Neely Mansion recently received a $500 Washington Trust for Historic Preservation award through the Valerie Sivinski Washington Preserves Fund.

The award will be used to purchase materials for the restoration of the roof, doors, floor and siding of the mansion’s Acosta garden shed building. Built in 1894, Neely Mansion is a Victorian wood-framed building in Auburn.

The tool shed is a small, vernacular building, which helps visitors to understand the full range of activities that took place at the site.

While the grants are modest, recipients consistently report the important role an ward plays in leveraging additional contributions, validating local preservation work, and ultimately achieving project goals.

The intent of the program is to assist preservation projects where they really happen: at the local level.

Recipients of the 2016 Valerie Sivinski Washington Preserves Fund grant awards were publicly announced Dec. 8.

Since 1998, the fund has awarded 124 projects totaling almost $120,000 in funding to local historic preservation organizations and advocates engaged in the important work of preserving Washington’s cultural heritage.

For more information, visit preservewa.org or call 206-624-9449.