Recent Grant Recipients
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In 2025, Preservation Connecticut has awarded over $136,000 in grants to 17 beloved community assets through active matching grant programs. See below for a list of recipients of The 1772 Foundation Historic Preservation Grants and Maintenance & Repair Grants:
The 1772 Foundation Historic Preservation Partnership Grants
For the fifteenth year, we partnered with The 1772 Foundation to distribute maintenance and repair grants to nonprofit organizations. This year, we granted over $136,000 to repair 17 historic places. Applications – from 80 organizations– demonstrated a capital repair need of more than $690,000 in work.
- Finnish American Heritage Society Inc. (Finnish Hall): $10,000 (Canterbury)
- Trustees and Proprietors of Bacon Academy (Bacon Academy): $10,000 (Colchester)
- Fairfield Museum and History Center (Ogden House): $2,820
- Hill-Stead Museum: $10,000 (Farmington)
- Merwinsville Hotel Restoration Inc.: $10,000 (Gaylordsville)
- Hyland House Museum: $1,213 (Guilford)
- Connecticut Fair Housing Center Inc. (Capewell Horse Nail Company Office Building): $10,000 (Hartford)
- Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution (Wadsworth Stables): $10,000 (Lebanon)
- Manchester Historical Society: $8,890
- North Stonington Historical Society (Stephen Main Homestead): $8,500
- Pomfret Historical Society (Pomfret Old Town House) : $3,750
- Simsbury Historical Society (Capt. Elisha Phelps House): $10,000
- Yellow Farmhouse Education Center (Stone Acres Farmhouse): $10,000 (Stonington)
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: $6,425 (Tolland)
- Gunn Memorial Library and Museum: $5,220 (Washington)
- West Cornwall Public Library Association (Hughes Memorial Library): $10,000
- Windham Historical Society (Jillson House): $10,000 (Willimantic)
Preservation Connecticut Maintenance & Repair Grants for Religious Places
Through careful budgeting, Preservation Connecticut set aside $130,000 from its operating budget to help nonprofit religious organizations meet critical maintenance and repair needs. We awarded grants to 12 historic sacred places:
Bolton Congregational Church, Bolton: $8,000 for paint and carpentry repairs
Calvary Temple Christian Center, Bridgeport: $15,000 for repair of dormer windows
St. Luke’s-St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Bridgeport: $15,000 for a condition assessment
Saint Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, Bridgeport: $10,000 for roof and exterior repairs
First Congregational Church, Coventry: $15,000 for column restoration
Sacred Heart of the Lake Retreat Center, Higganum: $1,500 for fire safety
Hartford Spanish Seventh Day Church, Hartford: $15,000 for roof replacement
Liberty Christian Center International, Hartford: $15,000 for portico repair
Pitts Chapel UFWB, New Haven: $8,500 for roof replacement
St. Paul’s Union American Methodist Episcopal Church, New Haven: $15,000 for roof repairs
Trumbull Congregational Church, Trumbull: $6,000 for mechanical upgrades
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Hebron: $6,000 for electrical upgrades
We awarded two Vibrant Communities Initiative grants to support preservation planning in two Connecticut cities: Groton and New Haven. The grants, using Historic Preservation Technical Assistance Grant funding from the State Historic Preservation Office through the Community Investment Act, are aimed at helping communities produce action plans for underutilized cultural and historic assets.
Over $25,000 in funds were distributed for Technical Assistance Consultancies. These are the results of small grants that can make a big difference at a critical time. The Circuit Riders can offer direct technical consultancies provided by qualified professionals valued at $500 to $1,500 for emergency structural, architectural, code, or other evaluations. The evaluations are intended to spur further investment in stabilizing and reusing historic sites. In 2022, we provided 4 technical consultancies to worthy projects:
- Greenwich, First Baptist Church. DeStefano & Chamberlain Inc performed cursory condition assessment.
- Deep River Historical Society, Bleach House. Robert B. Hurd, AIA created short term preservation plan.
- Tolland, Hicks-Stearns Family Museum. Cirrus Structural Engineering and Robert B. Hurd, AIA performed cursory condition assessment.
- Hartford, Polish National Home. Crosskey Architects and James K. Grant Associates conducted assessment of roof.
The success of this program is due to the extraordinary professional team of consultants listed above who offer their expertise at a reduced rate and provide a quick response time. In addition, all community action to support CEPA cases are funded by TACs, like the most recent situation in Stamford’s South End neighborhood.