ICYMI: State agency receives federal grant to research Puget Sound LGBTQ+ historic sites






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ICYMI: State agency receives federal grant to research Puget Sound LGBTQ+ historic sites

The U.S. National Park Service (NPS) last week announced $1.25 million in grants [ [link removed] ] to help memorialize the histories of underrepresented communities nationwide. The state Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) was awarded $75,000 for “survey and development of an LGBTQIA2S+ Historic Context in the Puget Sound, and the National Register of Historic Places nomination of an outstanding representation of queer history in Washington state.”  

The project will complement DAHP's review of historical LGBTQ+ sites [ [link removed] ] in Seattle. This initial work was done in collaboration with the state’s LGBTQ Commission.

The project also furthers DAHP’s longstanding efforts to paint a full picture of the state’s history with deliberate focus on underrepresented communities. In 2022, DAHP was awarded $100,000 [ [link removed] ] by NPS for a campaign to map historic places for Washington’s Black and Chinese American communities. Previous grants have furthered research of historic sites in local Latino, Filipino, and Black [ [link removed] ] cultures.

"The Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation has been fortunate to receive funding from the National Park Service to identify and honor historic places in Washington that represent the stories of diverse and marginalized communities,” said DAHP director Allyson Brooks. “Over the last decade, our work with these groups has created strong partnerships. Together we’ve been able to highlight the previously untold histories of so many important places.”

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National Park Service awards $1.25 million to recognize historic underrepresented communities [ [link removed] ] (National Park Service)

*News Release Date:* February 8, 2024

*Contact:* [email protected]

WASHINGTON –The National Park Service today announced $1,250,000 to 21 projects in 19 states and the District of Columbia for the survey and nomination of sites and districts associated with communities that are underrepresented in the National Register of Historic Places.    

“The National Register is the official list of our Nation’s historic places that are worthy of preservation,” NPS Director Chuck Sams said. “The National Park Service is proud to work with our Tribal, State, and local partners through the Underrepresented Communities grant program to ensure that the National Register better reflects the important places and significant stories of all Americans.”     

This years’ grants include:  


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The survey and development of an LGBTQIA2S+ Historic Context in the Puget Sound, and the National Register of Historic Places nomination of an outstanding representation of queer history in Washington State.  


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A migrant farm worker historic context study and National Register nomination in Miami-Dade County, Florida.  


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An amendment to the Whitney Plantation Historic District’s National Register nomination in Wallace, Louisiana to rectify the exclusion of African Americans and the site’s role in the history of slavery. More than 350 people were enslaved at the plantation in the 18th and 19th centuries. The updated National Register listing will more thoroughly document this nationally significant site’s history through slavery, reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights era.  


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A survey and National Register nomination for the Annie (Nicolai) Wickersham homesite by the Chickaloon Native Village in Alaska, significant for its association with the Dene experience during the first decades of direct Euro-American contact, as well the Prohibition Era experience of the Dene.   

The Underrepresented Communities grant program began in 2014 and has provided $7 million to State and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices and Certified Local Governments to work towards diversifying the National Register of Historic Places through surveys and nominations.  

For more information about the Underrepresented Communities grant program, please visit [link removed] [ [link removed] ].   

*Underrepresented Communities Grant Awards  *

State  



Project Title  



Organization  



 Funded Amount   



Alaska  



Survey and National Register Nomination of the Annie (Nicolai) Wickersham Homesite  



Chickaloon Native Village  



 $74,454   



Alabama  



Survey and National Register Nomination for the Titusville Community  



City of Birmingham  



 $75,000  



Arkansas  

  



National Register Nomination for Dunbar Junior and Senior High and Junior College in Little Rock  



City of Little Rock  



 $17,700   



Colorado  



Intensive Survey and National Register Nomination of LGBTQ+ Sites in Colorado  



State Historical Society of Colorado dba History Colorado  



 $58,798  



District of Columbia  



Multiple Property Document and Nominations of Significant Sites Designed by Black Architects in Washington, DC  



DC Preservation League  



 $75,000  



Florida  

  



Migrant Farmworker Historic Context Study and Nomination  



Miami-Dade County  



 $75,000   



Indiana  



Survey, Documentation and Multiple Property Document for Indiana's Green Book Sites  



State of Indiana  



 $75,000   



Louisiana  



Updated National Register Nomination for Whitney Plantation Historic District to include African American History  



The Whitney Institute  



 $70,400   



Massachusetts  



Provincetown Historic District National Register Nomination Amendment to add Social History: LGBT  



Provincetown Community Compact  



 $49,999   



Michigan  



Auburn Hills National Register Nomination  



City of Grand Rapids  



 $60,000   



Minnesota  



Minneapolis African American Historic and Cultural Context Study and Nomination  



City of Minneapolis  



 $75,000   



Missouri  



Kansas City African American Heritage National Register Multiple Property Submission  



City of Kansas City  



 $75,000   



North Carolina  



National Register Nominations for McCrorey Heights and Oaklawn Park: African American Civil Rights Leadership  



City of Charlotte  



 $21,500   



North Carolina  



Lincoln Park Neighborhood National Register Nomination  



City of Lexington  



 $26,000   



Nebraska  



Women in the Trades Context Study and National Register Nomination  



City of Lincoln  



 $73,000   



Nevada  

  



Northeast Reno African American Historic Resource Survey and National Register Nomination  



City of Reno  



 $55,000   



New York  



National Register of Historic Places Amendment for Hotel Chelsea to add Social History: LGBT  



Fund for the City of New York, Inc.  



 $25,000   



Ohio  



National Register Recognition for Cleveland's Historic Black Churches  



Cleveland Restoration Society, Inc.  



 $52,149  



Rhode Island  



African American Civil Rights in Rhode Island: Phase Three  



Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission of Rhode Island  



 $66,000   



Virginia  



African American Schools in Virginia Multiple Property Document and National Register Nomination  



Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Historic Resources  



 $75,000   



Washington  



LGBTQIA2S+ Historic Context and National Register Nomination in the Puget Sound  



Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation  



 $75,000   



19 States and  

Washington DC  



21 Total Projects  



 Total Funded  



$1,250,000  



The Underrepresented Communities grant program is one element of the Historic Preservation Fund [ [link removed] ]. The HPF uses revenue from federal oil and gas leases on the Outer Continental Shelf to assist with a broad range of preservation projects without expending tax dollars, with the intent to mitigate the loss of a nonrenewable resource to benefit the preservation of other irreplaceable resources.  

Established in 1977, the HPF is authorized at $150 million per year through 2023 and has provided more than $2 billion in historic preservation grants to states, Tribes, local governments, and nonprofit organizations. Administered by the NPS, HPF funds may be appropriated by Congress to support a variety of historic preservation projects to help preserve the nation’s diverse cultural resources.  
  
For more information about NPS historic preservation programs and grants, please visit go.nps.gov/grants [ [link removed] ]. 

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