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.