Historic & Cultural Preservation News
Boston Preservation Alliance Honors Steven Samuels and Peggy Ings at 38th Preservation Achievement Awards
The Boston Preservation Alliance’s 38th annual Preservation Achievement Awards recognized two individuals and six projects across Boston for excellence in…
California Preservation Foundation Opens Nominations for 2027 Preservation Design Awards
The California Preservation Foundation is accepting project submissions for its 2027 California Preservation Design Awards, which recognize outstanding restoration, rehabilitation…
Louisiana Trust Campaigns to Save Mt. Olive Rosenwald School; 2027 Award and Endangered Places Nominations Open
The Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2026 Power Preservation year-end campaign is dedicated to Mt. Olive Rosenwald School in Claiborne…
O‘ahu Voters Approve Using City Land Fund for Historic Preservation
On November 3, O‘ahu voters approved Honolulu Charter Questions 13 and 14, opening a new source of support for historic…
Rethos Opens Applications for New Deconstruction + Salvage School
Rethos, Minnesota’s statewide preservation nonprofit, is accepting applications for the pilot cohort of its new Deconstruction + Salvage School, which…
Call for Session Proposals: 2027 New York Statewide Preservation Conference in Rochester
The Landmark Society of Western New York, with the New York State Historic Preservation Office and the Preservation League of…
Detroit Honors Dr. Janese Chapman as the City’s Historic Preservation Ordinance Turns 50
Preservation Detroit pays tribute to Dr. Janese Chapman, who led the City of Detroit’s Historic Designation Advisory Board for decades…
Mississippi Receives Nearly $2.5 Million in National Park Service Preservation Grants
The Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area reports that three Mississippi organizations, the SouthWay Foundation, the Mississippi Main Street Association and…
New Hampshire Preservation Alliance and The 1772 Foundation Open 2027 Matching Grant Round
The New Hampshire Preservation Alliance and The 1772 Foundation are accepting Letters of Inquiry for 2027 one-to-one matching grants of…
PHLF Invites Non-Profit Owners of Historic Buildings to Apply for Facade Restoration Help
The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation has opened its Historic Facade Restoration Program to non-profit owners of historically significant buildings…
Campaign Launched to Relight Roanoke’s Historic H&C Coffee Sign
The Historical Society of Western Virginia has taken ownership of the H&C Coffee sign, a glowing coffee urn pouring into…
Landmarks Association of St. Louis Completes Stabilization of 1000 Morrison
Landmarks Association of St. Louis has finished stabilizing 1000 Morrison, a long-vacant, National Register-listed building in the LaSalle Park neighborhood…
Fitch Foundation Opens 2027 Grant Cycle, Adds HBCU Preservation Catalyst Grant
The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation is accepting applications for its 2027 grants, which support original research and projects by…
National Preservation Groups Urge Senate to Reject Historic Preservation Provisions in Permitting Bill
Preservation Action and 12 other national preservation organizations have sent a letter to the U.S. Senate objecting to the historic…
Wheeling Heritage Receives $90,000 Grant for the 1867 Wheeling Artisan Center
Wheeling Heritage has received a $90,000 Frontier to Statehood grant from the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia, a program supporting…
Columbus City Council Awards $50,000 to Columbus Landmarks’ Building Arts Studio
Columbus City Council has awarded a $50,000 grant to Columbus Landmarks Foundation for its Building Arts Studio at the Columbus…
Kansas City’s 1914 Peck Building Planned for 72 Apartments
The George B. Peck Dry Goods Company Building at 1044 Main Street, one of downtown Kansas City’s most significant surviving…
World Monuments Fund Surpasses $60 Million Endowment Goal 18 Months Early
World Monuments Fund announced at its 37th Hadrian Gala at the Waldorf Astoria in New York that its 60th Anniversary…
City Halts Unpermitted Demolition of Houston’s Kirby Mansion
On October 30, 2026, demolition began without a permit at the Kirby Mansion, 2000 Smith Street in Midtown Houston, and…
National Trust Awards $195,900 to 17 Preservation Organizations
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has awarded $195,900 in grants to 17 organizations through three funds: the Bartus Trew…
Plainfield’s Thomas Little House Goes from 10 Most Endangered to Restored
The Thomas Little House, a Queen Anne home built in 1890 by Thomas Havens for farmer Thomas Little west of…
Preservation Groups File Amicus Brief Against Triumphal Arch near Arlington National Cemetery
On October 26, 2026, a group of preservation, conservation and design organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Lemmon v. Trump,…
Historic Columbus Façade and Rehabilitation Loans Renewed for Ten Years
The Bradley Turner Foundation has renewed its Program Related Investment in Historic Columbus Foundation for another ten years. The $500,000…
Missouri Preservation Seeks Nominations for 2026 Places in Peril List
Missouri Preservation is accepting nominations for its 2026 Places in Peril list, which draws statewide attention to endangered historic places,…
