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2024 December Preservation ePost | |
State Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Update! | |
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California State Parks’ Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) announced last month it will begin accepting applications for the State Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program at 8 a.m. on January 6, 2025. California property owners can apply for the credit to rehabilitate and maintain their historical buildings and qualified residences, retaining Californians’ link to the past while keeping historic buildings and homes relevant in the present and beyond.
The tax credit program provides a 20% credit for qualified rehabilitation expenditures (or 25% credit if the structure meets specified criteria) for rehabilitation of a certified historic structure or a qualified residence, as provided, within the state to be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, in conjunction with OHP. A total of $50 million is available for allocation.
Application instructions, forms, frequently asked questions, and program regulations can be found on the OHP’s State Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit webpage. Potential applicants are recommended to read the program information before applying.
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2025 Annual California Preservation Conference & Awards | |
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The 2025 California Preservation Conference, organized by the California Preservation Foundation, will take place in Sacramento from May 6 to May 10, 2025. This year’s theme centers on Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges, exploring cutting-edge approaches to adaptive reuse, grassroots advocacy, housing, and environmental sustainability.
Attendees will enjoy a dynamic mix of workshops, tours, and networking
opportunities throughout the Sacramento region and culminating in the prestigious California Preservation Awards at the California Museum.
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National Preservation Awards | |
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Nominations are now open for the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 2025 National Preservation Awards. Five award categories honor "inspirational projects, individuals, and organizations that have demonstrated excellence in the field of preservation." The list of 2024 Awardees and video highlights of previous years' winners can be found on the National Preservation Awards website.
Award nomination deadline: January 10, 2025.
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Save America's Treasures Grants - Historic Preservation Fund (U.S. National Park Service) provides preservation and/or conservation assistance to nationally significant historic properties and collections. For collections, the program supports museums, libraries, archives, and all other collecting institutions in addressing the conservation needs of nationally significant collections, including physical conservation, curation, care, and collections management.
Application Deadline: 11:59 pm ET, December 12, 2024
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The Sally Kress Tompkins Fellowship, a joint program of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) and the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) permits a graduate student in architectural history or a related field to work on a 12-week HABS history project during the summer. The Fellow will conduct research on a nationally significant U.S. building or site and will prepare a written history to become part of the permanent HABS collection.
The award consists of a $12,000 stipend. The successful applicant will be notified in late January and will be recognized during the SAH's 78th Annual Meeting held in April-May in Atlanta, Georgia. The award includes travel, hotel accommodation, and registration for the SAH Annual Meeting up to $1,000.
Applications are due December 31, 2024
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Eli Wilner & Company has announced new funding to support framing projects for museums and nonprofit institutions of all sizes. The funding can be used for frame restoration, historic frame replication, or mirror replication projects. Interested institutions can apply by emailing the details of their reframing or frame restoration needs to info@eliwilner.com. No project is too large. | |
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The National Park Service’s Historically Black Colleges & Universities Grant Program (HBCU) is now accepting competitive grant applications for FY2024. HBCU grants are funded by the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) and administered by the NPS. Grants fund a broad range of pre-preservation planning activities and physical preservation work for historic structures on HBCU campuses, which are listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places or as a National Historic Landmark. Congress has appropriated $11 million for the HBCU Grant Program in FY2024.
Applications are due January 28, 2025.
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Latinos in Heritage Conservation Launches Nation's First Grant Program Dedicated to Funding Latinx Heritage Projects. Latinos in Heritage Conservation is committed to supporting a strong, national movement for Latinx heritage preservation. To further this mission, they have introduced "the first-of-its-kind grant program exclusively dedicated to funding Latinx heritage and historic preservation projects." With $600,000 in annual funding, this initiative is designed to empower grassroots, Latinx-focused nonprofit organizations, and community groups working tirelessly to protect and uplift Latinx history and cultural contributions across the United States.
Deadline to Apply: February 15, 2025
| California Humanities Grant Programs (California Humanities) support a variety of efforts by nonprofits and public agencies to preserve and educate about California's richly diverse heritage. There are upcoming deadlines through February 2025 for a variety of grant programs. | |
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Manzanar Relocation Center
Manzanar was initially established as a farming town of a few dozen people in the early 1900s. The town was abandoned soon after the City of Los Angeles purchased water rights, diverting water from the town. By 1929, Manzanar and the surrounding area of the Owens Valley were abandoned.
After the December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Army leased 6,200 acres of the land from the City of Los Angeles, building the first of ten concentration camps or “relocation centers.” The Owens Valley Reception Center, later renamed the Manzanar War Relocation Center, operated from March 1942 through November 1945. The relocation camp interred over 10,000 people at its peak. Overall, 110,000 adults and children were relocated and incarcerated throughout the United States. Approximately two-thirds, or 72,600 people, were American citizens.
Most structures were removed after the facility's closure, with only the entrance sentry towers, cemetery monument, and auditorium remaining. In 1969, through the efforts of the non-profit Manzanar Committee and other camp survivors, Manzanar was named a California Historical Landmark (#850) in 1972. The site was later listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historic Landmark.
Work continues at the site to restore the grounds and remind people of the historical significance of what occurred only eighty years ago. In late October this year, as millions watched the World Series, Manzanar hosted a baseball game on a newly restored field.
You can read more about the Asian American experience in California in the Office of Historic Preservation’s Historical Contexts Library. More information about the Manzanar Relocation Center, including photo essays by Ansel Adams and Dorthea Lange, is on the Manzanar National Historical Site webpage.
Photo courtesy of National Park Service
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News, Education, and More | |
Distance Learning Programs
Visit the National Archives without leaving your school or home! They offer free distance learning opportunities for students and educators in grades K-12. Interactive programs feature historical documents, photographs, maps, posters, and other primary sources.
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Architectural Legacy Tours
Pasadena Heritage invites you and your holiday guests to take walking tours featuring some of Pasadena’s unique architectural treasures! Attendees have the opportunity to participate in two different walking tours.
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Learning Opportunities from the TPS
The Technical Preservation Services (TPS) division of the National Park Service offers a series of free online trainings on a variety of topics, including Sustainability Guidelines, Rehabilitation Guidelines, Incentives, Local Historic Districts, and more. TPS also offers an extensive series of publications that provide guidance and how-to on a broad range of preservation topics and applications.
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TPS Fiscal Year 2025 Work Plan Available
National Park Service Technical Preservation Services published its annual guidance, training, and outreach work plan and invites the public to submit comments and suggestions for current and future work plans.
Comments and suggestions may be submitted to TPS at any time at NPS_TPS@nps.gov. TPS will use them to help identify, prioritize, and develop possible new guidance, training, and other information for current and future work plans.
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