Grants have been awarded through the State Historical Society's Deadwood Fund Grant Program.

Funding for the program is from Deadwood gaming revenue earmarked by state law for historic preservation projects throughout the state. The program is administered by the State Historical Society's Historic Preservation Office at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre.

"This is the eleventh year for this historic preservation grants program," South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds said in a news release. "We are distributing over $103,000 this year between 12 projects which will result in a total public-private investment of over $207,000. This program is designed to encourage restoration or rehabilitation of historic properties and is one more way we can promote and protect our history and culture through 2010 and beyond."

The following projects recently received matching preservation grants from the South Dakota State Historical Society.

- Grand Opera House, Dell Rapids, $12,000 for window and door repair.

- Surveyor's House, De Smet, $4,000 for roof restoration.

- Minneapolis Brew Company Warehouse, Faith, $10,000 for exterior rehabilitation.

- State Veteran's Home Barn, Hot Springs, $10,000 for exterior and interior stabilization and rehabilitation.

- Pearl Hotel, Kadoka, $12,000 for total restoration.

- Schmitt House, Menno, $3,350 for repairing porch and windows, and for painting.

- Mitchell Carnegie Library, $15,000 for roof and dome repair.

- Redfield Fire Station, $8,513 to reshingle roof.

- Sioux Falls Coliseum, $12,000 to restore façade, window openings.

- Anderson House at Frawley Ranch National Historic Landmark near Spearfish, $10,000 for interior rehabilitation.

- Brown Earth Indian Church near Stockholm, $3,000 for bell tower and belfry rehabilitation.

- Wessington Springs Fieldhouse, $4,042 for tuckpointing and window/door repair.

For more information on the South Dakota State Historical Society's Deadwood Fund Grant Program, contact the State Historic Preservation Office at the Cultural Heritage Center, 900 Governors Drive, Pierre, SD 57501-2217; telephone (605) 773-3458; or Web site www.sdhistory.org HP/histpres.htm.