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Lakeport Plantation, Lake Village, Arkansas (click here to access higher resolution image)








National Humanities restoration grant
to ASU is largest in country

July 5, 2005 -- The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced that 10 cultural institutions have been approved to received NEH Challenge Grants. 

The largest grant, for up to $1 million, was awarded to ASU to support restoration work of two historic sites . . . the 1858 Lakeport Plantation, near Lake Village, and the Mitchell-East Building in Tyronza.

Under the grant program requirements, the grant must be matched 3-to-1.

For more information, click here to review the details and list of other grantees in the NEH news release.
 

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