Sacred Places Stories

Historic houses of worship. Spiritual landscapes. Sites of conscience. These are just a few types of sacred places that can evoke powerful responses and stir deep emotion in the people who experience them. Our stories take you from lofty cathedrals to earthen mounds, from wooded paths to rolling battlefields, all in the spirit of contemplation and reflection.

Preserving Black Churches Action Fund's Preserving Black Churches Program Awards $13.5 Million in Preservation Funding
Preservation Magazine Passing the Torch at the Century-Old St. Adalbert Catholic Church in South Bend, Indiana
National Preservation Awards Built to Last: The Living Legacy of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
National Fund for Sacred Places Rooted & Rising: Steeple Restoration at Calvary Baptist Church
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund A Search for Ancestors Sheds New Light on Pierce Chapel African Cemetery
Preservation Magazine On a Remote Island in Alaska, a Local Landmark's Decade-Long Restoration Effort is Completed
Preservation Magazine Moravian Days: A Historic Community in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Draws International Recognition
Preservation Magazine A Church Where Harriet Tubman Once Worshipped is Now Restored
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund 30 Historic Black Churches Receive $8.5M in Grants
Preservation Magazine Places Restored, Threatened, Saved, and Lost in Preservation Magazine's Winter 2025 Issue
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund 6 Sacred Places to Understand the Legacy of the Black Church
National Fund for Sacred Places Keeping it in the Community: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church

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