SHPO staff site visit to 194 Spring Street Alderson
West Virginia offers two annual grant programs. Depending on eligibility these grants are awarded to individuals, Certified Local Governments, state or local government agencies, not-for-profit organizations, for-profit organizations or firms, and educational institutions. They also fund brick-and-mortar preservation, architectural & historical surveys, planning projects, educational activities.
Recently funded grant projects are listed below.
FY24 Grants
Grantee
Project Name
Amount
Philippi Municipal Building Commission
Philippi Grand Theater
$40,000
Woodlands Development Group
Woods-George Building
$17,000
Berkeley County Roundhouse Authority
West Roundhouse
$9,100
The 1982 Foundation
Calhoun County High School
$50,000
Town of Romney
Romney Historic Dairy Barn
$50,000
Halltown Memorial Chapel Association
Halltown Colored Free School
$31,000
515 E Washington LLC
Stephenson Female Seminary
$22,000
Shepherdstown Community Club Inc
War Memorial Building
$50,000
The Vestry
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
$2,160
Gresham Development LLC
Staats Building
$31,255
Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
$40,000
Bramwell Foundation
Pence Hotel
$48,200
Market Street Now, LLC
The Professional Building
$50,000
Jared Stone
Wheeler House
$15,300
Historic McCoy Bed & Breakfast LLC
McCoy House
$31,500
Randolph County Historical Society
Bosworth Building
$24,885
Fosters Marketing Group Inc.
Liberty Christ Church
$9,600
Total
$522,000
Grantee
Project Name
Amount
Batra Hospitality Group
Coal Exchange Building Engineering Plans
$45,000
City of Lewisburg
Archaeology at the Barracks
$12,250
City of Lewisburg
Lewisburg Historic Survey Update
$14,105
Town of Romney
Romney Historical & Architectural Survey
$28,000
Corporation of Shepherdstown
Comprehensive Heritage Education Program
$25,000
Harpers Ferry Bolivar Historic Town Foundation
Weaver-Gillison House Survey
$12,600
American Legion Post 73
Carter G. Woodson School
$9,000
Town of Oakvale
Norfolk & Western Railway Depot
$1,050
Arthurdale Heritage Inc.
Fairfax Cemetery Survey
$10,560
Beverly Historic Landmarks Commission
Logan Lot Archaeological Survey
$7,000
Tucker County Commission
Tucker County Poor Farm Cemetery Geophysical Survey
$10,538
Total
$175,103
FY25 Grants
Grantee
Project Name
Amount
25045 – A New Clendenin, Inc.
Roxy Theater Renovation
$13,659
Arthurdale Heritage, Inc.
Arthurdale Homestead Barn Restoration
$15,085
Berkeley County Roundhouse Authority
West Roundhouse
$21,000
City of Elkins
Kump House
$8,000
Claude Kilgore
The Armstrong on York
$51,500
Fayette County Historic Landmarks Commission
Fayette County Soldiers & Sailors Building
$14,450
Friends of Wheeling, Inc.
722-724 Main Street, “Hughes Duplex”
$19,512
Gresham Development LLC
Staats Building
$30,000
Huntington Parks & Rec District
Ritter Park Stone Retaining Wall
$31,000
Melissa Mansuetto
Elmhurst Wall and Front Entrance Repairs
$9,356
Middlebourne United Methodist Church
Middlebourne United Methodist Church
$61,163
MountainPlex Properties, LLC
GC Murphy Building
$40,000
Pamela Webster-Walsh
Tyree Tavern, Halfway House
$56,148
Town of Romney
Romney Historic Dairy Barn
$55,100
Shepherdstown Community Club, Inc
War Memorial Building
$10,841
Tanli Holdings LLC
Mount Claire Monastery Building
$53,733
The Orange Goat LLC
Fairmont City Center
$28,500
Wolfe Holdings, LLC
Academy of Arts at January’s
$36,701
Total
$575,748
Grantee
Project Name
Amount
Nicholas County Historic Landmarks Commission
Nicholas County HLC Website Development
$4,200
Nicholas County Historic Landmarks Commission
Richwood District Expansion
$16,100
Berkeley County Historic Landmarks Commission
Berkeley County HLC Ground Penetrating Radar
$7,044
Point Pleasant Historic Landmarks Commission
Point Pleasant Hist. District Survey Update
$10,000
Elkins Historic Landmarks Commission
Darden Mill Rehabilitation
$45,500
City of Ravenswood
Design Guidelines for Ravenswood
$20,000
Fairmont State University
FSU Historic Window Workshop
$3,000
Preservation Alliance of West Virginia
WV Historic Preservation Conference
$6,554
Total
$127,044
FY26 Grants
Grantee
Project Name
Amount
Arthurdale Heritage, Inc.
Arthurdale E-15 Homestead Restoration
$6,883
City of Cameron
Cameron Historic Pool Repairs
$42,500
Marshall County Historical Society
Cockayne House
$25,000
MARR, Limited Partnership of N.C.
Collins Building
$35,000
City of Wheeling
Lower Market House Roof Replacement
$42,500
Philippi Municipal Building Commission
Philippi Grand Theater Foundation Repairs
$20,000
City of Ronceverte
Ronceverte Armory/Clifford Community Ctr
$42,500
201 N Mill St, LLC
Sanbower House, Shepherdstown
$17,375
Mary Palencar-Owens
Summer Kitchen Kearneysville
$30,400
Brianna Chamberlain
194 Spring Street Alderson
$9,692
Total
$271,850
Grantee
Project Name
Amount
Wheeling Historic Landmarks Commission
1050 Market Street, Wheeling
$14,000
Shepherdstown Historic Landmarks Commission
Christ Reformed Church, Shepherdstown
$45,500
Bluefield Arts & Revitalization Corp.
Beaver High School
$3,600
Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commission
GPR-Black Cemeteries in Jefferson County
$24,500
Elkins Historic Landmarks Commission
Elkins Riverside Area Survey & Nomination
$17,500
Town of Capon Bridge
Capon Bridge Route 50 Historic District Survey & NR Nomination
$15,000
Monroe County Historical Society
Restoration of Historic Baptist Church
$23,400.00
Total
$143,500
If you have any questions about the grants that WV SHPO has funded, please give us a call at 304-558-0220.
