Preservation Connecticut, partnering for the sixteenth year with The 1772 Foundation, has
awarded historic preservation matching grant totaling $130,109 to sixteen private nonprofit
organizations maintaining historic sites in Connecticut. The grants ranged in amount from
$3,500 to $10,000. Eligible projects included exterior preservation work on a historic
structures such roof replacement, window restoration, carpentry repair, painting, and
masonry repointing. This year’s grant recipients are:
• Coventry Historical Society Inc.: $10,000 for roof replacement at the Strong Porter
House (Coventry)
• Goodspeed Opera House Foundation: $3,500 for exterior painting at the Goodspeed
Opera House (East Haddam)
• Friends of Samuel Smith House and Property Inc.: $10,000 for foundation and sill
repairs at the John Johnson House (East Lyme)
• Connecticut River Foundation at Steamboat Dock: $10,000 for window restoration
at the Chandlery Building (Essex)
• Farmington Historical Society: $4,950 for chimney repairs at the Gridley-Case
Cottage (Farmington)
• Connecticut Landmarks: $5,000 for exterior painting/finishes/restoration at the
Butler-McCook House (Hartford)
• Milford Historical Society: $10,000 for roof replacement at the Eells Stow House
(Milford)
• Art League of New Britain: $10,000 for exterior painting/finishes/restoration at the
Carriage House (New Britain)
• Norwalk Seaport Association Inc.: $10,000 for window restoration at the Sheffield
Island Lighthouse (Norwalk)
• Preston Historical Society: $3,915 for exterior painting/finishes/restoration at the
Long Society Meetinghouse (Preston)
• Governor Samuel Huntington Trust Inc.: $5,625 for window restoration at the
Huntington Homestead (Scotland)
• James Merrill House Foundation: $10,000 for roof replacement at the James Merrill
House (Stonington)
• Salmon Brook Historical Society: $10,000 for roof replacement at the Lyman Wilcox
Barn (West Granby)
• Weston Historical Society Inc.: $7,119 for roof replacement at the Coley Carriage
House (Weston)
• Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum: $10,000 for window restoration at the Joseph Webb
House (Wethersfield)
• Seabury Society for the Preservation of the Glebe House: $10,000 for exterior
painting/finishes/restoration at the Glebe House (Woodbury)
Preservation Connecticut is a statewide nonprofit historic preservation organization,
established in 1975 by a Special Act of the Connecticut General Assembly as the
Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, to preserve, protect, and promote the
buildings, sites, and landscapes that contribute to the heritage and vitality of Connecticut’s
communities. For over four decades, Preservation Connecticut has successfully
championed the protection of remarkable community assets all over the state by
leveraging funding, advocating, forming partnerships, and promoting stewardship. For
more information, please visit www.preservationct.org.
The 1772 Foundation was named in honor of its first restoration project, Liberty Hall in
Union, NJ, which was built in 1772 and is the ancestral home of the Livingston and Kean
families. The late Stewart B. Kean was the original benefactor of The 1772 Foundation and
namesake of this grant program. The 1772 Foundation works to ensure the safe passage of
historic buildings and farmland to future generations. More information about The 1772
Foundation may be found at www.1772foundation.org.
For more information, contact Stefon Danczuk, Field Service and Program Coordinator for
Preservation Connecticut at sdanczuk@preservationct.org.