Four sacred historic sites on Long Island have won a total of nearly $50,000 in grants to help repair, restore and preserve churches that are more than a century old, officials said.

The grants were awarded to congregations in Bay Shore, Amityville, Bellport and Huntington by the New York Landmarks Conservancy, a private nonprofit organization. They were among 16 grants totaling $321,000 awarded to 15 historic religious properties in the state.

The Long Island sites are Bay Shore United Methodist Church, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Amityville, Bellport United Methodist Church, and Ketewamoke DAR Hall in Huntington, which was formerly the First Universalist Church.

The Bay Shore church will receive $16,000 to help pay for the restoration of a steeple, while the Amityville church will receive $15,000 to help replace cedar shingles throughout the complex. The Bellport church will receive $14,000 to pay for the restoration of a steeple, along with project management costs.

The Ketewamoke DAR Hall in Huntington will receive $4,000 to help pay for masonry repairs as well as foundation, roof drainage and carpentry repairs.

Some of the conservation funds come from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, the group said.

“Our grants support the preservation of these iconic buildings, which are important anchors for their members and their communities,” Peg Breen, president of the conservancy, said in a statement. “These 15 congregations reach nearly 140,000 people in their areas with programs that address food insecurity, addiction and social isolation, and serve as venues for important arts and cultural activities.”

Houses of worship must complete an application to apply for grants.

Bay Shore United Methodist Church includes an “1893 Romanesque and Queen Anne-style transitional church with an auditorium plan,” the conservancy said. The church helps about 3,000 people, in addition to regular membership, through activities that include a weekly soup kitchen, two AA and NA groups, a Head Start program, a thrift store and Thanksgiving and Christmas meals, the conservancy said .

Pastor Daehyun (Daniel) Park said the church tower was damaged in a storm and the grant will help repair it.

“We prayed for the grant and thank God,” the money came, Park said. “We are so grateful. It’s a wonderful opportunity.”

In Amityville, the grant helps pay for the replacement of aging cedar shingles throughout the church complex, said Father Randolph Jon Geminder, the longtime rector.

The grant, which will cover about a tenth of the project’s cost, is “a big help, so we’re very grateful,” he said.

“Zondrilla is really protecting the building and they were coiling and splitting. They were very old,” he added. “It was necessary to protect the infrastructure of the building, but also restore the appearance as it must have looked in 1888, when they finally finished the building.”

He said the church is “the keystone of the Amityville Village Historic District.”

The parish helps about 1,700 people besides its members through activities such as the Amityville Women’s Club, Al-Anon, concerts and rehearsals for music groups, an annual fish fry and guild teas, the conservancy said.

Bellport United Methodist Church “was founded in 1850 and has been in its current building since 1945,” the conservancy said. “The Greek Revival timber-framed, gable-ended ‘meeting house’ style church is an excellent, well-preserved example of the mid-19th century timber-framed churches found on Long Island .”

That church hosts a daycare center, thrift store, 12-step meetings, Boy Scout troops, dance and music classes and a quilting group, the conservancy said.

Huntington Hall was built as the First Universalist Society in 1837, the group said. The Ketewamoke Daughters of the American Revolution has used the building as a chapter house since 1914. The building is used for activities including food drives, collections for the USMC Toys for Tots program, supply drives, a book drive, and a scholarship program. .