Save America's Treasures is a United States federal government initiative to preserve and

protect historic buildings, arts, and published works. It is a public–private partnership between the
U.S. National Park Service and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The National
Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Institute of Museum and
Library Services are also partners in the work. In the early years of the program, Heritage
Preservation and the National Park Foundation were also involved.

History[edit]
Save America's Treasures (SAT) was established by Executive Order 13072 in February 1998 by
President Bill Clinton, in conjunction with the White House Millennium Council's activities.
Instrumental in its founding was then First Lady of the United States Hillary Rodham
Clinton.[1][2] Its Honorary Chair is traditionally the First Lady as designated by the President's
Committee on the Arts and Humanities[3] "Selection criteria require that each project be of national
significance, demonstrate an urgent preservation need, have an educational or otherwise clear
public benefit, and demonstrate the likely availability of non-federal matching funds. Each grant
requires non-federal matching funds, which has stimulated contributions from states, localities,
corporations, foundations and individuals who value our shared heritage."[4]
On December 9, 2009, First Lady Michelle Obama said “Save America’s Treasures invests in our
nation’s irreplaceable legacy of buildings, documents, collections and artistic works. These
awards empower communities all over the country to rescue and restore this priceless heritage,
and ensure that future generations continue to learn from the voices, ideas, events and people
represented by these projects.” Despite this initial endorsement, both the Save America's
Treasures and the Preserve America grant programs were later eliminated by the Obama
Administration.[5] On January 30, 2010, President Barack Obama in his "Tough Choices" FY 2011
Budget proposed eliminating the Save America's Treasures and Preserve America grant
programs, stating that "both programs lack rigorous performance metrics and evaluation efforts
so the benefits are unclear."[6] The National Trust for Historic Preservation eliminated its Save
America's Treasures office in 2011 during a reorganization.
From 1999 - 2010, over $318 million were awarded and matched by over $400 million from other
sources, resulting in the preservation of over 1200 significant historic structures and repositories
of cultural heritage.[7] As of 2012, the program had been responsible for the creation of about
16,000 jobs. This corresponds to a cost of about $13,000 to create each job.[8] In 2010, according
to the American Architectural Foundation, there were 175 ongoing SAT projects.[9]
Funding ceased after 2010 because of concerns about adequate "performance metrics and
evaluation efforts” yet resumed in 2017.[10][11]
Monies for the program come from the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), a source of revenue
from federal oil leases that does not expend taxpayer dollars.[12]

List of Official Projects and Awardees Chronologically

and By Honorary Chairman[13][14][edit]
Hillary Clinton, Honorary Chair[edit]
1999 ($13 million awarded, 22 projects)[15][edit]
Edith Wharton's home, The Mount, Lenox, MA, 1999 Awardee

 Fort Egbert, Eagle, AK

 Recreation Hall, Kennecott Mine, Wrangell, St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Cooper
Center, AK
 Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, AL
 Manzanar National Historic Site, Independence, CA
 Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, Sebastian, FL
 Ebenezer Baptist Church, Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, Atlanta, GA
 Experimental Breeder Reactor 1, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory,
Scoville, ID
 Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA
 The Mount, Lenox, MA ($2,865,000)
 Washburn "A" Mill, Minneapolis, MN
 Fourth Ward School, Virginia City, NE
 Buildings of the Manhattan Project, Los Alamos, NM
 Louis Armstrong House and Archives, Queens College, New York, NY
 The 1905 Wright Flyer III, Dayton, OH
 Paul Laurence Dunbar House and Barn, Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park,
Dayton, OH
 Fallingwater, Bear Run, PA
 The Letter Box, Grey Towers, Milford, PA
 Peter Wolf Administration Building, Fair Park, Dallas, TX
 Jackson Ward Historic District, Richmond, VA
 Taliesin, Spring Green, WI
 Sewall-Belmont House, Washington, D.C.
 Commercial Pacific Cable Buildings and Former Naval Facilities, Midway National Wildlife
Refuge
2000 ($30 million awarded)[16][edit]

 Sitka Pioneer Home, Sitka, AK ($150,000)

 Unalaska Aerology Building, Unalaska, AK ($100,000)
 Saturn V Rocket, G.C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL ($700,000)
 Tannehill/Brierfield Ironworks, McCalla, AL ($250,000)
 Central High School National Historic Site, Little Rock, AR ($500,000)
 "Saving Southwest Traditions: The Pottery Project," Arizona State Museum, Tucson, AZ
($400,000)
 Angel Island Immigration Station, Tiburon, CA ($500,000)
 Knight Foundry Water-Powered Iron Works, Sutter Creek Award amount: ($250,000)
 Old First National Bank, Telluride, CO ($250,000)
 The Charter Murals, National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ($500,000)
 Dance Heritage Coalition ($90,000)
Katherine Dunham Archives, East St. Louis, IL Hulla Huhm Dance Collection, Honolulu, HI
Gertrude Kurath, Eleanor King, and Kealiinohomoku Collections, Flagstaff, AZ

 Historic Sound Recording Collections of the American People, Smithsonian Institution,

Washington, D. C. ($750,000)
 Anderson Cottage, United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, Washington, D.C. ($750,000)
 USS Missouri (BB-63), Honolulu, HI ($300,000)
 Woodbury County Courthouse, Sioux City, IA ($300,000)
 Cahokia Mounds Archaeological Collection, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL ($55,000)
 Edward E. Ayer American Indian History Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago, IL
($125,000)
 John J. Glessner House, Chicago, IL ($250,000)
 Frederick C. Robie House, Chicago, IL ($250,000)
 Indiana Cotton Mill, Cannelton, IN ($250,000)
 Chase County Courthouse, Cottonwood Falls, KS ($250,000)
 Africa House, Yucca House and Prudhomme-Roquier House collectively known as Melrose
Plantation, Natchitoches, LA ($250,000)
 Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood, MD ($400,000)
 Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, MA ($400,000)
 Orchard House, Concord, MA ($400,000)
 American Antiquarian Society Library, Worcester, MA ($400,000)
 Cranbrook House, Bloomfield Hills, MI ($300,000)
 St. Louis Civil Court Records, St. Louis, MO ($175,000)
 Grand Opera House of Mississippi, Meridian, MS ($400,000)
 Butte - Silver Bow Public Archives, Butte, MT ($50,000)
 Union Tavern / Thomas Day House, Milton, NC ($250,000)
 Stewart Indian Boarding School Historic District, Carson City, NE ($250,000)
 Canterbury Shaker Village, Canterbury, NH ($250,000)
 Laundry and Hospital Outbuilding at Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty National Monument, NJ
($500,000)
 Feather Cave Complex Collections Archaeological Collections, Albuquerque, NM ($75,000)
 Harriet Tubman National Historical Park, Auburn, NY ($450,000)
 The Tenement at 97 Orchard Street, New York, NY ($250,000)
 Records of the United States Sanitary Commission, New York, NY ($250,000)
 The Metropolitan Opera Radio and Television Archives, New York, NY ($200,000)
 Babe Ruth Scrapbooks, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY ($50,000)
 Western Fine Arts Collection, Oklahoma City, OK ($140,000)
 The Hermitage, near Nashville, TN ($340,000)
 Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Philadelphia, PA ($500,000)
 1777-78 Continental Army Winter Encampment Structures, Valley Forge National Historical
Park, PA ($450,000)
 Fort San Felipe del Morro, San Juan National Historic Site, San Juan, PR ($750,000)
 Southeast Lighthouse, Block Island, RI ($300,000)
 Drayton Hall, Charleston, SC ($250,000)
 Corn Palace, Mitchell, SD ($400,000)
 Promontory Cave Collection, Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, UT ($50,000)
 B & O Railroad Roundhouse Complex, Martinsburg, WV ($500,000)
 Ten Chimneys, Genesee Depot, WI ($250,000)
2001 ($15 million awarded, 63 projects)[17][edit]

1838 Peter Augustus Jay House Rye, NY, 2002 Awardee

 Fort Mitchell Historic Site, AL ($300,000)

 Harrison Brothers Hardware, AL ($100,000)
 Pickens County Courthouse, AL ($100,000)
 USS Alabama (BB-60), AL ($250,000)
 Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association, AK ($500,000)
 Camp Ouachita, AR ($365,000)
 Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT ($100,000)
 Hill-Stead Museum, CT ($115,000)
 Bishop Museum Moving Image Collection, HI ($50,000)
 Englert Theatre, Iowa City, IA ($365,000)
 Hegeler-Carus Mansion, IL ($200,000)
 Bailly Chapel House, IN ($200,000)
 Quindaro Archaeological Site Preservation, KS ($200,000)
 Paducah-McCracken County River Heritage Museum, KY ($250,000)
 Shreveport Oakland Cemetery, LA ($365,000)
 City Hall, Taunton, MA ($250,000)
 Mahaiwe Theater, MA ($250,000)
 Documentation of the Immigrant Experience, MN ($250,000)
 University of Missouri (Audubon’s ‘‘Birds of America’’), MO ($155,000)
 George Ohr Museum and Cultural Center, MS ($425,000)
 Biltmore School, NC ($300,000)
 Eagle Block Rehabilitation, NH ($250,000)
 Belknap Mill, NH ($250,000)
 1901 Pan Am Building, New York, NY ($100,000)
 Amer. Air Power Museum (hangar restoration & Tuskegee Airmen exhibits), NY ($200,000)
 1838 Peter Augustus Jay House at the Jay Heritage Center Rye, NY ($100,000)
 Lion House at the Bronx Zoo, NY ($200,000)
 Scarsdale National Historic Railroad Station, NY ($100,000)
 State Theatre, NY ($150,000)
 Franklin House, NY ($100,000)
 Lincoln Historic Building, NM ($1,000,000)
 Akron Civic Theatre, OH ($500,000)
 U.S. Air Force Museum (restoration of XC–99 aircraft), OH ($200,000)
 Harborview (Great Lakes Historical Society), OH ($100,000)
 Wooster City Schools Administrative Building, OH ($500,000)
 Akron Civic Theatre, OH ($500,000)
 Lewis and Clark College (artifact preservation), OR ($400,000)
 American Architectural Foundation, Washington, DC - Model of World Trade Center
($62,000)
 Academy of Music, Philadelphia Orchestra, PA ($200,000)
 Scranton Cultural Center, PA ($250,000)
 Paul Robeson House, PA ($200,000)
 Masonic Temple, PA ($200,000)
 Pawtucket Armory, RI ($250,000)
 Robert Mills Courthouse, Camden, SC ($330,000)
 University of South Dakota Old Women’s Gym/ Original Armory, SD ($365,000)
 University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm, VT ($365,000)
 Vermont Historical Society, Spaulding Grade School, Barre, VT ($365,000)
 Fort Nisqually, WA ($250,000)
 Lincoln Courthouse, WI ($280,000)
 B&O Railroad/Vanadalia Corridor Restoration, WV ($200,000)
 Charles Washington Hall, WV ($200,000)
 Frederick Douglass Junior and Senior High School, Huntington, WV ($270,000)
 Arthurdale Historic Community (restoration), WV ($300,000)
 West Virginia State Museum—Civil War Regimental Flag Collection, WV ($95,000)
2002 ($13.7 million awarded, 55 projects)[4][edit]

 Ferryboat Berkeley, San Diego, CA ($200,000)

 Grabhorn Institute for the Printing Arts, San Francisco, CA ($50,000)