Three Preservation Grants Fund Mid-Atlantic and Small-Town Preservation Organizations Nationwide
National Trust provides $195,900 in grants for preservation projects to 17 organizations.
This summer the National Trust announced grants made to preservation organizations in the Mid-Atlantic through the Bartus Trew Providence Preservation Fund and the Henry A. Jordan, M.D. Preservation Excellence Fund. The National Trust also funded grants nationally to organizations in small towns through the Hart Family Fund for Small Towns.
The next round of applications for these grant funds will be available in the spring 2027. Stay in touch about upcoming grant rounds and sign up for email reminders about when the next application period opens.
The Bartus Trew Providence Preservation Fund
The Bartus Trew Providence Preservation Fund supports preservation on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and this year provided five grants totaling $98,400.
photo by: Barton Ross
A preservation master plan will guide the decisions of the Town of Queenstown for the future use and long-term care of the Queenstown Colonial Court House. The building served as Queen Anne's County seat from 1708 to 1782. It was later used as a home, druggist, and general store until it was purchased by the county in 1976 for restoration.
Waterfowl Festival Inc. | Easton, Maryland
$25,000 to support a restoration of the Easton Armory stage.
Friends of Eastern Neck Inc. | Rock Hall, Maryland
$8,400 to repair the cedar siding on the historical lodge at Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge.
Diocese of Wilmington | Wilmington, Delaware
$25,000 for restoration of the foundation and floor of St. Francis Xavier Church at Old Bohemia, located in Warwick, Maryland.
Tyree AME Church | Berlin, Maryland
$25,000 to support the restoration of stained-glass windows at Tyree African Methodist Episcopal Church.
The Town of Queenstown | Queenstown, Maryland
$15,000 to produce the first preservation master plan of the Queenstown Colonial Court House.
The Henry A. Jordan, M.D. Preservation Excellence Fund
The Henry A. Jordan, M.D. Preservation Excellence Fund gave five grants totaling $29,500 to preservation organizations in the Mid-Atlantic.
photo by: Triple Line Studio, 2025
Upper Notley Hall began as a 1790s brick plantation house built for the Rozier family. From 1890 to 1924 it was the headquarters for Notley Hall Amusement Park, which catered exclusively to African Americans and featured a dancing pavilion, shooting gallery, swings, bowling alley, merry-go-round, horse riding track, and electric lights. Today, the site is just south of the amenities of National Harbor’s Capital Wheel, a monument to the location’s legacy, just north of the scenic trails of Fort Hood and Fort Washington, and across the Potomac River from the City of Alexandria.
Historic Sotterley | Hollywood, Maryland
$4,500 to create an interpretive planning and feasibility study for the relocated Homestead House.
Preservation Pennsylvania | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
$7,500 to engage consultants to develop a strategic plan and evaluate collaborative preservation-conservation easement models.
Chadds Ford Township | Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
$5,000 to prepare a National Register nomination for Archie's Corner, a historic site centered on an African American church, cemetery, and residence.
Innovative Community Solutions | Martinsburg, West Virginia
$7,500 to document how recent stormwater and public works decisions displaced access to the Weaver Gillison House in Harpers Ferry.
Anacostia Trails Heritage Area Inc. | Hyattsville, Maryland
$5,000 for planning work to restore Upper Notley Hall, a 1790s brick plantation home on the Potomac River in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
The Hart Family Fund for Small Towns
The Hart Family Fund for Small Towns gave seven grants across the nation, for a total of $68,000, to preservation organizations in towns with a population of 10,000 or less.
photo by: Betty Prime/Meadors Inc.
Edgefield is home to one of the richest ceramic traditions in the American South, Edgefield Pottery. In the early 19th century, artisans in the Edgefield District produced alkaline-glazed stoneware from the region’s abundant kaolin clay deposits. This tradition was shaped by the work of enslaved and freed African American potters, including the renowned David Drake, whose signed vessels are recognized among the most important works in ceramics.
Homegirl Industry | Clanton, Alabama
$5,000 to create planning documents to adaptively reuse the 1915 Hotel Wilson for low-income sober housing on the upper level and commercial use for the lower level.
The Dunnington Mansion Foundation | Charlotte Court House, Virginia
$1,750 for a structural engineering study of the Dunnington Mansion, also known as Poplar Hill.
Maine Maritime Museum | Bath, Maine
$12,000 for a conditions assessment of the six historic structures of the Percy & Small Shipyard site. This will inform and prioritize preservation projects that ensure continued visitor accessibility.
Amana Colonies Land Use District | Amana, Iowa
$15,000 to update historic district guidelines, making them user friendly, providing clear direction on what is acceptable in the historic district and incorporating newly created and approved alternative materials.
Forever Forsyth Inc. | Forsyth, Montana
$15,000 to host a historic rehabilitation workshop and provide seed funding for feasibility studies to encourage the creation of housing units in the upper levels of the historic commercial district.
Town of Edgefield | Edgefield, South Carolina
$9,250 to develop an interpretive plan for the Town of Edgefield's Pottery Heritage Site.
Oil City Civic Center | Oil City, Pennsylvania
$10,000 to assess the feasibility of converting the historic National Transit Building into a mixed-use structure.
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