Kansas Rural Preservation
In August 2023, the National Park Service announced the award of $750,000 to the Kansas State Historic Preservation Office to facilitate a new round of Kansas Rural Preservation Grants. This new round of subgrants will target properties in rural downtown commercial cores with priority given to Kansas Main Street communities.
Applications for the latest round of grants was due July 1, 2024. Awards were announced August 9, 2024. No additional grant rounds are planned at this time.
Please contact us with any questions at 785-272-8681 ext. 240 or kshs.shpo@ks.gov.
Kansas was among 12 recipients to receive the Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants this year. Nearly $9.7 million was awarded to support the preservation of historic buildings in rural communities across America. Congress appropriates funding for various programs, including the Paul Bruhn Revitalization Grant, through the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF). The HPF uses revenue from federal oil leases on the Outer Continental Shelf to assist preservation projects in all states, territories, and many tribal lands. For more information about the Paul Bruhn Revitalization Grant, see go.nps.gov/revitalization.
2024 Grant Round Information
The 2024 Kansas Rural Preservation grant committee reviewed 24 grant requests totaling over $2.2 million. On August 9, 2024, the committee recommended and the Historic Sites Board of Review approved funding the following projects pending approval from the National Park Service. The award for these 8 projects totals $750,000.
2024 Kansas Rural Preservation Grants |
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| County | Project | Grant Amount |
| Cloud | Banker's Loan and Trust Company Building | $ 74,400 |
| Ellis | Safeway Building | $100,000 |
| Greenwood | W.W. Morris Building | $100,000 |
| Lincoln | Colden Grocery Store/Sedwick's Variety | $ 75,600 |
| Meade | Hotel Bunyan | $100,000 |
| Montgomery | Cook's Hotel | $100,000 |
| Neosho | Sturdevant Hardware Building | $100,000 |
2021 Grant Round Information
The 2021 Kansas Rural Preservation grant committee reviewed 62 grant requests totaling over $2.5 million. On May 8, 2021, the committee recommended and the State Historic Preservation Officer approved funding the following projects pending approval from the National Park Service. The award for these 15 projects totals $499,645.
2021 Kansas Rural Preservation Grants |
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| County | Project | Grant Amount |
| Allen | Kress Building | $12,429 |
| Atchison | Atchison County Courthouse | $ 9,450 |
| Dickinson | Perring Building | $50,000 |
| Douglas | Elmwood Stock Farm Barn | $33,448 |
| Douglas | Thomas S McQuillan Farmstead | $45,000 |
| Gray | Cimarron Hotel | $50,000 |
| Leavenworth | Little Stranger Christian Church and Cemetery | $10,863 |
| Lincoln | Behrhorst Brothers Hardware | $36,000 |
| Marshall | Historic Frankfort School | $50,000 |
| Marshall | Post Office Block Building | $38,700 |
| McPherson | Hans Hanson House & Cabin | $15,000 |
| Miami | New Lancaster Grange Hall | $22,230 |
| Montgomery | Condon National Bank | $50,000 |
| Stafford | Gray Photography Studio | $50,000 |
| Sumner | 120 S. Washington | $26,525 |
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