INDIANA — In 2022, Indiana Landmarks awarded more than $170,000 to help nonprofits and cities around Indiana save meaningful places. Drawing from a variety of funds, these grants support efforts ranging from architectural assessments and repairs at historic houses of worship to digital walking tours and workshops, videos and summer programs for youth.
Indiana Landmarks’ African American Landmarks Committee awards grants to help preserve and raise awareness of historic African American places in Indiana. In 2022, the committee made one local grant to the Madam Walker Legacy Center, $2,000 for a historic marker and development of a history and heritage brochure for the 1927 Walker Theatre.
Indiana Landmarks and Indiana Humanities jointly award grants to nonprofits for programs and materials educating the public about historic places. In 2022, awarded funds to the following local organizations:
• Athenaeum Foundation, to create a digital tour showing the evolution and preservation of the 1894/1898 Athenaeum, a German-American landmark.
• Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site, to update a video for visitors to highlight preservation and conservation efforts at the 1875 house.
• Crown Hill Heritage Foundation, to create a GIS app for visitors to learn about historic structures and landscapes at the cemetery.
• Indiana Barn Foundation, to create two wooden timber-frame models, construction and architectural drawings, and historical background of historic Indiana barns to use as teaching tools.
Indiana Landmarks and the Central Indiana Community Foundation jointly manage a fund created by contributions from each organization and private donors to award grants supporting preservation of landmarks in Marion County. Locally, the Friends of Garfield Park received funds to aid restoration of the 1915 fountains at Garfield Park.
In 2022, Indiana Landmarks’ Sacred Places Indiana program provided $62,500 to congregations for architectural studies, repairs, and rehabilitation of historic houses of worship, including St. Rita Catholic Church, $25,000 for a capital campaign funding repairs to the 1958 Modernist church.