With this designation, the route and historic sites along the route are now eligible for preservation grants.

Now the academy is making the best of the situation, applying for preservation grants and loans for its handsome little 1898 library building.

A state historic preservation grant provided another $1 million.

The nonprofit received a $79,000 preservation grant in 1980 that greatly improved its structural integrity.

They were copied with a preservation grant from the ubiquitous National Initiative to Preserve America's Dance.

A preservation grant brings a massive restoration project to the marina, throwing the town into political turmoil.

Fund-raising for the preservation project might be avoided, she argued, if preservation grants were sought from federal agencies.

The cost of the renovation was $6.5 million, with a portion being funded by a preservation grant from the J. Paul Getty Trust.

The Claymont Society works in tandem with the National Park Trust to lobby for continuing preservation grants.

Of $500,000 needed for the roof repairs, for example, $375,000 has been committed so far in private donations and a historic preservation grant from the state, she said.