The EP Historical Society receives RI State Cultural Facilities Grant

At a statewide presentation of the 2016 RI State Cultural Facilities Grants at the Odeum Theater on Monday, Jan 11th, the East Providence Historical Society was awarded a matching grant of $28,000 for the interior renovation/ ADA compliance of the 1895 Hunt’s Mills Amusement Park Ticket Booth as the new Hunt’s Mills Education Center. The Society and other groups involved at Hunt’s Mills will use the Center for classroom, meeting and exhibit space. The 500 square foot space has been vacant since the Water Dept moved in 1990. In 2008, with the remainder of a Champlin Grant, the Historical Society buttoned up the building with a new roof and repairs to the foundation and siding, all approved by the RI HIstoric Preservation Commission. It is very exciting for the Historical Society to be able to finish the interior work and provide handicapped access to this building. To this end, the group has raised over $20,000 of the matching funds. if you would like to be part of this effort, please check our web site ephist.org This State Cultural Facilities Grant was awarded by the RI State Council on the Arts.