Contact: Pete Brown, Montana SHPO; [email protected]; 406-444-7718

HELENA – The Montana Historical Society’s State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) is announcing $350,000 in Revitalizing Montana’s Rural Heritage (RMRH) grant program funding to support the preservation of historic buildings in rural communities across the state.

This brick-and-mortar grant comes from the National Park Service’s (NPS) Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program (HRSP), funded by that agency’s Historic Preservation Fund. SHPO is among nine entities nationwide to obtain HRSP funds in the program’s inaugural year. The...