Please note that this page is for information only and as a resource for historic preservation – as of May 2024 the application closed for Muskogee Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program (MHRSP).
Neighbors Building Neighborhoods (NBN) received a Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grant from the National Park Service, Department of the Interior in 2023 to create the Muskogee Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The goal of this federal program is to support the rehabilitation of historic properties and to foster economic development in rural communities by funding preservation projects for National Register listed historic sites.
The purpose of the MHRSP subgrant program is to
- Revitalize properties and preserve past investments in National Register Historic Districts in Muskogee,
- Conserve National Register historic structures for future generations,
- Increase the viability and livability of existing housing stock in the historic districts of Muskogee while preserving the history embodied in the historic homes, and
- Foster economic development in Muskogee through the rehabilitation of historic buildings.
MHRSP Subgrantee Recipients:
In May 2024, the three month long application portal closed to contributing property applicants and projects located within Muskogee’s historic commercial or residential districts on the National Register of Historic Places.
Neighbors Building Neighborhoods, Inc. awarded 15 subgrants totaling $701,277 to residential and commercial property owners in the Kendall Place, Founders Place and Pre-Statehood Commercial historic districts.
Muskogee Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program Awarded Subgrantees.
For program and technical assistance questions, please contact us at ratherton@nbn-nrc.org or by calling (918) 310-1132.
Muskogee’s Historic Districts (as of March 2024):
The primarily residential historic districts are Founders’ Place Historic District (NRIS: 10005081) and Kendall Place Historic District (NRIS: 05001418).
Muskogee’s historic commercial districts are the Bacone College Historic District (NRIS: 14001027), the Depot and Freight Historic District (NRIS: 06001114), and the Pre-Statehood Commercial District (NRIS: 83004210).
Local Resources:
City of Muskogee – Planning Department
City of Muskogee – Planning Department (Zoning & Permitting Resources)
Historic District Design Guidelines
Founders’ Place Historic District Pattern Guide
Helpful Resources:
Oklahoma’s National Register of Historic Places Search
Oklahoma Historical Society – Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office
Oklahoma Historical Society – Consultant List Search
National Park Service – The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation
National Park Service – National Register of Historic Places
News Articles & Notices:
NEWS ARTICLE December 14, 2024 – Muskogee Phoenix – ‘Historic homes, buildings get renovations’
PUBLIC NOTICE August 18, 21, 22, 2024 – Muskogee Phoenix – ‘Request For Quotation’
PUBLIC NOTICE March 14, 17, 19, 2024 – Muskogee Phoenix – ‘Eligible Property Notice/Public Information Meetings’
NEWS ARTICLE March 19, 2024 – Muskogee Phoenix – ‘Grants could help owners preserve historic properties’
NEWS RELEASE January 6, 2024 – Muskogee Phoenix – ‘City of Muskogee (Public Works) Ordinance Resolution No. 2971 to allow Neighbors Building Neighborhoods (NBN) to issue Certificates of Appropriateness (COA) on behalf of the Historic Preservation Commission for the Muskogee Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program’
NEWS RELEASE August 15, 2023 Muskogee Phoenix – ‘Program awards NBN with $750K grant’
NEWS RELEASE August 10, 2023 – National Park Service – ‘National Park Service awards over $9.6 million in grants to support preservation in rural communities’
The Muskogee Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program is being supported in part by the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
“This material was produced with assistance from the Historic Preservation Fund, administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior under Grant Number #P23AP01971-00. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s} and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.”