City of Salem Missing Historic Features Grant Program

The Historic Features Restoration Grant supports historic property owners by providing financial support to encourage reconstruction of character-defining historic features like parapets, cornices, gables, transom windows or signs and storefronts, and where such reconstruction is essential to the public understanding of the property. Donor Name: City of Salem State: Oregon City: Salem Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 08/16/2024 Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000 Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned Details: Reconstruction will include measures to preserve any remaining historic materials, features, and spatial relationships. Reconstruction will be based on the accurate duplication of historic features and elements substantiated by documentary or physical evidence rather than on conjectural designs or the availability of different features from other historic properties. Funding Information Grant Funds up to $200,000 (up to $100,000 per application) for fiscal year 2024-25. Criteria The historic building must be Historic Contributing to the Salem Downtown Historic District or individually listed as a historic resource. The historic building must be located within the Riverfront-Downtown Urban Renewal Boundary. The historic building must not have outstanding property taxes. The applicant must be able to demonstrate that a character-defining feature on the exterior of the historic building will be restored using historic, physical or photographic evidence. For more information, visit City of Salem.