Clermont Foundation

15.904 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AID HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AID ASSIST IN THE IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, AND PROTECTION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES BY SUCH MEANS AS EDUCATION, SURVEY, PLANNING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PRESERVATION, DOCUMENTATION, AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES LIKE GRANTS AND TAX CREDITS AVAILABLE FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES. OPPORTUNITY P24AS00546 THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE PHYSICAL PRESERVATION OF A BROAD VARIETY OF CULTURAL RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOUNDING OF AMERICA AS A NATION IN COMMEMORATION OF THE COUNTRY S SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL (250TH ANNIVERSARY). BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE STATES, TRIBES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AS RELATED TO STATE-OWNED PROPERTIES. THESE GRANTS FUND PHYSICAL PRESERVATION FOR NATIONAL REGISTER LISTED, STATE OWNED, CULTURAL RESOURCES RELATED TO THE FOUNDING OF THE NATION. THIS PROJECT IS AWARDED TO THE CLEMONT FARM FOUNDATION, INC. FOR REHABILITATION OF TEN OF THE PROPERTY S THIRTEEN HISTORIC STRUCTURES.

CLERMONT FARM WAS SURVEYED BY A YOUNG GEORGE WASHINGTON IN 1750 AND IS AN EXCELLENT ILLUSTRATION OF A FARM OF MIDDLING SIZE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE BACK COUNTRY ON THE COLONIAL FRONTIER THE FARM S EARLY OWNERS WERE MIDDLING GENTRY, A CLASS OF PEOPLE WHO BECAME THE BACKBONE OF RESISTANCE TO BRITISH RULE, WHO FOUGHT AND SUPPLIED THE REVOLUTION, AND HELPED DEVELOPED THE NEW NATION THIS GRANT WILL SUPPORT THE REHABILITATION OF THE MAIN HOUSE, SMOKE HOUSE, AND SPRING HOUSE THE APPLICANT WILL PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED 10,374 IN NON FEDERAL MATCH