News Release
Develop Louisville, Louisville, KY
News Release Date: December 19, 2022
Contact: NewsMedia@nps.gov
WASHINGTON – The National Park Service (NPS) today announced $1.2 million in Underrepresented Community Grants for 21 projects in 16 states and the District of Columbia. These funds will support the identification, planning, and development of nominations or amendments to the National Register of Historic Places for diverse communities.
“The National Park Service is proud to award this grant funding to state, Tribal, and local governments to help them diversify their listings in the National Register of Historic Places,” said NPS Director Chuck Sams. “Since 2014, the Underrepresented Community Grants program has provided $5.75 million to better tell the varied histories and stories of all Americans, so that they may one day no longer be called underrepresented.”
Some of this years’ grants include:
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A historic context study of Latino communities in Wisconsin, which will result in two or more National Register nominations or amendments;
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National Register nominations for two fire stations in historically African American neighborhoods of Atlantic City, New Jersey;
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A state-wide survey of Colorado’s travel resources where African Americans could safely stay during the time of segregation;
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A survey and National Register nomination for the James Taylor-Jacob School Subdivision in Louisville, Kentucky. The project includes the Jefferson Jacobs Rosenwald School, established in 1916, and the Taylor-Jacob Subdivision, named after a local farmer who later developed the only known subdivision in the county owned, designed, developed, and managed by and for African Americans.
The Underrepresented Community Grants program began in 2014 and has provided $5.75 million to State and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices and Certified Local Governments to diversify the National Register of Historic Places through surveys and nominations.
Administered by the NPS, the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) uses revenue from federal oil and gas leases to decrease the loss of nonrenewable resources and safeguard other irreplaceable resources through a broad range of preservation projects.
Since its establishment in 1977, the HPF has delivered more than $2 billion in historic preservation grants to states, Tribes, local governments, and nonprofit organizations. The HPF has up to $150 million in funds available each year until the current authorizing legislation ends in 2023. The HPF supports historic preservation projects to help safeguard the nation’s most important places and share stories of those people and communities.
Please visit the NPS grants website for more information on historic preservation programs.
Underrepresented Community Awards
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State |
Project Title |
Organization |
Funded Amount |
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Alabama, Decatur |
National Register Historic Context Statement for African American and Women in Decatur, Alabama |
City of Decatur |
$62,000 |
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Alabama, Prattville |
African American Historic Resources Survey of Prattville and Auburn, Alabama |
City of Prattville |
$72,541 |
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Colorado, Denver |
Statewide African American Travel Resources Intensive Survey |
The State Historical Society of Colorado |
$74,998 |
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District of Columbia |
African American Affordable Housing Survey and National Register Nomination |
District of Columbia Office of Planning |
$70,262 |
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Georgia, Rome |
African American Settlement and Civil Rights Survey and National Register Nomination of North Rome |
City of Rome |
$30,000 |
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Illinois, Springfield |
Southern Illinois African American Heritage National Register Multiple Property Submission |
Illinois Department of Natural Resources |
$75,000 |
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Kentucky, Louisville-Jefferson County |
James Taylor-Jacob School Subdivision National Register Nomination |
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government |
$30,000 |
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Maryland, Crownsville |
Rosenwald Schools of Maryland National Register Nomination Project |
Maryland Department of Planning, Maryland Historical Trust |
$30,000 |
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Maryland, Crownsville |
Baltimore American Indian Heritage Survey and Nomination Phase 2 |
Maryland Department of Planning, Maryland Historical Trust |
$22,600 |
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Michigan, Detroit |
National Register Historic Context Study of Women in Detroit |
City of Detroit |
$75,000 |
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New Jersey, Atlantic City |
Atlantic City Fire House National Register Nominations |
City of Atlantic City |
$50,000 |
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New York, New York |
Marcus Garvey Park National Register Nomination |
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |
$60,000 |
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New York, New York |
Yiddish Art Theatre, New York City, National Register Nomination
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New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |
$25,000 |
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North Carolina, Southern Pines |
West Southern Pines African American Historic Resource Survey and National Register Nominations |
Town of Southern Pines |
$75,000 |
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North Dakota, Bismarck |
Fort Totten Indian Boarding School National Register Nomination Update |
State Historical Society of North Dakota |
$50,770 |
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Ohio, Columbus |
African American Women’s Clubs, Green Book Properties, and Black Churches National Register Nominations
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Ohio Historical Society |
$74,982 |
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Oklahoma, Oklahoma City |
Continuation of Architectural/Historic Survey of Oklahoma's All-Black Towns |
Oklahoma Historical Society |
$75,000 |
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South Carolina, Charleston |
African American Settlement Communities in Charleston County, S.C. Survey |
City of Charleston |
$75,000 |
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South Carolina, Sumter |
Sumter County African American Survey and National Register Nomination |
Sumter County |
$75,000 |
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Tennessee, Nashville |
Nashville's Mid-20th Century African American District Survey and National Register Nomination |
Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County |
$57,963 |
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Wisconsin, Madison |
National Register Historic Context Study of Latino Communities in Wisconsin |
Wisconsin Historical Society |
$50,000 |
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Total grant funds = $1,211,116 |
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