New York State Historic Preservation Grant Program

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) has available from the Environmental Protection Fund of 1993(EPF) funds that can be used for acquisition, development, and improvement of parks, historic properties and Heritage Area resources. Funds are allocated every year as part of the annual state budget.

Preservation projects may be undertaken by either a municipality or a not-for-profit corporation for the acquisition, improvement, restoration, preservation, rehabilitation, protection, reconstruction or archeological interpretation of a historic property.

The Commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation establishes funding priorities each year. This is a matching grant program, therefore grant recipients will be expected to provide at least a 50% match to these awards.

Application forms, program guidelines and assistance with submissions are available at all State Park regional offices.

To apply for funding, historic properties must be listed on the State or National Register of Historic Places prior to grant award.

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