New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA)

New Jersey Historic Trust Announces Preserve New Jersey Preservation Grant Award Recommendations

Posted on: 09/29/2021

More Than $14 Million Awarded for Preservation Planning, Heritage Tourism and Capital Projects and Special Initiatives

TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Historic Trust, an affiliate of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), today approved $14,305,959 in grant recommendations from the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund for 69 preservation planning, heritage tourism and capital projects to save and promote historic sites throughout the state. Of note this year, the Trust received the highest number of applications requesting funding for heritage tourism initiatives.

“I am pleased to see such a great response to this year’s grant round,” said Lieutenant Governor Sheila Y. Oliver, who serves as DCA Commissioner. “Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund grants provide an opportunity for applicants to honor, preserve, and restore irreplaceable landmarks, which serve as a voice for historic preservation in New Jersey. I look forward to seeing these projects and special initiatives come to fruition.”

Nineteen of the grants will help fund preservation planning projects such as condition assessments, historic structure reports, archaeological investigations, and construction documents. Five grants will help fund heritage tourism initiatives to improve the visitor experience at historic sites. Forty-four grants will fund capital preservation projects on sites listed in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places.

All grants awarded to nonprofit organizations or entities of municipal, county and state governments require a match from the recipient. Included in this list is funding to create an emergency intervention fund that can be accessed when sites are threatened or endangered. Having the ability to quickly intervene in an emergency increases the Trust’s relevancy in the protection of New Jersey’s irreplaceable heritage.

Also included in this list is the second tranche of funding for the multi-year project to restore the Lambert Castle in Passaic County.

“We’re thrilled to recommend so many interesting projects for funding. We look forward to working with these applicants to preserve and restore some of New Jersey’s most loved treasures,” said New Jersey Historic Trust Executive Director Dorothy Guzzo. “We are especially excited to see so many historic sites embrace heritage tourism. Creating an enriching experience for heritage travelers will benefit the New Jersey economy.”

The grant recommendations, which have been approved by the New Jersey Historic Trust Board, will be presented to the Garden State Preservation Trust at its next meeting and require a legislative appropriations bill and the Governor’s approval before funds are made available.

Funding for the current grant round is dedicated from a voter-approved constitutional amendment that created the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund. The Preserve New Jersey Fund continues the work of the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund and voter-supported referendums that have committed over $180 million to more than 1,000 historic preservation projects since 1990. All funded resources are listed in the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places, either individually or within designated historic districts.

Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund Grant Recommendations
Historic Site Management Grants (up to $50,000)

Applicant	Project Name	Municipality	County	Recommended Award
The Radburn Association	Radburn Historic District	Fair Lawn Borough	Bergen	$50,000
Roebling Main Gate Museum [DBA: Roebling Museum]	Roebling Historic District	Florence Township	Burlington	$15,155
Borough of Gibbsboro	John Lucas House	Borough of Gibbsboro	Camden	$50,000
Camden County Parks Department	Ebenezer Hopkins House	Haddon Township	Camden	$50,000
Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities	Emlen Physick Estate	City of Cape May	Cape May	$47,370
Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities	Emlen Physick Estate	City of Cape May	Cape May	$50,000
Downe Township	Union Hall	Downe Township	Cumberland	$29,000
Newark Landmarks	Weequahic High School	City of Newark	Essex	$13,580
City of Jersey City	Fickens Warehouse	City of Jersey City	Hudson	$50,000
Borough of High Bridge	Solitude House	High Bridge Borough	Hunterdon	$7,500
Isles, Inc.	Elks - BPOE Building (Carver Center YMCA)	City of Trenton	Mercer	$50,000
Twin Lights Historical Society	Navesink Lighthouse (Twin Lights) (Navesink Light Station)	Highlands Borough	Monmouth	$27,072
Township of Middletown	Dempsey Pump House	Middletown Township	Monmouth	$15,000
Washington Township Land Trust of Morris County, Inc.	Obadiah LaTourette Grist and Saw Mill (German Valley Historic District)	Washington Township	Morris	$36,000
Friends of Passaic County Parks, Inc.	Morris Canal	City of Clifton	Passaic	$50,000
Town of Newton	Newton Town Plot Historic District	Town of Newton	Sussex	$30,000
The Plainfield Garden Club	Cedar Brook Park	City of Plainfield	Union	$9,000
Historical Society of Plainfield	Nathaniel Drake House	City of Plainfield	Union	$14,025
Westfield Historical Society	William Edgar Reeve House	Town of Westfield	Union	$45,600

Historic Site Management Grants for Heritage Tourism (up to $50,000) 

Applicant	Project Name	Municipality	County	Recommended Award
Crossroads of the American Revolution Association, Inc.	Palisades Interstate Park	Fort Lee Borough	Bergen	$50,000
South Mountain TheaterWorks, Inc. (d/b/a South Mountain TV)	Krueger Mansion	City of Newark	Essex	$50,000
Trent House Association	William Trent House	City of Trenton	Mercer	$37,403
Millstone Township Historic Preservation Commission	Clarksburg Methodist Episcopal Church	Millstone Township	Monmouth	$50,000
Musconetcong Watershed Association	Hoffman Grist Mill	Franklin Township	Warren	$50,000

Level I Capital Preservation Grants ($5,000 – $150,000) 

Applicant	Project Name	Municipality	County	Recommended Award
Friends of West Hill, Inc.	West Hill	Burlington Township	Burlington	$7,619
Evesham Historical Society	John Inskeep Homestead	Evesham Township	Burlington	$23,347
Doane Academy	St. Mary's Hall (Doane Academy)	City of Burlington	Burlington	$114,628
Bordentown Historical Society	Bordentown Historic District (Clara Barton School)	City of Bordentown	Burlington	$109,034
City of Burlington	Burlington Historic District (The Carriage House)	City of Burlington	Burlington	$142,164
Newton Monthly Meeting (NMN)	Newton Friends Meetinghouse	City of Camden	Camden	$104,388
Lawnside Historical Society, Inc.	Peter Mott House	Lawnside Borough	Camden	$60,607
Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities	Emlen Physick Estate	City of Cape May	Cape May	$38,763
Historic Restoration Trust of the Town of Nutley, New Jersey	Kingsland Manor	Nutley Township	Essex	$23,910
Red Mill Museum Village	M.C. Mulligan & Sons Quarry [Red Mill, Hunt's Mill]	Town of Clinton	Hunterdon	$46,656
Historic Morven, Inc.	Morven	Municipality of Princeton	Mercer	$31,434
Historical Society of Hamilton Township, Inc.	Isaac Pearson House	Hamilton Township	Mercer	$126,531
The Growing Stage - Children's Theatre of New Jersey	Palace Theater	Netcong Borough	Morris	$87,728
Dover Area Historical Society	Condict House/ Presbyterian Church House	Town of Dover	Morris	$38,618
Skylands Association	Skylands (Pump House)	Ringwood Borough	Passaic	$43,200
Friends of Long Pond Ironworks	Long Pond Iron Works (Hewitt Church)	West Milford Township	Passaic	$56,730
Liberty Hall Museum, Inc.	Liberty Hall	Union Township	Union	$110,004
Township of Berkeley Heights	Littel-Lord Farmstead	Berkeley Heights Township	Union	$60,000
Allamuchy Township School District	Rutherfurd Hall (Rutherfurd Mansion)	Allamuchy Township	Warren	$122,000
Township of Harmony	Van Nest-Hoff-Vannatta Farm	Harmony Township	Warren	$25,000

Level II Capital Preservation Grants ($150,000 - $750,000)  

Applicant	Project Name	Municipality	County	Recommended Award
City of Atlantic City	Fire Station #8 (Fire Department 4 and Drill School)	City of Atlantic City	Atlantic	$750,000
Village of Ridgewood	John A. L. Zabriskie House	Ridgewood Village	Bergen	$499,166
Riverton Steamboat Landing Foundation	Riverton Steamboat Landing (Riverton Yacht Club)	Riverton Borough	Burlington	$322,500
Alice Paul Institute	Alice Paul Birthplace (Paulsdale)	Mount Laurel Township	Burlington	$304,500
Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Inc.	USS New Jersey (BB-62)	City of Camden	Camden	$750,000
Haddonfield Friends School	Haddonfield Friends School	Haddonfield Borough	Camden	$725,000
NASW Foundation	Hangar No. 1	Lower Township	Cape May	$362,880
County of Cumberland	Bridgeton Historic District Cumberland County Courthouse)	City of Bridgeton	Cumberland	$545,557
Township of Bloomfield	Collins House	Bloomfield Township	Essex	$450,000
Township of Livingston	Theophilus Ward/Thomas Force House and Condit Family Cook House	Livingston Township	Essex	$403,052
City of Jersey City	Reservoir #3	City of Jersey City	Hudson	$750,000
Kingwood Township	William Lindsay White House	Kingwood Township	Hunterdon	$247,121
City of Trenton	Trenton City Hall	City of Trenton	Mercer	$749,909
The Watershed Institute	Andrew and Hannah Drake Farmstead/ Brookdale Farm	Pennington Borough	Mercer	$320,570
Municipality of Princeton	Princeton Ice Company (Mountain Lakes Preserve)	Municipality of Princeton	Mercer	$395,218
SLTCC Landmark Friends, Inc.	Seabright Lawn Tennis & Cricket Club	Rumson Borough	Monmouth	$304,070
Borough of Mendham	Phoenix House	Mendham Borough	Morris	$348,565
Museum of Early Trades & Crafts	Madison Public Library and the James Building	Madison Borough	Morris	$303,933
Borough of Madison	Madison Masonic Lodge	Madison Borough	Morris	$488,100
Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms	Craftsman Farms	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township	Morris	$750,000
Morris Museum	Normandy Park Historic District (Twin Oaks)	Town of Morristown	Morris	$472,893
Friends Meeting House and Cemetery Association of Randolph Township, New Jersey	Friends Meetinghouse	Randolph Township	Morris	$221,500
Morris County Historical Society	Acorn Hall	Town of Morristown	Morris	$248,350
County of Ocean	Mary Etta Cox House	Barnegat Township	Ocean	$518,645

Established in 1967, the New Jersey Historic Trust is the only nonprofit historic preservation organization in New Jersey created by state law. The Trust became a DCA affiliate in 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 and its funding programs, visit www.njht.org.

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