News Release

National Park Service Awards $7.7 million in Grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Morrison Hall, built in 1924, is one of the five buildings within the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina National Register historic district in Greensboro, North Carolina. The College will receive funding for its preservation.

Photo courtesy of North Carolina A&T State University.

News Release Date: April 24, 2020

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WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) today announced $7.7 million in grants to 18 projects in 12 states for the preservation of historic structures on campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Since the 1990s, the National Park Service has awarded more than $60 million in grants to over 80 of the remaining active HBCUs.

“These grants help us to honor the legacy of HBCUs in serving our nation’s higher education needs,” said National Park Service Deputy Director David Vela, exercising the authority of the Director. “Funding awarded this year will help preserve 18 historic properties on HBCU campuses in 12 states, many of which are listed in the National Register.”

Projects funded by these grants will support the physical preservation of National Register listed sites on HBCU campuses to include historic districts, buildings, sites, structures, and objects. Eligible costs include pre-preservation studies, architectural plans and specifications, historic structure reports, and the repair and rehabilitation of historic properties according to the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Archeology and Historic Preservation.

Congress appropriates funding for the program through the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF). The HPF uses revenue from federal oil leases on the Outer Continental Shelf, providing assistance for a broad range of preservation projects without expending tax dollars.

Projects receiving grants this year will preserve stories, resources, and places like the Samuel T. Graves Hall at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA; the University Memorial Chapel at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD; and the Historic Carnegie Library at Livingstone College in Salisbury, NC.

For more information about the grants and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities program, please visit https://www.nps.gov/preservation-grants/HBCU/index.html. Applications for $10 million in FY2020 funding will be available in the fall of 2020.

Historically Black College and University Awards:

State	Projects	Grantee	Award
Alabama Fairfield	Williams Hall Historic Preservation Project	Miles College	$499,869
Georgia Atlanta	Samuel T. Graves Hall Exterior Repair and Restoration Project	Morehouse College	$500,000
Louisiana Baton Rouge	Preservation of the Archives Building	Southern University and A&M College	$499,938
Louisiana Grambling	Renovation of Health Center in Grambling State University Historic Village	Grambling State University	$500,000
Maryland Baltimore	University Memorial Chapel Window Preservation	Morgan State University	$500,000
Mississippi Jackson	Preservation of the Historic Mt. Olive Cemetery	Jackson State University	$496,023
North Carolina Greensboro	Dudley Memorial Building Renovation Project	North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University	$500,000
North Carolina Greensboro	Morrison and Murphy Hall Upgrades	North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University	$266,068
North Carolina Greensboro	Renovation of the Historical Susie Jones Alumnae House	Bennett College	$460,000
North Carolina Salisbury	Preservation of the Historic Andrew Carnegie Library	Livingstone College	$500,000
Ohio Wilberforce	Conversion of the Power Plant to the Frank Murphy Student Success Center	Central State University	$500,000
Oklahoma Oklahoma City	Historic Cottage Row District Preservation Project	Langston University	$473,820
South Carolina Columbia	Pratt Hall Preservation Project	Benedict College	$500,000
South Carolina Orangeburg	The SCSU Forensic Analysis/Assessment of Wilkinson Hall Project	South Carolina State University	$50,000
South Carolina Orangeburg	Trustee Hall Preservation and Restoration Initiative	Claflin University	$446,569
Texas Tyler	The Rehabilitation of the D.R. Glass Library	Texas College	$500,000
Virginia Lynchburg	Preservation of Humbles Hall Phase II	Virginia University of Lynchburg	$499,713
West Virginia Bluefield	President’s House Renovation Project	Bluefield State College – Applied Research Foundation of West Virginia	$68,000
Total			$7,760,000

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