INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Landmarks distributed $176,250 to nonprofit organizations in fiscal year 2019 to help preserve meaningful places across the state. Drawing from a variety of funds, the grants support projects ranging from structural analysis for endangered places to a documentary about the West Baden Colored Church and an effort to place a rural farmhouse on the National Register of Historic Places.
Efroymson Family Endangered Places grants can be used for architectural and structural assessments, rehab cost analysis, and reuse studies. Money from the grants went to several organizations, including the Fairfield Friends Meeting, Camby, and the Glenn H. Leopold Fund for Hazelden, Brook, for rehabilitation plan for Hazelden, the 1902 estate built for playwright and humorist George Ade.
Indiana Landmarks’ Sacred Places program helps active congregations fundraise and harness their houses of worship for outreach and growth. As part of the program, ten churches received grants for architectural studies, repairs, and rehabilitation in 2019. Grants were given to Allen Chapel AME in Indianapolis for an architectural planning study for the 1927 church, and Unity Church, Indianapolisfor an architectural planning study for the 1955/1963 church.
