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League
Grant Program:
Preserve New York
-Overview
- 2007 Program Guidelines
- 2005 Grant Recipients
-2004 Grant Recipients
-2003 Grant Recipients
-2002 Grant Recipients
Other
Funding Sources:
National Trust for Historic Preservation
New York State Council on the Arts
New York State Office of Parks Recreation and
Historic Preservation (OPRHP)
New York Landmarks Conservancy
New York State Department of
Transportation (TEA-21)
The Great American Station
Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
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Preserve New York 2006 Grant Recipients
A Grant
Program of the Preservation League of New York State and the New York
State Council on the Arts
At its
August meeting, the Preserve New York Grant Program panel selected 11
projects in nine counties for support totaling $82,200. Preserve
New York is a partnership grant program of the Preservation League of
New York State and the New York State Council on the Arts. To date, the
program has provided over $1.1 million to 187 not-for-profit groups and
municipalities in support of their important local initiatives. The
organizations and municipalities receiving grant awards in 2006 are:
ALBANY COUNTY
Historic Albany Foundation, Albany
Grant of $7,000 for a statewide survey and documentation of “Lustron”
houses to be used for a thematic nomination to the State and National
Registers of Historic Places. The pre-fabricated, all-steel
structures with walls of enamel-coated panels were developed to meet
post-World War II housing needs. Despite a short production span
of two years (1948-1950), there are at least 70 remaining houses in New
York State, and many of these are located in the greater Capital
Region. They are a unique aspect of built resources from the
“recent past” however, as modest-sized homes, they are frequently in
danger of alteration and demolition. The survey and nomination
will be produced by Kimberly Konrad Alvarez of Landmark Consulting in
Albany. Historic Albany Foundation will also work with staff at
the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic
Preservation on the project which will include an educational component
for owners of these little-known, but important buildings.
Underground
Railroad History Project of the Capital Region, Albany
Grant of $10,000 to support an historic structure report for the
Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence at 194 Livingston Avenue in
Albany. The 1847 house is listed on the National Register, the
National Park Service’s “National Network to Freedom” and Heritage New
York’s “Underground Railroad Trail.” It was occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. Myers in the 1850s while they were active in the Underground
Railroad, hosted Vigilance Committee meetings and worked on important
local education issues. The report will guide the restoration and
interpretation of the historic site and will be produced by Stephen
Tilley, Architect, based in Dobbs Ferry.
ALLEGANY COUNTY
Cuba
Friends of Architecture, Cuba
Grant of $8,800 toward the cost of preparing a historic structure
report for the Palmer Opera House, which is included in the 42-building
Main Street Historic District listed in the State and National
Registers of Historic Places. Constructed in 1875, the opera house
boasts of Italianate-style details and an intact cast iron storefront
manufactured in Wellsville, NY. Vacant for nearly five years, the
building suffered a roof collapse in January 2006. This grant will
allow Friends to plan for the stabilization and rehabilitation of this
once well-used landmark. The report will be completed by Flynn
Battaglia Architects of Buffalo, NY.
BROOME COUNTY
Broome
County Department of Planning and
Economic Development, Binghamton
Grant of $6,800 toward the cost of a cultural resources survey of
historic and engineering resources associated with the Chenango Canal
in Broome County. Opened in May 1837, the 97-mile canal linked
Binghamton to Utica and provided access to the state’s trade waterway,
the Erie Canal. Fifteen miles of the original north-south canal ran
through Broome County. Another 15 miles extending west from
Binghamton was dug in 1863 but never watered. Eclipsed by rail service,
the entire canal closed in 1878 and was abandoned. The survey of canal
features including locks, culverts, dams and towpaths, will be prepared
by Cynthia Carrington Carter, Renaissance Studio of Syracuse, who
completed similar surveys funded by the Preservation League in Chenango
(1995) and Madison (2002) counties. The county and local municipal
agencies will use the grant results in their development of greenway
and river trail projects to ensure that canal resources are sensitively
incorporated into these recreational paths.
CAYUGA COUNTY
Howland
Stone Store Museum, Sherwood
Grant of $4,710 toward the cost of completing a nomination to the State
and National Registers of Historic Places for the hamlet of Sherwood in
the Town of Scipio. Between the 1830s and the early 1900s, Sherwood was
a hotbed of local, state and national social reform issues including
Abolitionism, Women’s Rights and Temperance. Much of the reform
activity was due to several generations of the Howland family, Quakers
who were active in the Underground Railroad and sponsors of freedom
seekers who passed through or settled in southern Cayuga County. Today
over a dozen of the hamlet’s properties -- homes, a cemetery, business
buildings, and a one-room schoolhouse -- are associated with social
justice themes. The nomination will be prepared by Dr. Judith Wellman,
Historical New York Research Associates of Fulton, who was responsible
for a countywide survey of Abolition and Underground Railroad sites
funded by Preserve New York in 2004. The project is a result of that
effort and supports the 2006 listing of Sherwood in the Preservation
League’s Seven to Save program.
COLUMBIA COUNTY
City of
Hudson Historic Preservation Commission, Hudson
Grant of $9,000 for the survey and documentation of Hudson
neighborhoods that contain a mixture of commercial, industrial and
residential structures. The survey area includes approximately
1,300 buildings that were not included in similar work in 1985 which
led to the listing of several historic districts on the National
Register of Historic Places. Of the houses to be studied, some are
20th-century buildings which were not eligible for designation as
historic sites when the earlier survey was completed, and others are
modest, 19th-century, “working class” structures. The survey
results and report will be used for future historic district
designations and will aid the Historic Preservation Commission in their
review of proposed building and preservation projects. The work
will be undertaken by consultant Ruth Piwonka of Kinderhook. The
Preservation League has worked closely with the Hudson preservation
community since the City was designated a Seven to Save site in 2001
due to threats from the proposed St. Lawrence cement plant. The
League has provided technical and legal assistance to the preservation
commission from its inception in 2003.
The
Hudson Area Association Library, Hudson
Grant of $6,550 to support the costs of an historic structure report
for the 1818 Federal-style Hudson Area Association Library building
which has served as the public library since 1959. Originally
built as an almshouse, the library building was also used as a private
home, a girls school and an orphanage. The report will be
produced by Walter Sedovic, Architects, based in Irvington. The
Hudson Area Library Association successfully nominated the building to
the Preservation League’s Seven to Save program in 2005 and purchased
the building from the Hudson School District in the same year. As
with many other libraries across the state, the Hudson building faces
the challenge of accommodating the needs of a 21st-century library in a
significant historic structure, and the report will guide the
rehabilitation of the local landmark.
ERIE COUNTY
Village
of Williamsville, Williamsville
Grant of $7,000 toward the cost of completing an historic structure
report for the Williamsville Water Mill. The heavy timber frame
building is located half a block from Main Street on Ellicott Creek and
is the sole survivor of a once extensive milling area along the
waterway. The building may include elements of the original 1811
sawmill on the site but it was largely constructed in 1827 and attains
its significance as one of the earliest commercial manufacturers of
natural or hydraulic cement. On the interior, grinding wheels, a water
chute and machinery remain intact, reflecting a succession of mill
uses. Commercial development pressures which could have led to
demolition caused the village to acquire the vacant building in 2005.
The report, which will be completed by Bero Architecture of Rochester,
will guide the village’s efforts to rehabilitate, interpret and reuse
this local and State and National Register-listed landmark.
MADISON COUNTY
Madison
County Historical Society, Oneida
Grant of $6,340 toward the cost of completing an intensive level survey
of hop-related resources and a State and National Register of Historic
Places nomination for hop houses in the county. The survey will
document the homes, farms, commercial establishments and public
facilities associated with the growing of hops. Introduced to the
state in 1808 in Madison County, hop cultivation was once a major
economic and cultural force in New York, reaching a peak of production
in 1880. The fortunes of farmers, merchants and entire
communities rested on the crop, an important ingredient in beer
brewing. Hop houses or kilns, which were used for processing and
drying, are the most easily recognized building type associated with
hop culture. Although there were once thousands of such buildings,
there may be no more than 300 kilns remaining in the state. Of
these, 35 are in Madison County and will be the subject of a nomination
to the State and National Registers of Historic Places. The project
will be completed by Dr. Michael Tomlan, Cornell University; Nell
Ziegler, DeRuyter; and volunteers. The project springs from the
inclusion of Hop Kilns in Central New York in the League’s 2006 Seven
to Save list.
MONROE COUNTY
Rochester
Cemeteries Heritage Foundation, Rochester
Grant of $8,000 toward the cost of an historic landscape report for the
1838 Mount Hope Cemetery which is the oldest municipally-owned Rural,
Victorian cemetery in the United States. In addition to
significant historical figures such as Frederick Douglass, Susan B.
Anthony, Lewis Henry Morgan and Fletcher Steele, there is an impressive
list of leaders in the arts, sciences and industry buried at the
cemetery. Important landscape features include 300 year-old trees
of the area’s original forest, specimen trees given to the cemetery in
1847 by the well-known Ellwanger and Barry Nursery and topographic
elements shaped by glaciers. The project is a collaboration among the
Rochester Cemeteries Heritage Foundation, the City of Rochester and the
Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery. W. Paul Fritz and Jo Anne
Gagliano of Environmental Design and Research, P.C. based in Syracuse
are the consultants. The report will guide the planning efforts
and help determine the priorities for restoration projects and
maintenance of the site while preserving the characteristics of the
historic cultural landscape.
ORANGE COUNTY
City of
Newburgh
Grant of $8,000 towards the cost of an historic landscape report for
the Downing Vaux Park located on Broadway in downtown Newburgh.
Designed by Downing Vaux in 1904, the park was intended to provide a
pedestrian link on a steep hill between the waterfront (and former
train station) and the commercial area. The small park remains a
gateway to the central business district while preserving important
views of the Hudson Highlands. The report will be completed by
Patricia O’Donnell of Heritage Landscapes based in Charlotte, Vermont,
and will provide the master plan for the park’s restoration and
preservation. The project comes at a crucial time as the park is
located in a key area facing development and Newburgh is working on a
comprehensive plan which will directly impact the waterfront
area.
For further information contact Tania
Werbizky, Director of Technical Services and Grant Programs,
Preservation League of
New York
State, (607) 272-6510.
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