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Tennessee Historical Commission gives City of Clarksville grant to restore historic Smith-Trahern Mansion
“Tennessee’s treasured historic places make our state unique and contribute to our quality of life,” said Patrick McIntyre, state historic preservation officer and executive director of the Tennessee Historical Commission. “These grants will help protect the sites for future generations to study and enjoy.” ![]() City of Clarksville receives $24,600 grant from Tennessee Historical Commission for restoration of Smith-Trahern Mansion. The Tennessee Historical Commission reviewed 55 applications, with funding requests totaling approximately $1.2 million, nearly double the amount of funding available. This year’s selection includes building and archaeological surveys, design guidelines for historic districts, rehabilitation of historic buildings, posters highlighting the state’s archaeology, and training for historic zoning staff or commissioners. One of the Commission’s grant priorities is for projects that are in Certified Local Governments, a program that allows communities to participate closely in the federal historic preservation program. Seven Certified Local Government communities were awarded grants this year. Additional priorities include those that meet the goals and objectives of the Tennessee Historical Commission’s plan for historic preservation. Properties that use the restoration grants must be listed in the National Register. The grant recipients and/or sites of the projects include:Bradley County City of Cleveland $19,191 to restore plaster and wood in the historic Craigmiles House, the city library Carter County East Tennessee State University $10,000 to fund a geophysical survey at the Carter Mansion Davidson County Traveller’s Rest $5,320 to update the National Register nomination to include archaeology Hardeman County City of Bolivar and Hardeman County $28,020 to fund the restoration of the historic Hardeman County Courthouse Henry County City of Paris $21,000 to fund the restoration of the historic Paris Henry County Heritage Center Town of Dandridge $6,300 to fund the restoration of the Hickman Tavern, city hall Knox County Historic Ramsey House $20,000 to fund the restoration of the historic Ramsey House in Knoxville Maury County City of Columbia $30,000 to fund the restoration of the historic Jack and Jill building, used by the city police department McMinn County First United Presbyterian Church of Athens $36,000 to fund the restoration of the historic First United Presbyterian Church Montgomery County City of Clarksville $24,600 to fund the restoration of the historic Smith-Trahern Mansion Obion County Obion County $9,078 to fund the restoration of the historic Obion County Courthouse Westover Center for the Arts $15,507 for the restoration of the historic Westover Center building in Union City Overton County American Legion Post 4 $27,000 to fund the restoration of the historic American legion Building in Livingston Shelby County Victorian Village, Inc. $12,590 for design guidelines for the Victorian Village Historic District Sumner County City of Portland $15,000 to fund the restoration of the historic Moye-Green Boarding house City of Johnson City Funds to conduct a Commission Assistance and Mentoring Program Williamson County City of Franklin $6,000 to update the Franklin Historic District $8,460 to restore grave markers in the historic Franklin City Cemetery Unicoi County Tennessee Division of Archaeology $9,000 to fund a continuation of a survey of the Flint Creek Battle site Multi-County GrantsTennessee Preservation Trust $12,000 to fund the Statewide Historic Preservation Conference Middle Tennessee State University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology Funds for posters for Tennessee Archaeology Week Middle Tennessee State University, Fullerton Laboratory for Spatial Technology $48,785 to digitize data for historic / architectural survey files and for survey data entry for computerization of survey files East Tennessee Development District $36,000 to fund a preservation specialist staff position for the East Tennessee Development District First Tennessee Development District $30,000 to fund a preservation specialist staff position for the First Tennessee Development District Greater Nashville Regional Council $25,000 to fund a preservation specialist staff position for the Greater Nashville Regional Council Memphis Area Association of Governments $25,000 to fund a preservation specialist staff position for the Memphis Area Association of Governments Northwest Tennessee Development District $36,000 to fund a preservation specialist staff position for the Northwest Tennessee Development District South Central Tennessee Development District $50,000 to fund a preservation specialist staff position for the South Central Tennessee Development District Southeast Tennessee Development District $54,000 to fund a preservation specialist staff position for the Southeast Tennessee Development District Southwest Tennessee Development District $50,000 to fund a preservation specialist staff position for the Southwest Tennessee Development District Upper Cumberland Development District $40,000 to fund a preservation specialist staff position for the Upper Cumberland Development District For more information about the Tennessee Historical Commission, please visit its website at: www.tn.gov/environment/section/thc-tennessee-historical-commission. 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