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Historic Preservation

Goshen Historic Track Seeks Help to Preserve Tradition

February 17, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

fire at Goshen Historic Track August 23 2017 The Goshen Historic Track has announced they are seeking community support to preserve a tradition that began 181 years ago.

On August 23, 2017, a fire completely destroyed the quaint blacksmith shop, the historic BOCES Barn and the shedrow barn connecting them. Fortunately, all horses were rescued and there was no loss of life. However, the Track is now facing the upcoming racing season. “The Cradle of the Trotter,” as the Goshen Historic Track is called, is a Registered Historic Landmark and the oldest active harness racing track in the world. It must rebuild quickly or lose a matching grant of $100,000. [Read more…] about Goshen Historic Track Seeks Help to Preserve Tradition

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, History Tagged With: Goshen Historic Track, Horses

Upstate Historic Marker Grants Offered

February 17, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

historic people places things markerThe William G. Pomeroy Foundation has opened the next grant round of its NYS Historic Marker Grant Program, which commemorates historic people, places or things during the years 1740 to 1918. A grant covers the entire cost of the historic marker, pole and shipping.

This grant round is available in the following New York State counties: Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Schuyler, Tioga, and Tompkins (NYS Association of Public Historians Region 10); Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, and Yates (Region 11); and Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming (Region 12). [Read more…] about Upstate Historic Marker Grants Offered

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, History Tagged With: Grants, William Pomeroy Foundation

New Historic Marker Program Celebrates Women’s Suffrage

February 10, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

pomeroy foundation logoThe centennial of suffrage for many women in the United States is approaching in 2020. With this landmark anniversary embodied in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, the National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites (NCWHS) and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation have partnered to launch a new historic marker program commemorating the history of women’s suffrage in the U.S. [Read more…] about New Historic Marker Program Celebrates Women’s Suffrage

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, History Tagged With: Grants, William Pomeroy Foundation, Women's Suffrage

New Historic Marker Program Celebrates US Canal History

February 6, 2019 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

D&H canal markerThe William G. Pomeroy Foundation has announced the launch of its national Historic Transportation Canals Marker Grant Program, designed to promote cultural tourism and commemorate transportation canal history.

Markers proposed for the Historic Transportation Canals Marker Grant Program must commemorate a historical canal fact that occurred more than 50 years from the year of the grant application. Currently, that year is 1969. M [Read more…] about New Historic Marker Program Celebrates US Canal History

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, History Tagged With: Grants, William Pomeroy Foundation

Ticonderoga Historical To Conserve Battlefields Mural

February 5, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

clegg muralThe Ticonderoga Historical Society has received a grant of $7,500 for the conservation of a mural depicting the significant historic battlefields from Plattsburgh to Saratoga.

[Read more…] about Ticonderoga Historical To Conserve Battlefields Mural

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, History Tagged With: Grants, Historic Preservation, Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga Historical Society

Pomeroy Foundation Offering Professional Development Grants

January 20, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

pomeroy foundation logoThe William G. Pomeroy Foundation are now accepting applications for their 2019 Professional Development Grant Program. This program offers need-based scholarships of $1,000 each to historical societies and cultural museums in New York State for professional development purposes. [Read more…] about Pomeroy Foundation Offering Professional Development Grants

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, History Tagged With: Grants, William Pomeroy Foundation

Historic Preservation, Architecture on Roosevelt Island

January 15, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Thomas FennimanArchitect Thomas Fenniman is set to speak on historic preservation and architecture on Roosevelt Island, on Thursday, January 17th at 6:30 pm, at the New York Public Library Branch on Roosevelt Island, NY.

Historic preservation combines multiple disciplines: architecture, design, knowledge of period materials and construction techniques, plus communication to manage the process of building owners, regulators and the masons and builders who perform the work. [Read more…] about Historic Preservation, Architecture on Roosevelt Island

Filed Under: Events, Historic Preservation, History Tagged With: Architecture, New York City, New York Public Library, Roosevelt Island Historical Society

Preserve New York Grants Available

January 9, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Genesee Country Village and MuseumThe Preservation League of New York State, the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation have announced that their annual Preserve New York grant applications are now open.

Launched in 1993 through a partnership between NYSCA and the Preservation League, Preserve New York makes grants for historic structure reports, building condition reports, cultural landscape reports, and cultural resource surveys. Since 2017, The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation has provided additional support for projects in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. [Read more…] about Preserve New York Grants Available

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, History Tagged With: Grants, Preservation League of NYS

HDC Searching For NYC’s Latino Heritage

January 7, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

St Peters Roman Catholic ChurchThe Historic Districts Council of the City of New York is seeking information on historic place and events related to the city’s Latino Heritage.

The main altar of St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church, in the Financial District of New York, is embellished with a painting called The Crucifixion, by the Mexican artist Jose Vallejo. Many of the paintings that decorate this church, including The Crucifixion, were donated by Archbishop Nunez de Haro from Mexico City in the late 18th Century.

In 1965, St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church was designated a landmark of the city by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, one of the earliest designations in the city. [Read more…] about HDC Searching For NYC’s Latino Heritage

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, History Tagged With: Cultural History, Hispanic History, Historic Districts Council, Immigration, Latino History, New York City

Utica’s Union Station Illustrated Program in Rome

January 4, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Union Station in UticaCounty Historian Joseph P. Bottini is set to offer an illustrated presentation about Utica’s Union Station at the Rome Historical Society’s auditorium on January 16th at 7 pm. He will share details of its history, construction, architectural features, and the story of how it narrowly avoided abandonment. [Read more…] about Utica’s Union Station Illustrated Program in Rome

Filed Under: Events, Historic Preservation, History Tagged With: Architecture, Rome, Rome Historical Society, Transportation History, Utica

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