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Preservation consultants identify about 4,000 properties 50+ years old; recommend phased survey and grants
Summary
Consultants from Clinton Brown Company presented a townwide historic resources survey for Grand Island, reporting roughly 4,000 properties that meet a 50‑year threshold and recommending targeted surveys, National Register nominations where appropriate, and pursuit of state grant programs to fund phased work.
Clinton Brown of Brown Company Architecture told the Grand Island Town Board that a townwide historic resource survey identified approximately 4,000 extant properties with construction dates of 50 years or older and recommended a phased approach to surveying, designation and grant applications.
Brown said the study frames the island’s development around its bridges, which greatly increased access and spurred residential and commercial growth, and identified dense collections of mid‑century and earlier houses that could form historic districts. He told the board that a state historic homeownership…
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