Simmons College of Kentucky, a Historically Black College (HBCU) in Louisville, will get a $750,000 grant to rehabilate a 100-year old building on campus.
WHAS-TV reports that the money from the National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Fund will enable the college to upgrade Steward Hall.
The grant funds will be used to rehabilitate windows and doors as well as provide foundation repairs and tuckpointing, the Park Service says.
“Steward Hall was built exactly 100 years ago in 1924," said Kevin Cosby, president of Simmons College. "On the cornerstone of the building is the name of the school’s president at the time of construction, President Charles Parrish, Sr. Dr. Parrish was born enslaved in 1863; Stewart Hall remains as a lasting monument to the courage and determination of the black community in its historic quest for justice and opportunity."
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