NJ Department of Community Affairs | Jul-17-06 NJ Historic Trust Awards Over $1.2 Million in Preservation Grants

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July 17, 2006	(609) 292-6055 Press Office

TRENTON , N.J. – New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Susan Bass Levin today announced the award of over $1.2 million in 2005 Historic Trust Preservation Grants. The funding will support preservation projects at 40 historic sites throughout New Jersey and is made possible through funding from the Garden State Preservation Trust Fund.

“Preserving New Jersey’s history is an investment in our communities,” said Commissioner Levin. “By restoring and preserving these historical treasures we will help ensure that all New Jersey residents can enjoy them for generations.”

The 2005 grant round was for Historic Site Management Grants. Historic Site Management Grants support non-construction activities such as long-term planning for operations and programs, including building assessments, accessibility, landscape planning and heritage tourism.

The Historic Trust administers the Garden State Historic Trust Preservation Trust Fund, which was created to promote historic preservation and encourage joint preservation efforts by the public and private sectors. It funds both capital projects and planning projects for historic preservation.

Since 1990, the Trust has awarded a total of $96.26 million in matching grants to 455 preservation projects through the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund and the Historic Preservation Bond Program. This is the fifth round of funding under the current matching grant program, which was established by a voter-approved ballot initiative to preserve open space, farmland and historic sites.

Established in 1967, the New Jersey Historic Trust is the only non profit historic preservation organization in New Jersey created by state law. The Trust officially became a DCA affiliate in November of 2002 in an effort to better realign the state’s smart growth initiatives with historic revitalization.

Project Name	Award	Municipality	County
Mary Etta Cox House Outbuildings	$46,660	Barnegat	Ocean
Presbyterian Church at Bound Brook	$29,178	Bound Brook	Somerset
St. Andrew's Episc. Church, Bridgeton	$14,972	Bridgeton	Cumberland
St. Mary's Hall-Doane Academy	$15,225	Burlington	Burlington
Battleship New Jersey	$11,099	Camden	Camden
Camden Collaboration	$24,000	Camden	Camden
Cape Island Presbyterian Church	$50,000	Cape May	Cape May
Kirkpatrick Memorial Presby. Church	$39,596	East Amwell	Hunterdon
Edgewater Municipal Building	$27,810	Edgewater	Bergen
Fleming Castle	$18,750	Flemington	Hunterdon
Pittstown Station	$15,750	Franklin Township	Hunterdon
Glen Ridge Municipal Complex	$10,500	Glen Ridge	Essex
Greenwich Lower Meeting Hs. and Cemet.	$5,000	Greenwich	Cumberland
Glen Alpin	$50,000	Harding	Morris
Stockton Street Historic District	$42,298	Hightstown	Mercer
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Hope	$11,021	Hope	Warren
Ellis Island Laundry Building	$50,000	Jersey City	Hudson
Presbyterian Church of Chatham Township	$23,557	Madison	Morris
Life-Saving Station, Manasquan	$32,047	Manasquan	Monmouth
All Saints' Episcopal Church, Millington	$12,461	Millington	Morris
Millville Army Airfield Hanger #8	$50,000	Millville	Cumberland
Upper Montclair Bellvue Ave. Library	$50,000	Montclair	Essex
Evergreens, Crane & Clark Houses	$28,960	Montclair	Essex
Mount Holly First Presby. Church	$49,995	Mount Holly	Burlington
Convent of Saint Peter the Apostle	$43,778	New Brunswick	Middlesex
Ballantine Mansion Carriage House	$50,000	Newark	Essex
South Park Calvary Presbyterian Church	$50,000	Newark	Essex
Temple B'nai Abraham, Newark	$24,497	Newark	Essex
Orange Free Public Library	$38,325	Orange	Essex
Eastside Park Horse Stable	$50,000	Paterson	Passaic
Princeton Theological Seminary	$49,995	Princeton	Mercer
Telegraph Building	$14,552	Salem	Salem
Alphonso Eakin House and Bathhouse	$18,000	Salem	Salem
District 98 Schoolhouse	$22,462	Stockton	Hunterdon
Dickinson Mansion/East Trenton Library	$25,748	Trenton	Mercer
St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Trenton	$26,250	Trenton	Mercer
Trenton Friends Meeting House	$42,775	Trenton	Mercer
Port Colden United Methodist Church	$27,000	Washington	Warren
Peachfield and Old School House	$49,155	Westampton	Burlington
Mount Zion Cemetery, Woolwich	$21,750	Woolwich Township	Gloucester