Thirty-nine different projects, including the Harriet Tubman YWCA and the Louis Armstrong House, will receive a cut of over $23 million in National Park Service funding.
TheNational Park Serviceannounced on Tuesday that the bureau will be awarding $ 23.4 million to 39 projects in 16 dissimilar states and Washington DC . The money is part of the Historic Preservation Fund’sAfrican American Civil Rights grant programand will be used to preserve locations , legacies , and stories from the civil right bm .
The money will stick out a wide range of location and project , let in the Harriet Tubman YWCA , the Louis Armstrong House , Central High School in Little Rock , Arkansas , and All Star Bowling Lanes in Orangeburg , South Carolina .
" Since 2016 , the National Park Service has provided over $ 126 million through this broadcast to written document , bear on , and recognise the places and stories link with the struggle for civil right of African Americans , " National Park Service Director Chuck Sams said in a instruction regarding the latest unit of ammunition of backing .
Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas|Michael P. Farrell/Albany Times Union/Getty Images
The projects wo n’t all be individual fixed locations . One project to receive funding is the African American Recreational Tourism and theNegro Motorist Green Book , in Michigan . The resulting work will produce a view of recreation fix included in the historic guide . These location will include flatulency station , board star sign , and resorts .
Two of the sites highlighted in the announcement , Harriet Tubman YWCA and the Louis Armstrong House , will be getting major investments . The Harriet Tubman YWCA in Durham , North Carolina is an significant building in the polite rights and feminist movements in Durham . The rehabilitation of the building will metamorphose it to tender affordable housing , while conserve the construction ’s show and history . The residences , once make out , wo n’t be subject to the populace — but you’re able to teach more about thehistory of the building here .
The 2nd edifice play up by NPS to get financing will be the Louis Armstrong House in Corona , New York . The home was originally built in 1910 , and was Armstrong ’s home until his pass in 1971 . The rehabilitation and conservation of the home will focus on assert the place ’s structural integrity and increase safety for visitors and stave . You canvisit the Louis Armstrong House , which offer tours , particular showing , and live functioning throughout the yr .
Some of the locations include for backing are already well known locations that you’re able to travel to along theCivil Rights Trail , which was established by the NPS in 2018 and includes 120 website .
Below are the 39 locations and projects which will get funding:1 . Tankersley Rosenwald School : Interior Rehabilitation - Hope Hull , Alabama2 . Structural and Masonry Repairs of the Historic Lincoln Normal School Gymnasium - Marion , Alabama3 . Freedom Rides Museum Virtual Reality Experience on Vintage Greyhound Bus - Montgomery , Alabama4 . Historic Moore Building Rehabilitation - Montgomery , Alabama5 . Mechanical Systems Replacement at Tabernacle Baptist Church - Selma , Alabama6 . Preserving Central High School - Little Rock , Arkansas7 . Historic Building Rehabilitation at the Townsite of Dearfield - Dearfield , Colorado8 . Lincoln Hills - Survey and National Register Nomination - Lincoln Hills , Colorado9 . Howard Theatre HVAC Repair / Replacement - Washington , District of Columbia10 . Implementing Desegregation , 1954 - 1974 : Amendment to Public School Buildings of Washington , DC , 1862 - 1960 Multiple Property Document - Washington , District of Columbia11 . St. Augustine Beach Hotel Rehabilitation - St. Augustine , Florida12 . reclamation of the Historic Campbell Chapel AME Church - Americus , Georgia13 . Rehabilitation of the Historic Ashby Theatre as part of a new Westside Business Center - Atlanta , Georgia14 . reclamation of the Historic Mother Trinity CME Church - Augusta , Georgia15 . saving of the Historic Antioch Baptist Church and Cemetery - Crawfordville , Georgia16 . Sabine High School Rehabilitation Project - Many , Louisiana17 . lasting assembly and Installation of the classroom and lead ’s office exhibits at the Tate , Etienne & Prevost ( TEP ) Interpretive Center - New Orleans , Louisiana18 . Detroit ’s African American Civil Rights Survey of the East Side - Detroit , Michigan19 . African American Recreational Tourism and the Negro Motorist Green Book in Michigan - Statewide , Michigan20 . renewal of the Douglass School African American Historic Learning and Cultural Center - Higginsville , Missouri21 . reclamation of the Neosho Colored School - Neosho , Missouri22 . Rehabilitation of the Riverside Hotel - Clarksdale , Mississippi23 . Drew Rosenwald School Rehabilitation Project - Drew , Mississippi24 . Union Bethel AME : Stabilization and Access Project - Great Falls , Montana25 . Preservation of the Harriet Tubman YWCA - Durham , North Carolina26 . enquiry and document African American history in Greensboro and the battle for adequate right . - Greensboro , North Carolina27 . The Untold Stories of the Struggle for Civil Rights in the Places of Northeastern North Carolina - Raleigh , North Carolina28 . Legacy Renewal : Louis Armstrong ’s Historic Home Preservation - Corona , New York29 . Preservation of St. Marks Presbyterian Church in Cleveland , Ohio - Cleveland , Ohio30 . Evans House Rehabilitation - Oberlin , Ohio31 . Clemson University African American History Video Project - Clemson , South Carolina32 . conservation of the Florence C. Benson Elementary School , an leveling school and a imagination associate with segregation in Columbia , SC - Columbia , South Carolina33 . Stabilization and Preservation of the former Edgewood School , an equalization School , Now serving as Edgewood Community Center - Ninety - Six , South Carolina34 . Preservation of All Star Bowling Lanes - Orangeburg , South Carolina35 . Griggs Business and Practical Arts College Rehabilitation - Memphis , Tennessee36 . Rehabilitation of the Historic Parker Sydnor Cabin in Mecklenburg County , Virginia - Clarksville , Virginia37 . unwritten story and Artifact Collection Project to carry on chronicle of the Woodville Rosenwald School and other African American Schools in the Gloucester County , VA area - Gloucester , Virginia38 . Lucy F. Simms School Rehabilitation and Preservation Project - Harrisonburg , Virginia39 . City Point House - Shiloh Lodge Preservation Project - Hopewell , Virginia
