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The National Park Service announced $9.7 million will be awarded to historically Black colleges and universities to preserve historic structures on campuses. The grants will fund 21 preservation projects in nine states.
“For more than 180 years, Historically Black Colleges and Universities have provided high-level academics, opportunities, and community for generations of students,” National Park Service director Chuck Sams said in a press release last week. “These grants enable HBCUs to preserve the noteworthy structures that honor the past and tell the ongoing story of these historic institutions.”
The money can be used to fund preservation projects and related studies and architectural plans.
HBCUs receiving grants this year include North Carolina A&T State University, which will use the money to preserve the World War Memorial Stadium, designed in 1926. Selma University plans to replace the roof and upgrade the HVAC and electrical systems in Dinkins Memorial Hall, and Mississippi Industrial College will make repairs to Washington Hall, which dates to 1905.
