The OPRD’s State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) offers matching grants for rehabilitation work that supports the preservation of historic resources listed in the National Register of Historic Places or for significant work contributing toward identifying, preserving and/or interpreting archaeological sites.

We were once again awarded their Preserving Oregon Grant for the purpose of rebuilding the boiler of the SP&S 700. The grant award is for $20,000 and work for this sub-project began last July.

We greatly appreciate this award, and give thanks to the State of Oregon for their support of the SP&S 700. The 700 qualified for this grant through its status as a National Historic Place.

Also required is a match in the form of additional donations and grants from others, as well as volunteered labor from PRPA crew members and other volunteers from our sister organizations within ORHF.

Because it’s a matching grant, we need our friends and people like you to demonstrate their support for this monumental cultural and historical project.

Please see our HOW YOU CAN HELP PAGE and donate now!!