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The Frontier-to-Statehood Preservation Fund will provide up to 10 grants of as much as $100,000 each for the rehabilitation of certified historic structures dating to 1871 or earlier.
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Grants of up to $100,000 available in W.Va. for pre-1872 preservation projects

May 8, 2026 by Clyde Craig

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As part of the nation’s 250th-anniversary commemoration, officials at the

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