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Historic Preservation Education Grants, 2006

The Historic Preservation Education Grant (HPEG) program is jointly sponsored by the Indiana Humanities Council and the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana.

Dearborn County Historic Structures (#06-4003)

Dearborn County GIS, Lawrenceburg
Margaret Minzner, 812.537.8821
Project staff will update and complete a GIS database by photographing, cataloging, and recording the GPS location points of outstanding and notable structures in Dearborn County. The database will be available to the public, and maps will be made and displayed at the county's high schools and libraries.
(Grant: $2000)

 

Siekman Park Historic Homestead Educational Materials Project (#06-4004)

Historic Hoosier Hills, Rising Sun
Janie Eldridge, 812.438.1230
The Denver Siekman Environmental Park is a 64-acre outdoor facility which includes the buildings of an early nineteenth-century homestead. An activity guide will be produced, targeted to students in the 4th-8th grades, with lessons that are inspired by and interact with the historic buildings.
(Grant: $2000)

 

Exploring Elkhart's Roots with Ruthmere (#06-4008)

Ruthmere, Elkhart
Laurel Spencer Forsythe, 574.264.0330
Third grade curriculum materials will be developed to help students learn about continuity and change in their local community. A virtual tour of key buildings, monuments, and areas in the Beardsley Avenue Historic District will tell the story of the city's origins in a way that is exciting and meaningful to children.
(Grant: $2000)

 

Georgetown Neighborhood Interpretive Guide (#06-4010)

Historic Madison, Inc., Madison
John Staicer, 812.265.2967
Madison was one of Indiana's largest cities during the mid-nineteenth century. During this period free African Americans were living in the Georgetown neighborhood on the city's northeast side, and they played an important role in the Underground Railroad movement. A walking tour guide to this still-intact area will interpret its rich history.
(Grant: $2000)

 

Historic Landmark District Educational Brochures (#06-4013)

Madison Main Street Program, Inc., Madison
Michelle Gammon Purvis, 812.866.7288
A brochure will be printed and distributed to illustrate the importance of protecting Madison's nationally significant collection of historic architecture. Methods for the proper care and maintenance of the downtown's historic buildings will be explained for the benefit of new property owners, realtors, citizen groups, and students.
(Grant: $2000)

 

Investigation of Local Ordinances and Commissions for Protecting Historic Properties in the City of Martinsville (#06-4016)

City of Martinsville, Martinsville
Joanne Raetz Stuttgen, 765.349.1537
Project sponsors will present a series of educational sessions for the Martinsville City Council, Plan Commission, and local residents about how other Indiana communities have used conservation districts, historic preservation commissions, and local zoning ordinances to protect historic resources. They will compare notes with Crawfordsville and New Albany, among other Hoosier towns.
(Grant: $2000)

 

The Lincoln Highway: Indiana's Visionaries and America's First Coast-to-Coast Auto Road (#06-4019)

Marshall County Historical Society, Plymouth
Linda Rippy, 574.936.2306
A traveling exhibit will tell the story of Indiana's visionary automobile and business leadership, who worked together to establish the Lincoln Highway Association and create the Lincoln Highway across the state in 1913. The exhibit, which will be displayed in libraries, museums, and other venues, will also highlight historic buildings along the route.
(Grant: $2000)

 

Teaching Regional History (#06-4026)

Minnetrista, Muncie
Rebecca Holmquist, 765.213.3540 x 104
Minnetrista will partner with the Center for Historic Preservation at Ball State University and the Muncie Public Library to offer three teacher professional development workshops during the 2006-07 school year. Each workshop will cover a period in Muncie's history and architecture, including Native Americans and settlement, the Gas Boom era, and the years 1900-1930.
(Grant: $2000)

 

Update of 'Wegweiser: A Self-Guided Tour of German-American Sites in Indianapolis' (#06-4029)

Indiana German Heritage Society, Inc., Indianapolis
Ruth M. Reichmann, 812.988.2866
Many Indianapolis landmarks were the work of architects with German backgrounds, who also shaped the character of neighborhood clusters of German-American vintage. The former Germantown (now Lockerbie Square), Wholesale District, and other downtown places will be included in an updated and enlarged brochure and self-guided tour of these sites.
(Grant: $2000)

 

Wyneken House Lesson Plans (#06-4030)

Max Kade German-American Center, Decatur
Giles Hoyt, 317.464.9004
Curriculum materials for middle and high school students will help them understand the patchwork quilt of Adams County's diverse German-American communities, read ethnic markers in the landscape, and describe the area's past though its historic structures. A prime example is the Wyneken House in northwest Adams County, the home of community leader and Lutheran pastor Friedrich Conrad Dietrich Wyneken (1810-1876) and his wife Sophie.
(Grant: $2000)

 

 

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