The City of Phoenix is seeking applications for the Historic Preservation Exterior Rehabilitation Program to promote the preservation of historic buildings through proper rehabilitation.
Donor Name: City of Phoenix
State: Arizona
City: Phoenix
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/17/2023
Grant Size: Up to $20,000
Details:
The city of Phoenix Historic Preservation Office provides exterior rehabilitation assistance to help residents sensitively rehabilitate historic homes while promoting reinvestment in Phoenix’s historic neighborhoods. A successful rehabilitation is one that retains, preserves and protects as much of the original historic fabric as possible. It also preserves the original character-defining architectural elements of a particular building.
To retain such fabric, it is preferable to repair rather than replace significant architectural elements and historic materials. Repair begins with the least degree of intervention possible, such as splicing or patching. Piecing-in or upgrading also can be undertaken if done according to recognized preservation techniques. For instance, window replacement is frequently considered by historic homeowners but is not likely to be funded if the problem with the windows is merely peeling paint or missing hardware. Only when the level of deterioration or damage precludes repair, or the historic windows are missing entirely, is in-kind replacement acceptable.
When an exterior architectural feature is missing, its reconstruction is recommended as the preferred course of action. The feature may be accurately reproduced if adequate historic pictorial documentation or physical evidence exist
Priority will be given to applications that:
- Clearly demonstrate adherence to the city’s Preservation Philosophy and General Design Guidelines for Historic Properties.
- Demonstrate proper rehabilitation techniques based on historic preservation principles (such as following the city’s technical bulletins on masonry repointing, paint removal, steel or wood window repairs and wood shingle roof replacements).
- Clearly address the most critical physical needs of the building.
- Substantially improve the visual appearance of a historic neighborhood, district streetscape or an individually significant property.
- Return a non-contributing property in a historic district to contributing status.
- Encourage the investment of private funds to rehabilitate, improve, maintain, preserve, protect and enhance deteriorated historic properties.
- Completely address each question on the application and include detailed bids for all proposed work items
Funding Information
The Exterior Rehabilitation Program will provide 50 percent of project costs up to $20,000 per property for the purchase of a Conservation Easement. The minimum purchase price for a Conservation Easement that the city will consider is $5,000 (i.e., the scope of work must total at least $10,000, with the property owner funding $5,000 and the city funding $5,000). The property owner must agree to utilize the proceeds of the grant to perform exterior rehabilitation on the structure in accordance with the HPO’s design standards.
Eligible Improvements
All work performed must be exterior work that results in the preservation of building exteriors on the subject property (interior work may be eligible only if necessary to stabilize or structurally support the building’s historic exteriors). The HPO staff has the responsibility for determining the eligibility of all items included in the proposed Scope of Work. Eligible exterior work includes:
- Roof repairs/replacement
- Foundation repairs
- Structural rehabilitation/reinforcement
- Exterior wall repairs
- Masonry/stucco repairs
- Exterior window and doors repairs
- Porch and step rehabilitation
- Cornice and parapet repairs
- Re-painting (if a part of an eligible repair)
- Historic garage, guest house or carport rehabilitation
- Reversal of previous inappropriate alterations
- Demolition of non-historic additions
- Reconstruction of original architectural elements based on documentation/evidence
Eligibility Criteria
The program makes monies available to private property owners to complete exterior rehabilitation, repair or restoration work on historic homes continuing to serve a residential purpose. Owners of historic homes that are either in city-designated historic districts or are individually listed on the city’s historic property register are eligible to apply.
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