office of Planning

$50,000

Florida:

The Newtown Conservation Historic District

City of Sarasota

$50,000

Federated States of Micronesia:

Mahkontowe: A Micronesian Landscape Nomination

Federated States of Micronesia National Government

$49,840

Massachusetts:

Porter-Phelps-Huntington House and Phelps Farm National Register Update

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

$19,050

Maryland:

Historic Context Study of Asian American Communities in Maryland

Maryland Department of Planning, Maryland Historical Trust

$48,500

Michigan:

National Register Nominations for the Orsel & Minnie McGhee House and the Sojourner Truth Homes Public Housing Complex

Michigan Strategic Fund

$30,000

Mississippi:

Natchez Outbuilding Multiple Property Submission

Mississippi Department of Archives and History

$50,000

New York:

LGBT Site Nominations Project Phase 4: Nomination of Women’s History Sites

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation

$25,000

Oklahoma:

Survey and Inventory of Sac and Fox Nation sites for National Register Nominations

Sac and Fox Nation

$49,645

Oregon:

Oregon Statewide African American Multiple Property Submission

Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

$30,000

Utah:

Northwestern Shoshone Survey and Inventory Project

The Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation

$25,529

Virginia:

Survey and National Register Nominations for Seatack and L & J Gardens

City of Virginia Beach, Virginia

$47,187

Washington:

Filipino American Statewide Context and Survey

Washington Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation

$50,000

Washington:

Stillaguamish Mount Higgins National Register Nomination

Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Washington

$46,978

Wisconsin:

Stockbridge Meetinghouse and National Register Update Project

Stockbridge-Munsee Community, Wisconsin

$39,429

Wyoming:

African American Historic Context for Wyoming as a Multiple Property Documentation Form

Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office

$50,000

Total = $750,000