Radnor, PA – June 9, 2025 – Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti (D-Montgomery, Delaware) is proud to announce that three historic preservation projects in the 17th district have been awarded a combined $225,000 through the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission’s 2024–2025 Keystone Historic Preservation Grant Program.
“These grants play a critical role in preserving our district’s cultural and architectural legacy,” said Senator Cappelletti. “I’m thrilled to see continued investment in the spaces that help tell our shared history.”
The three local recipients are:
- The Church of St. Asaph – Awarded $100,000 to rehabilitate portions of the church’s roof. Designed by renowned architect Theophilus Chandler and completed in 1889, the stone Gothic Revival structure will undergo repairs to flashing, counterflashing, roofing membrane, and deteriorated mortar.
- The Friends of Laurel Hill & West Laurel Hill Cemetery – Awarded $25,000 to fund a feasibility study for the adaptive reuse of a former Superintendent’s House into an Arboretum Center. This historic cemetery spans both sides of the Schuylkill River and is a designated historic site in Philadelphia and Montgomery counties.
- Washington Memorial Heritage – Awarded $100,000 for roof replacement work on the Cloister of the Colonies, a historic U-shaped structure that houses the Memorial to the Mothers of the Nation. The project aims to complete work before July 4, 2026.
The grant program aims to support the general operations of eligible museums and official county historical societies that are not supported by other state agency funding programs.
For more information about this grant program, please visit www.phmc.pa.gov.
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