At the Office of Archaeology & Historic Preservation and the State Historical Fund, we're excited about the projects we support.  Organizations around the state are working hard to preserve Colorado's historic buildings and sites, and now it’s your chance to read a selection of their stories.

	Adams Jefferson Alamosa Larimer Archuleta Montezuma Boulder Montrose Clear Creek Pueblo Custer Rio Grande Denver Routt Douglas Saguache El Paso San Juan Gunnison Statewide Hinsdale
Please note: The counties highlighted on this map only represent the sample of grants listed on this page, not all funded grants.  View a list of all funded grants through FY 2012. $35,000 or less Grant Applications Funded (13-M2) $35,000 or more Funded Grant Applications (13-01) $35,000 or less Grant Applications Recommended for Funding (13-M1)

Adams County

Brighton

Bromley Farm-Koizuma Hishinuma Farm
Grant Applicant Organization: City of Brighton
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $200,000
Grant Number: 13-01-004

One of the city of Brighton’s goals is to maintain its small-town atmosphere and increase quality of life as it grows.  Preservation of agricultural heritage is a large part of this goal, as farm land disappears northwest of Denver.  In November 2006, Brighton purchased the 9.6 acre Bromley Farm/Koizuma Hishinuma Farm, saving its structures from demolition.  The city has already done much to preserve the farm buildings, and is now working toward second-phase work.  The grant will help fund rehabilitation of the main barn and pay for foundation work under the main house.  This project will not only bring the farm back to life, it will help preserve Brighton’s agricultural past.
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Alamosa County

Alamosa

Emperius Block-Amaranth
Grant Applicant Organization: La Puente Home, Inc.
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $176,400
Grant Number: 13-01-017

In 1998, La Puente, a nonprofit organization in the San Luis Valley, opened Milagros Coffeehouse as a job readiness program in the first floor rental space of Emperius Block, an historic 1909 structure within a three-building complex in downtown Alamosa.  As Milagros grew into a community hub, La Puente – atypically for a renter – invested in Emperius Block, both in improvements and maintenance.  With support from the community and this SHF grant, La Puente will purchase the building to secure its role as an anchor of the historic district and a center for the Alamosa community.

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Archuleta County

Pine-Piedra Stock Driveway
Grant Applicant Organization: San Juan Mountains Association
Fund: Education
Grant Request: $99,566
Grant Number: #13-01-071

Through this grant, the San Juan Mountains Association will proceed to second-phase archaeological work on Moonlick Park and Arborglyphs, building on earlier SHF funded research at the two sites along the Pine-Piedra Stock Driveway in southwest Colorado.  Archaeologists and historians will collect contextual and interpretive information through research and oral histories with Hispanic carvers, for ultimate use in “The Wooden Canvas: Hispanic Arborglyphs Along the Pine-Piedra Stock Driveway,” a public collection, including an exhibit, lecture series, and book, about early 1900s Hispanic folk carvings created by sheep herders.

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Boulder County

Boulder

Columbia Cemetery- Pioneer Cemetery- Pioneer Gateway
Grant Applicant Organization: City of Boulder
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $70,000
Grant Number: #13-01-030

With SHF funding, the city of Boulder will repair 53 grave markers as part of ongoing restoration at Columbia Cemetery.  Of the nearly 3,000 grave markers, over 300 have deteriorated due to age, ground settling, and vandalism.  Damaged gravestones have been braced with T-posts and rope, laid down, or even moved off-site temporarily to protective storage to prevent further degradation.  Over the past decade, with the help of SHF grants, 246 gravestones to date have been fully repaired and returned to the site.  The grave markers at Columbia Cemetery date primarily from 1870–1940, including those of Civil War Veterans.
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Read more about Columbia Cemetery and other SHF cemetery projects

Lyons

Lyons School-Lyons Redstone Museum
Grant Applicant Organization: Lyons Historical Society dba Lyons Redstone Museum
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $54,148
Grant Number: #13-01-016

The Lyons Redstone Museum will begin the second and final phase of preservation efforts recommended in a 2004 historic structure assessment funded by SHF.  The 1881 building, initially constructed as a one-room schoolhouse, needs a variety of updates, including masonry preservation, decorative steel panel painting, and fire escape repairs.  Completion of the remaining work will allow visitors to continue to experience Lyons’ history in a building that is safe and preserved.
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Clear Creek County

Georgetown

Georgetown School
Grant Applicant Organization: Georgetown Trust for Conservation & Preservation, Inc.
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $87,052
Grant Number: #13-01-003

An 1874 schoolhouse may be the most outstanding structure in the Georgetown-Silver Plume National Historic District.  Neglected for 60 years, it was placed on Colorado’s Most Endangered Places list in 2006.  After years of work, Colorado Preservation, Inc., declared the school “saved.” In 2012, however, there’s still much to be done.  This grant will complete basic systems such as electrical and heating that will make the schoolhouse functional.  In the long term, the school will be used as an educational, training, and meeting site for a diverse group of agencies.

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Custer County

Westcliffe

Willows School
Grant Applicant Organization: The Historic Willows School Society, Inc.
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $51,675
Grant Number: #13-01-040

The Historic Willows School Society, Inc. has been awarded funding for the rehabilitation and restoration of an 1889 one-room schoolhouse in the Wet Mountain Valley.  This grant will help restore and repair the foundation, siding, windows, doors, and other items.  Electrical upgrades, roof and drain repairs, and ADA accessibility work will make the schoolhouse a functional building once again.
Rural School Buildings Multiple Property Submission
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Denver County

Denver

Emerson School
Grant Applicant Organization: National Trust for Historic Preservation
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $123,781
Grant Number: #13-01-055

Sitting in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, the Emerson School, with partial funding from SHF, underwent major rehabilitation last year as part of the SHF Special Initiatives Grants for Sustainability, rendering it a model of energy efficiency and sustainable design.  With this grant, the Emerson School will complete its final phase of restoration through extensive masonry work to both the 1885 Main School as well as the 1917 Cottage School addition.  Now home to six nonprofit historic preservation and conservation organizations, the building will promote preservation through not only its aesthetic, but its occupants as well.
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Stanley School-Montclair School-Stanley British Primary School-Paddington Station Preschool
Grant Applicant Organization: Paddington Station Inc., dba Paddington Preschool
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $199,193
Grant Number: #13-01-011

When the Montclair School opened in January 1891, students lobbied to rename the school after Henry M. Stanley, the adventurous New York Herald journalist who became known for his explorations in Africa and finding the infamous Dr. David Livingstone.  To the students’ glee, Stanley responded to their fan mail and enthusiastically gave them permission to use his name, even enclosing a portrait of himself which they hung in the front hall.  Since then, with the exception of a few years in the 1980s, the historic building has functioned exclusively and continuously as a school, keeping alive the energy of its first students.  The three-story, sandstone and brick building is a fine example of the Romanesque Revival style, but faces critical preservation needs, such as masonry and door rehabilitation.  With the awarded grant, which will fund two phases of preservation, the historic Stanley School building will continue to inspire student for many years to come.

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church- Church of the Holy Redeemer
Grant Applicant Organization: Historic Denver, Inc.
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $166,467
Grant Number: #13-01-041

Situated in Denver’s Whittier neighborhood, the church, originally known as St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, was renamed the Church of the Holy Redeemer by an interracial group of African Americans and British immigrants in 1892.  Eighteen years later, the integrated congregation built a new sanctuary to unify the church community, in spite of the violent racial discrimination they faced then and over the next century.  In addition to its powerful social history, the Church of the Holy Redeemer is a significant example of Gothic Revival in its neighborhood and is one of only three churches designed by the prominent architectural firm Fisher and Fisher.  Funding will provide exterior restoration and structural repairs, as well as electrical upgrades to the 1910 building to ensure its use for decades to come.

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Douglas County

Devil’s Head Lookout
Grant Applicant Organization: Colorado Preservation, Inc.
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $41,320
Grant Number: #13-01-057

In 2012 Pike National Forest celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Devil’s Head Fire Lookout, where the first female fire lookout in the nation worked.  The site, which initially consisted of a table and fire-finder bolted to a rock, underwent many changes during the first half of the 20th century and today consists of a 1951 glass-enclosed fire lookout sitting atop a 1919 cabin.  Funding for this project will provide structural repairs as well as beam, decking, and railing replacement to the 1951 building.  As Devil’s Head is the only remaining Forest Service fire lookout in (seasonally) continuous use in Colorado, repairs are vital to ensure safety and longevity.

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El Paso County

Colorado Springs

Maytag Aircraft Building- Casa of the Pikes Peak Region, Inc.-Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
Grant Applicant Organization: CASA of the Pikes Peak Region, Inc.
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $61,009
Grant Number: #13-01-025

As one of the finest examples of Modern Movement architecture found in Colorado Springs, the 1957 Maytag Aircraft Building will undergo roof rehabilitation and exterior repair with funds from SHF.  Founded by Lewis B. Maytag, Jr., heir to the fortune of Maytag Appliance magnate Lewis B. Maytag, Sr., the Maytag Aircraft Corporation enlisted local architects to construct the building for administrative offices.  The building currently houses offices for CASA of the Pikes Peak Region, a nonprofit organization that advocates for child victims of domestic violence and neglect in El Paso and Teller Counties.  Following a 2010 Historic Structure Assessment funded by SHF, CASA became committed to the long-term care and maintenance of the building, not only for its vital role in their organization, but also for its contribution to the downtown historic landscape.
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Manitou Springs

Miramount-Montcalm Castle- Francolon’s Castle
Grant Applicant Organization: Manitou Springs Historical Society
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $45,236
Grant Number: #13-01-028

Funding awarded to the Manitou Springs Historical Society will help repair and stabilize exterior masonry at the exquisite historic Miramount Castle Museum, per recommendations from a 2009 Historic Structure Assessment funded by SHF.  Early deeds indicate Colonel John Chivington, who commanded troops during the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre, owned the land in 1865 before Father John Baptiste Francolon later purchased the property upon which he designed and built what was first known as Francolon’s Castle, completed in 1895.  At least nine distinct architectural styles have been identified on the building, speculated as influence from Francolon’s travels.  Over the next century, the castle served a multitude of functions, including a tuberculosis sanatorium, before the Manitou Springs Historical Society purchased it in 1976, saving it from demolition.  Since then, the castle has operated as a public museum and local history repository.  The historical society is committed to the preservation of not only the eclectic structure but the complex site’s full history.
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St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church (Manitou Springs)
Grant Applicant Organization: St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $55,004
Grant Number: #13-01-026

Constructed in 1905 from Manitou Greenstone, this charming Gothic Revival church has suffered water damage to both its foundation and interior finishes, as identified in a 2011 Historic Structure Assessment funded by SHF.  St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church of Manitou Springs was awarded the current grant to complete critical foundation stabilization as well as rehabilitation necessary for ADA compliance.  Improvements will prolong the buildings’s viability as well as enhance public use, safety, and accessibility of the community church.
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Gunnison County

Crested Butte

Crested Butte, Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Depot-Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Stationhouse-High Country Citizens’ Alliance
Grant Applicant Organization: Town of Crested Butte
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $195,613
Grant Number: #13-01-069

With its steeply pitched roofs, sun-burst motif adornment, and decorative wood shingles, the 1883 Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Depot represents a vernacular interpretation of the Queen Anne architectural style.  After receiving SHF funds in early 2012 for roof restoration, the town of Crested Butte was awarded this grant to perform second-phase rehabilitation to windows, doors, and siding, as well as to insulate the attic.  Listed on the National Register, the Depot comprises the historic stationhouse, which houses offices for local nonprofits, and the freight and parlor rooms, which are open to public rental for meetings, weddings, and other social events.
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Gothic

MacLeod Cabin-McLeod Cabin
Grant Applicant Organization: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory at Gothic
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $91,912
Grant Number: #13-01-007

The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) was founded in 1928 on the remains of the historic mining town of Gothic.  Unable to afford construction for research facilities, they encouraged scientists to build field stations at their own cost on RMBL land with the guarantee that RMBL would never limit a scientist access to his own building.  As such, in 1936, Joseph Savoy, an out-of-work miner, was enlisted to construct a cabin in Gothic.  The original residents stayed for only four years before the cabin’s namesake, Dr. Lawrence McLeod, took over the lease in 1940.  For the next twenty summers, Dr. McLeod lived and conducted research in the cabin, propelling RMBL to become one of the nation’s leading scientific institutions supporting field work.  Built in a miner’s style of rough hewn logs of random width, McLeod cabin tells the story of how one of the United States’ earliest scientific field stations was built without financial support to not only survive, but thrive as a home for science.  Improvements to the cabin, such as foundation reinforcement and mortar testing and replacement, will allow the cabin to continue to house students and scientists from all over the world to conduct field research.

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Hinsdale County

Golconda Mine and Boarding House
Grant Applicant Organization: Hinsdale County Historical Society
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $134,800
Grant Number: #13-01-048

The goal of this project is to stabilize and interpret the Golconda Boarding House and Compressor House located above the Alpine Loop in Hinsdale County.  Perched at an elevation of 12,400 feet, the boarding house is a unique two-story log building unlike any other in the San Juan Mountains.  The compressor house contains intact machinery distinct to the hard rock mining era.  Exposure to severe alpine weather has taken a heavy toll on these impressive log buildings.  After completion, visitors will be able to safely enter and tour both, while interpretive panels will educate visitors on the site’s history.
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Jefferson County

Westminster

Dudley C. Shoenberg Memorial Farm-Shoenberg Farm-Milk and Ice House
Grant Applicant Organization: City of Westminster
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $169,704
Grant Number: #13-01-029

When Denver philanthropist Louis Shoenberg was asked to construct a tuberculosis sanatorium, he felt personally compelled to fund the project, having lost his only child, Dudley, to the disease.  Donated to National Jewish Hospital (NJH) in 1912, the Dudley C. Shoenberg Memorial Farm provided milk, eggs, and meat for tuberculosis patients’ healing regimen for decades, even after the property transferred from NJH to local dairy farmer Jacob Tepper in 1921.  In operation for eighty-eight years, the early 20th century farm in Westminster represents both farming architecture as well as the significance of the sanatorium movement in Denver in the early 1900s.  This grant will rehabilitate the crumbling brick foundation to adapt the building for business or nonprofit use.

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Larimer County

Loveland

Loveland Farmers Milling & Elevator Co.-Big Thompson Mill & Elevator Co.-Loveland Milling & Elevator Co.-Loveland Flour Mill-Loveland Feed & Grain Co.
Grant Applicant Organization: Artspace Projects, Inc.
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $200,000
Grant Number: 13-01-067

Artspace Projects, Inc. was awarded this grant to stabilize, preserve, and adaptively re-use the Loveland Feed & Grain as a community arts center.  To allow increased interim public access to the building, funding will be used to address the most critical structural and safety issues, including emergency exits, signage, and alarms.  Additionally, the grant will fund the beginning stages of space programming planning for the eventual rehabilitation and full community use of the Feed & Grain.  This stabilization project will take place in conjunction with the construction of 30 new units of affordable live and work spaces adjacent to the Feed & Grain for eligible artists.

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Montezuma County

Indian Camp Ranch Archaeological District
Grant Applicant Organization: Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $198,832
Grant Number: #13-01-042

The breadth of knowledge on the world famous Mesa Verde site is vast, but historians continue to dig deeper to answer the question, “what were the origins of the Mesa Verde Pueblo society?” With funding from SHF, the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center will investigate an early area of the Mesa Verde region known as the Indian Camp Ranch, specifically between 500 – 725 A.D., to generate new data on population growth during initial colonization by ancestral Pueblo Indians.  Research will include excavations at the Dillard site, one of the 107 archaeological sites within the Ranch.  Findings will be available to the public, both through educational programs as well as undergraduate and graduate research opportunities at the University of Colorado.

Dolores

Dolores Archaeological Program
Grant Applicant Organization: McElmo Canyon Research Institute
Fund: Education
Grant Request: $189,590
Grant Number: #13-01-021

This grant has been awarded to continue preservation and documentation of the Dolores Archaeological Program (DAP), one of the largest cultural resource testing and excavation projects in the history of the United States.  The DAP has inventoried over 16,000 acres of land in Southwest Colorado, where over 1.5 million artifacts were collected before relocation to the Anasazi Heritage Center for curation.  This grant will help preserve artifact and archival collections, as well as facilitate research, use, and understanding of DAP resources through creation of a user’s guide.  Additionally, it will fund development of an on-site tour that will raise awareness and promote the preservation of the archaeological collections in Southwest Colorado.

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Montrose County

Shavano Valley Rock Art Site
Grant Applicant Organization: The Archaeological Conservancy
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $82,437
Grant Number: #13-01-012

Considered the premier rock art site of the Uncompahgre Plateau and Valley area, the Shavano Valley Rock Art Site comprises 42 acres of abundant and well-preserved Ute petroglyphs dating from the Archaic period through the historic Ute period, as well as artifact concentrations that indicate sites of stone tool manufacturing.  A decade ago, a community foundation purchased the land to protect it from development, but now lacks the resources to make full use of the site’s educational, research, and traditional ceremonial potential.  As such, this grant will allow the Archaeological Conservancy to acquire and begin to preserve the site so that it may be used for further American Indian research and traditions, as well as educational programming.

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Pueblo County

Pueblo

Colorado State Fairgrounds-CSU Pueblo Building and Fine Arts Building
Grant Applicant Organization: Colorado Department of Agriculture dba Colorado State Fair
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $162,412
Grant Number: #13-01-054

As their names indicate, the historic 1921 Poultry & Pet Stock Pavilion and 1946 Rabbit Building both housed animals (poultry & stock and rabbits, respectively) during the Colorado State Fair in years past.  While their specific functions have changed since erection, both buildings are still used in the State Fair – now showcasing artists in the Gallery of Fine Arts Building (Poultry & Pet Stock) and a large diorama of the statewide water system in the CSU-Pueblo Building (Rabbit Building).  Like several other grants awarded to the Department of Agriculture for State Fair structures in recent years, this grant will fund major rehabilitation of two roofing systems, including gutter, mortar, and chimney repair, so that both buildings may be viable for sharing Colorado’s culture in Fairs for years to come.

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Rio Grande County

Homelake

State Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Home-Colorado State Veterans Center-Homelake State Veterans Home (Paden-Meyer Memorial Chapel and Library)
Grant Applicant Organization: State of Colorado- Department of Human Services
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $98,720
Grant Number: #13-01-031

The Colorado Department of Human Services is receiving funding to begin restoration of the Paden-Meyer Memorial Chapel and Library on the campus of the Colorado State Veteran’s Center at Homelake.  Constructed in 1898, the chapel is one of the oldest surviving buildings on the campus originally established as a home for aging and disabled Civil War veterans.  Work includes the completion of investigations and materials testing, design, and construction documents for the building’s complete preservation and rehabilitation.  The funding will also go toward rehabilitation of the fascias and soffits and will allow installation of gutters and downspouts to prevent further damage.

Monte Vista

First Methodist Episcopal Church-Monte Vista United Methodist Church
Grant Applicant Organization: Monte Vista United Methodist Church
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $129,129
Grant Number: #13-01-008

With their fifth SHF grant, the Monte Vista United Methodist Church will continue its tradition of “Honoring the Past and Preserving the Future” by completing the third phase of preservation on the historic First Methodist Episcopal Church.  Erected in 1922, the building boasts a vernacular Prairie architectural style, featuring fifty-four original geometric stained glass windows.  Additionally, the church was designed in the unique Akron Plan, identified by the curved pews and open sanctuary, which houses a fifty-seven pipe Estey organ.  The final phase will include masonry restoration, heating system rehabilitation, and guardrail replacement to comply with safety standards, ensuring the church can continue to be a staple in the Monte Vista community.
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Routt County

Yampa

Crossan’s M&A Market
Grant Applicant Organization: Historic Routt County
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $200,000
Grant Number: #13-01-058

The Crossan’s M&A Market, one of the Yampa Valley’s first general stores, has been an established and familiar feature on the corner of Yampa’s First and Main Streets for more than a century.  It will remain so, thanks in part to this grant award which provides for its emergency stabilization and initial rehabilitation.  This work constitutes the first phase of a multi-phase, multi-year preservation project.  Eventually, the town of Yampa would like to turn the building into the new Yampa Town Hall and Visitor’s Center.

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Saguache County

Baca Mountain Tract
Grant Applicant Organization: Paleocultural Research Group
Fund: Survey and Planning
Grant Request: $150,000
Grant Number: #13-01-066

Located on the west flank of the Sangre de Cristo Range, the 13,000-acre Baca Mountain Tract, is a pristine treasure trove of San Luis Valley history and prehistory.  From American Indian encampments and stone structures, to traces of the Old Spanish Trail, to Hispano and American mining settlements, the area preserves an unparalleled record of the many uses people have made of the San Luis Valley.  This grant provides funding for two major phases of study that will utilize multiple methods, including archival research, intensive mapping, metal-detector survey, and archaeological excavation, all of which will create a foundation for future planning.

Moffat

First Baptist Church of Moffat-Moffat Community Church
Grant Applicant Organization: Town of Moffat
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $199,324
Grant Number: #13-01-065

The town of Moffat was awarded its first SHF grant toward the First Baptist Church in 2003, totaling nearly ten years of community involvement and preservation efforts to restore the building.  Constructed in 1911, the ornamental concrete church is one of the few remaining historic buildings in Moffat, lending it particular significance to the town.  This grant will complete final projects of the restoration, including repairs to exterior walls, windows, doors, and interior plasterwork, finally affording Moffat the opportunity to establish a Town Hall and Community Center, which will centralize municipal functions, increase social activity, and preserve heritage.
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San Juan County

The Farmer Cabin
Grant Applicant Organization: Four Corners Back Country Horsemen
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $69,744
Grant Number: #13-01-070

Nestled in a remote, undeveloped forest at 9,240 feet, the 1959 log Farmer Cabin served as a sheep herder line camp for over 30 years, but became susceptible to squatters, deterioration, and vandalism when it fell out of use in the 1990s.  Fortunately, due to its highly remote locale, the cabin is relatively well-preserved, but still faces structural, preservation, health, and safety concerns.  This grant will rehabilitate the cabin for reuse by nonprofit educational organizations for outdoor educational, team building, and science programs.

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Statewide Projects

2013 Saving Places Conference-“Framing Places: Building a Relevant Message for the 21st Century”
Grant Applicant Organization: Colorado Preservation, Inc.
Fund: Acquisition and Development
Grant Request: $161,445
Grant Number: #13-01-044

Since 1998, Colorado Preservation, Inc., has hosted an annual Saving Places Conference to advance historic preservation through focused dialogues among representatives from industry, academia, government and nonprofits.  The conference encourages participants to develop and strengthen partnerships within and outside of the preservation community.  SHF has contributed to the Saving Places Conference since its inception, and in keeping with this partnership, this grant has been awarded to help fund the 2013 conference, themed “Framing Preservation: Building a Relevant Message for the 21st Century,” which will critically evaluate the effectiveness of preservation message and determine how it may be improved to demonstrate relevance to all.

Endangered Places Program
Grant Applicant Organization: Colorado Preservation, Inc.
Fund: Education
Grant Request: $78,826
Grant Number: #13-01-064

Colorado Preservation, Inc., (CPI) is the only private statewide historic preservation advocacy nonprofit in the state and has produced the annual Colorado’s Most Endangered Places List since 1997 to build awareness of, and assistance for, historically significant places within the state that are in danger of being lost.  2012 marks the fourteenth year that SHF has funded the Endangered Places Program, consistently helping CPI to indentify threatened historic resources and then provide the education, partnership building, advocacy, and preservation tools necessary to transition the endangered sites from “Alert” to “Saved.” Of the 94 sites that have been on the list, 30 have been designated as “saved,” 39 are “in progress,” 21 remain in “alert,” and sadly, 4 have been “lost.” With increased outreach, social media, and online resources, it is the hope of both CPI and SHF that this program will be able to protect even more valuable historic resources in Colorado.

2013–2014 Colorado Preserve America Youth Summits
Grant Applicant Organization: Southeast Colorado Regional Heritage Task Force
Fund: Education
Grant Request: $200,000
Grant Number: #13-01-009

Since 2007, fifteen Colorado Preserve America Youth Summits have engaged over 500 Colorado students, grades 7–12, and teachers in hands-on, interactive historic preservation activities to cultivate appreciation and knowledge of historic places and preservation practice.  The outcome-focused experiences lay a foundation for a new generation of stewards of both historic places and Colorado’s history, while providing a unique opportunity to stimulate community action and heritage efforts through enthusiasm, energy and ideas generated by Youth Summit participants.  SHF has awarded grants to the program since 2008 and is proud to fund the next six Youth Summits in 2013 and 2014, themed “Preserving Places That Matter,” with planned trips to Mesa Verde, Routt County, Pueblo, Bent’s Fort National Historic site, and Washington, DC, among others.
Learn more about Colorado Preserve America Youth Summits

Colorado Main Street Program
Grant Applicant Organization: State of Colorado- Department of Local Affairs
Fund: Education
Grant Request: $149,850
Grant Number: #13-01-010

The Colorado Main Street Program is managed in-state through the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA), which provides education and direct, ongoing technical assistance to local communities in order to build, preserve, and revitalize historic downtowns and commercial districts.  As a longtime partner of the Colorado Main Street Program, SHF is proud to award funds to DOLA to continue to work with Colorado communities through outreach and assistance to meet preservation goals.

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