The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program (AHPP) will award more than $4.2 million in fiscal year 2024 to 55 recipients through its County Courthouse Restoration and Historic Preservation Restoration grant programs, the agency announced June 19.
The County Courthouse Restoration Grant is an annual grant that is funded primarily by an annual grant to the AHPP by the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council using Real Estate Transfer Tax funds. The purpose of the County Courthouse Restoration Grant program is to encourage and promote the preservation and continued use of Arkansas’ historic courthouses by providing financial assistance for restoration, selected maintenance and accessibility projects. Twenty-nine projects will receive more than $4 million in grant funding. The courthouse recipients and award amounts are:
- Arkansas County, DeWitt, $99,153.60
- Bradley County, Warren, $111,000
- Calhoun County, Hampton, $101,500 (Pictured)
- Carroll County, Berryville, $183,720
- Chicot County, Lake Village, $116,400
- Cleveland County, Rison, $183,900
- Columbia County, Magnolia, $60,000
- Dallas County, Fordyce, $60,500
- Desha County, Arkansas City, $140,000
- Drew County, Monticello, $146,825
- Franklin County, Charleston, $20,000
- Garland County, Hot Springs, $165,000
- Hempstead County, Hope, $264,800
- Lafayette County, Lewisville, $80,000
- Little River County, Ashdown, $100,000
- Logan County, Booneville, $171,281.60
- Marion County, Yellville, $45,000
- Miller County, Texarkana, $300,160
- Monroe County, Clarendon, $56,044.80
- Montgomery County, Mount Ida, $119,270.40
- Ouachita County, Camden, $46,000
- Phillips County, Helena, $282,728
- Pike County, Murfreesboro, $20,000
- Randolph County, Pocahontas, $80,000
- Saline County, Benton, $216,060
- Sebastian County, Fort Smith, $20,000
- Union County, El Dorado, $413,000
- Woodruff County, Augusta, $119,192.64
- Yell County, Dardanelle, $194,000
The Historic Preservation and Restoration Grant program provides financial assistance for restoration of historic properties. The program is financed through proceeds of the Real Estate Transfer Tax. Twenty-six projects, nine of which are for city owned properties, will receive more than $975,000 in grant funding. The city recipients, the proposed projects and award amounts are:
- Blytheville, Historic Kress Building, tuckpointing, sealing and terra cotta repair, $53,333.33
- Crossett, Crossett Municipal Auditorium, HVAC (Phase 2), $96,912
- Des Arc, American Legion Hut, remove deteriorated chinking on exterior, window restoration, $24,886
- Fort Smith, River Front Hotel, paint exterior trim, molding and siding, and install new weather barrier, $52,481.33
- Glenwood, Iron Mountain Railroad Depot, clean, sand, caulk and paint the exterior, attic insulation, $12,000
- Little Rock, Curran Hall, new below grade drainage and paint/prep windows, $10,066.67
- Menifee, Menifee Gymnasium, demolish annex, replace windows, repair/replace stone cladding, $14,000
- Monticello, Monticello Post Office, replace membrane roof, $59,492
- Nashville, 45 Legion Hut, replace roof, replace/repair 13 wooden windows, replace/repair 13 interior and exterior wooden windowsills, paint exterior eves, doors, windows and trim, repair front steps with new concrete glaze, $20,000
For more information about Courthouse and Historic Preservation Restoration Grants, please contact AHPP Grants Administrator Heather Carter at 501-324-9883.
