INDIANAPOLIS — Nine sites significant to Indiana’s African American history are receiving restoration and rehabilitation assistance through two funds established by the late Eli Lilly chemist and preservation champion Standiford “Stan” Cox. Grants totaling $202,000 are being distributed from the Standiford H. Cox Fund and the Dovie Stewart Cox & Chester A. Cox Sr. Memorial Fund to sites across the state.
Stan Cox, who passed away in 2019, joined Eli Lilly and Co. in 1957 as its first Black chemist. He established the two funds with Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) to support the restoration, preservation, operation, and ongoing maintenance of African American historic sites in Indiana.
The nine organizations receiving grants include Abundant Life Ministries Community Church, University United Methodist Church, Philips Temple CME, and Allen Chapel AME Church all in Indianapolis, as well as projects in Lebanon, Seymour, Muncie, and Liberty.
