Central Maine historic buildings awarded energy grants

ELLSWORTH — Preservation of 22 historic buildings across the state, including many in central Maine, will share $290,438 in grants from the Maine Community Foundation Belvedere Historic Preservation and Energy Efficiency grant program.
The Belvedere Historic Preservation and Energy Efficiency Grant Program invests in the preservation, restoration, and retrofitting of historic buildings in Maine. Grants from this fund focus on capital investments in historic buildings that serve as civic, cultural, or economic hubs for communities.
Area nonprofits awarded grants are:
Durham Historical Society, to restore its building: $20,000
Friends of L.C. Bates Museum, Hinckley, for brick-and-mortar preservation: $4,000
Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, for an energy audit of the historic William T. Donnell House, a Victorian shipbuilder’s home: $1,600
Poland Spring Preservation Society, for critical repairs of the slate roof and copper flashing system of the chapel: $10,968
Town of Greenwood, for an energy audit and roof replacement of Greenwood Town Hall: $15,000
Windham Hill United Church of Christ, for steeple repair: $20,000
Wolfe’s Neck Farm Foundation, Freeport, to replace its wood shake roof: $10,000
Woman’s Literary Union of Androscoggin County, Auburn, for energy efficiency improvements: $20,000.
For a complete list of 2022 grantees, visit mainecf.org.