Teien Central School District No. 9 Schoolhouse Conditions Assessment

The grants funded a Conditions Assessment of the Teien Central School District No. 9 schoolhouse, built in 1904, to evaluate its restoration needs. This assessment will help prioritize necessary stabilization and restoration projects, as the building has served the community for decades, first as a school and later as a town hall. In 2020, the Township Board, facing budget constraints, formed a volunteer committee to seek funding for the building's extensive restoration to prevent its destruction. Restoration of the building will allow it to once again be utilized as a place for public gatherings as well as serve as a museum display of the history of the school building and showcase its historical significance.
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$6,451,000 the first year and $7,035,000 the second year are for statewide historic and cultural grants to local, county, regional, or other historical or cultural organizations or for activities to preserve significant historic and cultural resources. Money must be distributed through a competitive grant process. The Minnesota Historical Society must administer the money using established grant mechanisms with assistance from the advisory committee created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), item (ii).
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