The Village of Brockport received its 17th Certified Local Government (CLG) grant.
The grant’s purpose is to enable the village to hire a consultant to make an historic resources survey of College, King and Clinton Streets with a view to identifying one or more historic districts that may be eligible for listing on the State and National Registers of Historic Places.
The CLG program is funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior and administered by the NYS Historic Preservation Office for the purpose of assisting municipalities with their historic preservation programs. States are required to reserve 10 percent of their federal historic preservation allocation each year for CLG grants.
CLGs are municipalities with historic preservation programs that conform to certain standards established by the Department of the Interior. Distribution of this grant is based on merit and need of the certified local government.
The Village of Brockport has been a certified local government since 1995. A similar study identified an historic residential district comprising 72 homes on State and South Streets and Park Avenue on the village’s east side that has been listed on the Registers. A total of 130 structures in the village (plus the High Street cemetery) have been so-listed.
Also, a program of the Village’s Historic Preservation Board has designated 110 structures as historic landmarks. The owners of structures listed on the Registers are eligible for state and federal tax credits for work on their buildings that conforms to Department of Interior standards.
“We are very grateful for the wonderful support our historic preservation program has received from the State Historic Preservation Office,” Trustee Bill Andrews said. “Without their help we could not have accomplished nearly as much.”
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