Program Goals
1. Guam Preservation Trust Grant Program
1a. Guam Preservation Trust Application
The following are programs intended and envisioned by the Guam Preservation Trust to
preserve and protect Guam’s historic sites,culture, and persectives for the benefit of our
people and our future. Attached is the grant application.
I. Historic Property Documentation and Register Nomination
This program assists in the documentation of the historic significance of places, objects,
structures, buildings, and sites, and in the formal process for registration and nomination
for listing on the Guam and/or National Register of Historic Places. A prerequisite for eligibility to
this program requires a review and determination of priority level by the Historic
Resources Division, Guam Department of Parks and Recreation.
II. Public Interpretation and Presentation
This program provides assistance in the interpretation and presentation of one or more
historic properties for public appreciation and enjoyment. The following are categories in the
interpretation and/or presentation of historic properties:
- Events, performances, or programs in direct association with specific historic resources;
- Publication of information regarding historic resources and their associations; and
- Education tools to assist educators in presenting lessons directly related to historic properties
III. Architectural History
This program focuses on architectural research and documentation of historic structures. The following are category objectives in architectural history:
- Detailed documentation or recordation of a specific structure or set of structures
guided by the Written Historical and Descriptive Date Guidelines.
- Original research in architectural practices and influences in relation to a
specific structure or set of structures
IV. Repair, Restoration or Renovation of Historic Buildings and Structures
This program assists owners of historic properties or interested community
organizations in the care and treatment of deteriorating historic structures and buildings.
This program involves the following standard process adopted by the Guam Preservation
Trust:
- Agreement documents between GPT and the property owner
- Restoration Planning
- Stabilization and as-built drawings from a certified architectural firm
- Restoration drawings from a certified architectural firm
- Historic documentation of the structure or building
- Covenant (agreement provisions)
- Restoration Work
A prerequisite for eligibility is that the historic structure or building must be on the listing of
Historic Places. The following are requirements for this program.
- Certificate of land title
- Official property survey
- Official topography
V. Ethnography and Oral History
This program provides assistance for research on and documentation of historic places and the
traditional cultural values, and practices that give these places, values, and practices
significance. The research methods used in this program are those of ethnography and oral
history.
VI. Archival Research
This program provides assistance in archival research that focuses on specific historic places
or broad patterns of events significant in Guam’s history.
VII. Archaeological Research
This program provides assistance in archaeological research, with the exception of
archaeology that is required by law to complete compliance obligations imposed in development
review and permitting processes. The following are archaeological research projects that are
eligible for assistance.
- Compliance projects that produce excessive burdens on private,
noncommercial land owners (in accordance with adopted GPT policies).
- Projects designed to complete site documentation of known but poorly
described archaeological sites in areas not part of a proposed development.
- Original research that addresses topics of outstanding general significance and that
is well designed and focuses on tests of specific, well-framed research questions.
Such research should expand existing knowledge and be of strategic importance
for interpreting aspects of prehistoric or historic culture and society.
VIII. Miscellaneous
The miscellaneous program provides for potential consideration of proposals that can be
justified according to the purposes of GPT but which do not fall within the programs listed. A
proposal submitted in this category must have strong justification with respect to how it
advances the purposes of GPT and how it will provide a public benefit commensurate with the
costs proposed.
2. Guam Preservation Trust Programs
3. GPT Master Plan
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