CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES
RECOMMENDED LIST FOR 2012 HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANTS
37 Historic Sites Approved by NJ Historic Trust to Receive More Than $1.4 Million in Funding

TRENTON, N.J. The Christie Administration today announced that 37 preservation planning projects at historic sites have been recommended for 2012 Historic Preservation Grants by the New Jersey Historic Trust. The recommended projects would receive a total of $1,393,084 million in matching grant funding.

The New Jersey Historic Trust Board of Trustees approved the grant recommendations at its meeting today. The recommended projects will now go before the Garden State Preservation Trust for ratification and then move on to the New Jersey Legislature for approval. 

The Historic Trust s continued support for the preservation of New Jersey s heritage helps our communities maintain their sense of place and brings buildings back to active and valued  use, said New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Richard E. Constable, III. These matching grants go to projects that encourage local investment, create jobs, stimulate economic growth and attract tourism. New Jersey s history is a great asset for attracting residents and businesses to participate in our state s growth and development.

Funding for the 2012 grant round is coming from the Garden State Preservation Trust Fund, which was created to preserve open space, farmland and historic sites with money raised through voter-approved bond referendums. The New Jersey Historic Trust, a DCA affiliate, administers the historic grants from the Trust Fund.

The 2012 grant round is devoted to Historic Sites Management Grants that support non-construction activities such as conditions assessments, engineering reports, construction documents, archaeology investigations, use feasibility studies and heritage tourism initiatives. Special initiatives this year highlighted projects that addressed planning for energy conservation or heritage tourism assessments. 

Every grant round is highly competitive, said Historic Trust Executive Director Dorothy P. Guzzo. The projects recommended for funding are exceptional in their design and will not only help save our state s significant history, but contribute to its economy.

When these recommended projects are approved by the Garden State Preservation Trust and the Legislature later this year, the Historic Trust will have awarded more than $149 million to 734 preservation projects since 1990.

Established in 1967, the New Jersey Historic Trust is the only nonprofit historic preservation organization in New Jersey created by state law. The Trust officially became a DCA affiliate in November 2002, in an effort to better realign the state's smart growth initiatives with historic revitalization. Its mission is to advance historic preservation in New Jersey for the benefit of future generations through education, stewardship and financial investment programs that save our heritage and strengthen our communities.

For more information on the New Jersey Historic Trust, log on to http://www.njht.org/.

Note: the project names are as listed on the National Register of Historic Places and may not reflect the current names of the property.

Project Name

County

Municipality

Grant Award

Christ Church Cemetery

Burlington

Bordentown

$7,500

St. Mary's Episcopal Church

Burlington

Burlington

$50,000

Crosswicks Community House

Burlington

Chesterfield Township

$21,525

Perkins Center for the Arts

Burlington

Moorestown

$34,500

Jacob s Chapel AME Church

Burlington

Mount Laurel

$50,000

St. Paul s Church, Camden

Camden

Camden

$49,669

Benjamin Cooper House

Camden

Camden

$15,000

John Lucas House

Camden

Gibbsboro

$50,000

Glover Fulling Mill

Camden

Haddon Heights

$50,000

Indian King Tavern

Camden

Haddonfield

$50,000

Nathaniel Foster House

Cape May

Lower Township

$15,000

Bivalve Shipping Sheds and Wharves

Cumberland

Commercial Township

$46,125

Israel Crane House

Essex

Montclair

$28,500

Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church

Essex

Newark

$41,074

Hoboken City Hall

Hudson

Hoboken

$37,500

Barrow Mansion

Hudson

Jersey City

$50,000

Hunt s Mill and M.C. Mulligan & Sons Quarry

Hunterdon

Clinton

$13,309

Case/Dvoor Farmstead

Hunterdon

Raritan Township

$45,000

First Presbyterian Church, Ewing

Mercer

Ewing

$37,125

Livingston Avenue UCC

Middlesex

New Brunswick

$50,000

First Reformed Church of New Brunswick

Middlesex

New Brunswick

$50,000

St. Peter s Episcopal Church, Spotswood

Middlesex

Spotswood

$39,377

Barron Arts Center

Middlesex

Woodbridge

$50,000

Trinity Episcopal Church

Monmouth

Asbury Park

$49,350

Strauss Mansion

Monmouth

Atlantic Highlands

$33,660

Lieutenant s Quarters 02, Fort Hancock

Monmouth

Middletown

$50,000

Camp Evans Historic District

Monmouth

Wall

$50,000

James Library Building

Morris

Madison

$21,375

Fosterfields Living Historical Farm

Morris

Morris Township

$40,930

Passaic County Courthouse and Annex

Passaic

Paterson

$20,000

Van Riper-Hopper House, Van Duyne House

Passaic

Wayne

$9,487

Oswald J. Nitschke House

Union

Kenilworth

$20,813

Grace Episcopal Church

Union

Plainfield

$33,900

Elizabeth and Gershom Frazee House

Union

Scotch Plains

$50,000

First Presbyterian Church of Springfield

Union

Springfield

$47,265

The Clearing

Union

Summit

$35,100

Rutherfurd Hall

Warren

Allamuchy Township

$50,000