CSS Neuse Civil War Museum:Phase I

Organization:

CSS Neuse Gunboat Association, Inc.

Amount:

$100,000.00

Program Area:

Open Grants Program

County of Applicant:

Lenoir

Description:

The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to assist the City of Kinston and Lenoir County with Phase I architectural and engineering plans to establish a Civil War museum in downtown Kinston to preserve the CSS Neuse, one of only three ironclad Civil War gunboats on display in the world. The project will serve as a hub for 26 other Civil War sites that are being packaged to promote cultural and heritage tourism in eastern North Carolina and the state.

Contact:

Mr. Thomas L. Lee Jr. 100 North Queen Street Kinston, North Carolina 28501 (252) 939-3271

Areas Served:

Lenoir