Maine Preservation  grant recipients for 2022

YARMOUTH — Maine Preservation, partnering for a 3rd yr with The 1772 Basis, awarded one-for-one matching grants totaling $125,000 to 24 nonprofit organizations sustaining historic buildings in Maine. The grants ranged in quantity from $2,500 to the grant most of $10,000.

Grants had been supplied for exterior restore and restoration together with portray, floor restoration, chimneys, porches, roofs, home windows, foundations and sills, masonry repointing, and set up of fireside/safety programs. Initiatives had been evaluated by Maine Preservation employees, who additionally will administer the grants. Every grantee was required to have matching funds for its venture.

“Maine Preservation is honored to accomplice with The 1772 Basis to ship help to nonprofit organizations that search to replace and protect the historic buildings central to their missions,” mentioned Tara Kelly, government director of Maine Preservation. “These landmarks are integral to the cultural material and financial vitality of communities throughout Maine. We’re happy to assist the organizations stewarding these websites in order that they might proceed to supply key companies to Mainers. We’re grateful to The 1772 Basis for supplementing the restricted in-state grant funding at present accessible to help preservation efforts.”

“The 1772 Basis is delighted to accomplice once more with Maine Preservation to deliver funding to this spectacular array of cultural and neighborhood belongings in Maine,” mentioned Mary Anthony, government director of The 1772 Basis. “This cooperative association with Maine colleagues offers important information and experience for this system, which might not be potential with out their efforts.”

Maine grant recipients domestically are:

• Bearnstow (Mt. Vernon)
• Farmington Historic Society (Farmington)
• First Modification Museum (Augusta)
• Readfield Union Assembly Home Company (Readfield)

For extra info and questions on this system, please contact Maine Preservation [email protected], 207.847.3577.