Four Local Landmarks Awarded Grants From Indiana Landmarks To Save Meaningful Places

Locally, four places were awarded grants.

(Indianapolis, Ind.) – This year, Indiana Landmarks awarded more than $215,000 to help nonprofits and cities around Indiana save meaningful places.

These grants support efforts ranging from architectural assessments and repairs at historic houses of worship to digital walking tours and workshops, videos, and summer programs for youth.

Locally, four places were awarded grants:

Efroymson Family Endangered Places Grants, grants can be used for architectural and structural assessments, rehab cost analysis, reuse studies, and fundraising planning. The fund honors the Efroymson family for its significant support for our endangered places programs.

• Friends of the Ohio Theatre, Inc., Madison $2,500 for a feasibility study for the restoration of the 1938 theater in Madison’s historic district.
• Switzerland County Historical Society, Vevay $2,500 for a feasibility study examining improving accessibility to the upper floor of the society’s museum, located in the 1860 Vevay Presbyterian Church.

Historic Preservation Education Grants, are grants given from Indiana Landmarks and Indiana Humanities to nonprofits for programs and materials education the public about historic places.

• Historic Madison, Inc., Madison $2,127 for a program educating participants on historic window styles and a workshop providing hands-on instruction on repairing and maintaining wood windows.

Sacred Places Grants. During the fiscal year, Indiana Landmarks’ Sacred Places program provided $115,000 to congregations for architectural studies, repairs, and rehabilitation of historic houses of worship:

• Trinity United Methodist Church, Madison $25,000 for repairs to the roof, flashing, and guttering on the 1873 church.