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The Trabue Vault reconstruction at Frankfort Cemetery supported by a historic preservation grant from the Daughters of the American Revolution and private donors.
The Linda & Jerry Bruckheimer Preservation Fund for Kentucky
This grant fund is available through application to the National Trust for Historic Preservation and supports the preservation of historic buildings, communities and landscapes in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Grants made from the Linda and Jerry Bruckheimer Preservation Fund for Kentucky will range from $2,500 to $10,000. It is anticipated that the amount of grant funding available from the endowment will be $13,000 each year. Learn more and apply: Linda and Jerry Bruckheimer Preservation Fund for Kentucky
The Kentucky Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit
A Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit is a voluntary, dollar-for-dollar credit toward a property owner’s income taxes, based on the cost of rehabilitating a Historic Property. Rehabilitation expenses must take place within 24-months. Properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places are generally eligible for the program affording a 20%-30% tax credit for qualified rehabilitation expenses. The Kentucky Rehabilitation Tax Credit may also be paired with the Federal Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit affording projects a up to 40% tax credit for qualified rehabilitation expenses. Learn more at: https://heritage.ky.gov/historic-buildings/rehab-tax-credits/Pages/overview.aspx
Other Resources
Daughter of the American Revolution, Historic Preservation Grant Program
Kentucky Colonels Good Works Grant Program
Buying Time for Heritage: How to Save Endangered Historic Property
This book by J. Myrick Howard explores time tested techniques for preserving historic places developed over Howards 40 year career as Preservation North Carolina’s President. The organization served as the model for the Kentucky Trust’s development in 1997 and still today. The book “Buying Time For Heritage” is a must read for all serious preservationists and was provided to attendees of the inaugural Kentucky Historic Preservation Summit in 2025.
Buying Time for Heritage explores Preservation North Carolina’s experience in preserving endangered properties. Written by J. Myrick Howard, PNC’s it’s president since 1978, the book provides a broad overview of PNC’s work with nearly five hundred historic properties across the State. Howard shares the organization’s remarkable story in an engaging writing style that is easy to read and compelling. He gives detailed examples of particular case studies that elaborate his points and show how the group’s strategy worked (or didn’t work in some cases). Howard shares how PNC has been so successful in accomplishing its mission, resulting in more than $200 million in private investment across the state thus far. Far more importantly, Howard provides the reader with an in-depth look at how other organizations can learn from PNC and what they can do to preserve endangered historic properties in their own areas.
Buying Time for Heritage is extremely well written, practical, and readable. Howard has a knack for explaining the complicated world of real estate in a way that even a novice can comprehend. Hopefully, this book and PNC’s success will inspire more of us to use these innovative and proven solutions to achieve our common goals.
Excerpt from a Review by: Robbie D. Jones Source: Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum, Vol. 16,No 1 (SPRING 2009), pp. 118-119 Published by: University of Minnesota Press Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27804899
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