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Third Round of Historic County Courthouse Rehabilitation Grant Awards Announced
In spring of 2005, the Washington State Legislature established the Historic County Courthouse Rehabilitation Grant program. Based on findings from a statewide survey undertaken in 2003, it has been determined that 32 of the state’s 39 counties possess courthouses of historic and architectural merit. Additionally, the study estimated over $90 million in needed capital improvements to these structures. To address this need, the Washington State Legislature allocated $5 million in both the 2005-07 and 2007-09 state capital for qualified historic courthouse rehabilitation projects. Through three funding rounds since the program’s establishment, twenty-four (24) grants have been awarded to nineteen counties statewide. Grant funds have worked to leverage local funding resulting in nearly $30 million in total rehabilitation work to selected courthouses.
For the 2009-2011 Biennium, $2 million has been included in the Capital Budget, an allocation that will allow the courthouse rehabilitation program to continue over the course of the next two years. With this allocation, the Courthouse Grant Program Steering Committee may hold multiple funding rounds in the 2009-2011 Biennium, but is not required to do so if applications in the first round warrant awarding all available grant funds.
Grant funding assists county governments in rehabilitating their historic county courthouses. Together with matching funds raised locally, this money will foster economic development in numerous communities while working to preserve public buildings vital to the architectural and cultural heritage of Washington.
To receive funding, all rehabilitation work must meet historic preservation standards known as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. For more information about these preservation standards, visit the following website address: www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/standguide/rehab/rehab_index.htm.
DAHP is seeking grant applications for projects aimed at rehabilitating and preserving historic courthouses statewide. The deadline to submit application materials
is October 1st, 2009.
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Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation
1063 South Capitol Way, Suite 106
Olympia WA 98501
Phone: 360-586-3065
Fax: 360-586-3067