Indiana Landmarks awarded more than $6 million to help save meaningful places in the state last year.
The grant money was sent to various non-profits for projects ranging from building repairs to programs, workshops, and more.
Money was awarded through seven grant programs: Black Heritage Preservation Program Grants, Efroymson Family Endangered Places Grants, Historic Preservation Education Grants, Indiana Automotive Grants, Indiana Modern Grants, Marion County Historic Preservation Fund, and Sacred Places Indiana Grants.
Efroymson Family Endangered Places Grants
The Efroymson Family Endangered Places fund honors the Efroymson family's significant support of Indiana Landmarks' endangered places programs through grants for architectural and structural assessments, rehab cost analyses, reuse studies, and fundraising planning. In 2024, Indiana Landmarks made 18 grants totaling $62,575.
12 Points Revitalization Initiative, Terre Haute: $4,000 for a rehabilitation feasibility study of the 1939 Garfield Theater.
Covered Bridge Art Association, Rockville: $4,000 for a rehabilitation feasibility study of an 1877 historic lodge used as a community art gallery and educational center.
Heritage Preservation Society of Putnam County, Greencastle: $3,100 for an exterior restoration plan for the 1894 Vandalia Freight Depot.
Heritage Preservation Society of Putnam County, Greencastle: $4,000 for a conditions assessment and rehabilitation feasibility study of the 1908 Big Four Passenger Depot.
Terre Haute Parks Department: $4,000 for a structural assessment of the 1937 Chauncey Rose Memorial.
Sacred Places Indiana Grants
Last year, Indiana Landmarks' Sacred Places Indiana program provided $5,758,363 to 39 congregations, including grants from a substantial new program, the Sacred Places Indiana Fund, designed to help congregations address capital needs at their historic houses of worship. Other awards supported architectural, rehabilitation, and fundraising studies.
Gobin United Methodist Church, Greencastle: $260,000 to replace the original slate roof on the 1928 church. The congregation also received a $25,000 planning grant to update its building conditions assessment and for a fundraising feasibility study to guide an upcoming capital campaign.
Sisters of Providence, St. Mary-of-the-Woods: $150,000 to replace the fire suppression system in the 1891 Church of the Immaculate Conception at the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods campus. The congregation also received a $25,000 planning grant for the project.
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