NJ Department of Community Affairs

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

Posted on: 09/25/2024

More Than $16 Million in Awards Recommended for Preservation Planning, Heritage Tourism, and Capital Projects

TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Historic Trust, an affiliate of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), today approved a total of $16,598,738 in grant recommendations from the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund to save and promote historic sites throughout the state. Seventy-five preservation planning, municipal, county, and regional planning, heritage tourism, and capital projects are included in this year’s list of recommendations.

“Historic preservation is an integral part of community and economic revitalization and I am excited to see a diverse list of grant recipients this year,” said DCA Commissioner Jacquelyn A. Suárez. “From historic homes, farms, schoolhouses, and churches to train stations, lighthouses, and villages, the work that will be accomplished with the preservation grants will help to secure the future of our most treasured historic places in the Garden State.”

Of the 75 grant award recommendations, 30 will help fund a variety of preservation planning projects such as condition assessments, historic structure reports, archaeological investigations, and construction documents; two will help fund Intensive-Level Architectural Surveys and an update to existing Design Guidelines; two will help fund heritage tourism initiatives to improve the visitor experience at historic sites; and 41 will fund capital preservation projects on sites listed in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places. All grants awarded are to nonprofit organizations or entities of municipal, county and state governments and require a match from the recipient.

Included in the list of recommendations is $1,500,000 for the next phase of funding for the following previously awarded multiyear projects: Shadow Lawn in Monmouth County and the Passaic County Court House in Passaic County.

“I am very pleased that we are able to assist, through the Preserve New Jersey Fund, so many worthy projects throughout the State of New Jersey,” said New Jersey Historic Trust Executive Director Glenn Ceponis. “The projects associated with these historic properties will benefit all New Jerseyans and provide lasting impacts to the communities where these sites are located.”

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 $200 million to more than 1,000 historic preservation projects since 1990. All funded resources are listed or certified eligible 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 (up to $75,000)

Applicant	Project Name	Municipality	County	Recommended Award
City of Atlantic City	Atlantic City Fire Station #6 / Atlantic City Fire Station #9	Atlantic City	Atlantic	$49,999.00
Radburn Association	Radburn Historic District	Fair Lawn Borough	Bergen	$75,000.00
Bordentown Historical Society	Clara Barton Schoolhouse (Bordentown Historic District)	Bordentown City	Burlington	$43,867.00
Roebling Main Gate Museum	101 Second Ave (Roebling Historic District)	Florence Township	Burlington	$18,750.00
Camden County Historical Society	Pomona Hall (Cooper House)	Camden City	Camden	$43,110.00
Millville Army Air Field Museum (MAAFM)	Millville Army Air Field Historic District	Millville City	Cumberland	$13,830.00
Van Riper House, Inc.	Van Riper House	Nutley Township	Essex	$9,634.00
Township of Weehawken	Hackensack Water Company Complex	Weehawken Township	Hudson	$56,250.00
The 1759 Vought House, Inc., A Revolutionary War Loyalist Homestead	Christoffel Vought Farmstead	Clinton Township	Hunterdon	$16,111.00
The Kalmia Club	The Kalmia Club	Lambertville City	Hunterdon	$26,250.00
Readington Township	Taylor's Mill (Taylor's Mill Historic District)	Readington Township	Hunterdon	$34,290.00
Stockton Borough	District No. 98 Schoolhouse	Stockton Borough	Hunterdon	$43,875.00
Historic Trenton Masonic Temple	Masonic Temple (State House Historic District)	Trenton City	Mercer	$31,350.00
Greater Mt. Zion Community Development Corporation	Greater Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church	Trenton City	Mercer	$18,700.00
Washington Crossing Park Association, Inc.	Washington Crossing State Park	Hopewell Township	Mercer	$75,000.00
Old Barracks Association	Old Barracks	Trenton City	Mercer	$66,450.00
The Founders Committee, NJ State Society of National Society Daughters of the American Revolution	Isaac Watson House	Hamilton Township	Mercer	$53,400.00
Historical Society of Hamilton Township, Inc.	Isaac Pearson House	Hamilton Township	Mercer	$20,145.00
Borough of Fair Haven	Fisk Chapel	Fair Haven Borough	Monmouth	$38,625.00

Township of Middletown	Dempsey Pump House	Middletown Township	Monmouth	$38,100.00
Friends Meeting House & Cemetery Association of Randolph Township, NJ	Friends Meetinghouse	Randolph Township	Morris	$75,000.00
Morris County Park Commission	Willowwood Arboretum	Chester Township	Morris	$47,175.00
The Town of Boonton	Darress Theatre	Boonton Town	Morris	$75,000.00
Franklin Inn-Van Liew Homestead Association, Inc.	Van Liew Farmhouse (East Millstone Historic District)	Franklin Township	Somerset	$39,540.00
NJ Department of Environmental Protection	Old Dutch Parsonage	Somerville Borough	Somerset	$75,000.00
Historical Society of Stillwater Township	Casper and Abraham Shafer Grist Mill Complex	Stillwater Township	Sussex	$19,537.00
Vernon Township Historic Society	Hinchman-Rickey Farm	Vernon Township	Sussex	$16,125.00
City of Rahway	Rahway Library	Rahway City	Union	$35,250.00
City of Plainfield	Former YMCA (Plainfield Civic Historic District)	Plainfield City	Union	$26,250.00
Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F & AM	Plainfield Masonic Temple, Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F & AM	Plainfield City	Union	$75,000.00

Municipal, County, and Regional Planning (up to $75,000)

Applicant	Project Name	Municipality	County	Recommended Award
Borough of Dumont	Derick Banta House	Dumont Borough	Bergen	$25,875.00
Borough of Red Bank	Monmouth Boat Club	Red Bank Borough	Monmouth	$45,000.00

Heritage Tourism (up to $75,000)

Applicant	Project Name	Municipality	County	Recommended Award
Atlantic City	Liberty Hotel	Atlantic City	Atlantic	$75,000.00
Union Township Historical Society	Caldwell Parsonage	Union Township	Union	$65,250.00

Capital Level I ($5,000 - $150,000)

Applicant	Project Name	Municipality	County	Recommended Award
New Hanover Township	General Edward S. Godfrey House	New Hanover Township	Burlington	$149,257.00
Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts and Humanities (trading as Cape May MAC)	Cape May Lighthouse	Lower Township	Cape May	$23,166.00
Lower Township	Judge Nathaniel Foster House	Lower Township	Cape May	$150,000.00
Hunterdon County Historical Society	Doric House (Flemington Historic District)	Flemington Borough	Hunterdon	$8,153.00
Township of Holland	Riegel Ridge Community Center	Milford Borough	Hunterdon	$120,000.00
Borough of Hopewell	Hopewell Railroad Station	Hopewell Borough	Mercer	$146,676.00
The Founders Committee, NJ State Society of National Society Daughters of the American Revolution	Isaac Watson House	Hamilton Township	Mercer	$40,200.00
Historic Trenton Masonic Temple	Masonic Temple (State House Historic District)	Trenton City	Mercer	$60,300.00
Dover Area Historical Society	Condict House (Blackwell Street Historic District)	Dover Town	Morris	$150,000.00
Middle Valley Community Center, Inc.	Middle Valley Community Center (Middle Valley Historic District)	Washington Township	Morris	$30,900.00
The Growing Stage - The Children's Theatre of New Jersey	Palace Theatre	Netcong Borough	Morris	$150,000.00
Ocean County Historical Society	Elizabeth Sculthorp Force House	Toms River Township	Ocean	$12,600.00
Preserve Shady Rest Committee	Shady Rest Golf and Country Club	Scotch Plains Township	Union	$150,000.00
Liberty Hall Museum	Liberty Hall	Union Township	Union	$89,844.00
Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum Association	Merchants and Drovers Tavern	Rahway City	Union	$120,000.00
Township of Clark	Seventeenth Century Clark House	Clark Township	Union	$145,950.00

Capital Level II ($150,001 - $750,000)

Applicant	Project Name	Municipality	County	Recommended Award
Atlantic City	Fire Station #8 (Northside Institutional Historic District)	Atlantic City	Atlantic	$750,000.00
Casino Reinvestment Development Authority	Atlantic City Convention Hall	Atlantic City	Atlantic	$750,000.00
Inlet Public/Private Association, Inc.	Absecon Lighthouse	Atlantic City	Atlantic	$750,000.00
County of Bergen	New Milford Plant of the Hackensack Water Company	Oradell Borough	Bergen	$750,000.00
Borough of Fair Lawn	Naugle-Vanderbeck House	Fair Lawn Borough	Bergen	$537,509.00
Cherry Hill Township	Kay-Evans Farmstead (Croft Farmstead)	Cherry Hill Township	Camden	$638,286.00
Borough of Gibbsboro	John Lucas House	Gibbsboro Borough	Camden	$552,094.00
Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Inc.	USS New Jersey (BB-62)	Camden City	Camden	$350,000.00
The Montclair Foundation	Van Vleck House & Gardens (Mountain Historic District)	Montclair Township	Essex	$337,197.00
Township of Livingston	Theophilus Ward/Thomas Force House and Condit Family Cook House	Livingston Township	Essex	$370,750.00
Save Ellis Island	Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island	Jersey City	Hudson	$191,152.00
Jersey City Free Public Library	Jersey City Public Library (Van Vorst Park Historic District)	Jersey City	Hudson	$600,000.00
Roebling Machine Shop	Roebling Machine Shop	Trenton City	Mercer	$750,000.00
Lawrence Township	Baker-Brearley House	Lawrence Township	Mercer	$400,000.00
Asbury Park African-American Music Project Inc	Turf Club	Asbury Park City	Monmouth	$313,075.00
Monmouth County Historical Association	Allen House	Shrewsbury Borough	Monmouth	$200,000.00
Morris County Historical Society	Acorn Hall	Morristown Town	Morris	$168,225.00
Township of Rockaway	Ford-Faesch Manor House	Rockaway Township	Morris	$400,000.00
The Woman's Club of Morristown, Inc.	Dr. Lewis Condict House	Morristown Town	Morris	$350,900.00
Borough of Mendham	Cary Barn (Stephen Cary House)	Mendham Borough	Morris	$434,845.00
Borough of Mountain Lakes	Mountain Lakes Train Station (Mountain Lakes Historic District)	Mountain Lakes Borough	Morris	$270,950.00
Township of Wayne	Van Duyne House	Wayne Township	Passaic	$407,520.00
The Friends of the Kennedy Martin Stelle Farmstead, Inc.	Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead	Bernards Township	Somerset	$577,384.00
Township of Berkeley Heights	Littel-Lord Farmstead	Berkeley Heights Township	Union	$384,067.00

Capital Level III: Multiphase ($500,000 - $750,000)

Applicant	Project Name	Municipality	County	Recommended Award
Hunterdon Land Trust	Case-Dvoor Farmstead	Raritan Township	Hunterdon	$750,000.00

Miscellaneous

Applicant	Project Name	Municipality	County	Recommended Award
New Jersey Historic Trust	Easement Purchase	Trenton City	Mercer	$100,000.00
Monmouth University	Shadow Lawn	West Long Branch Borough	Monmouth	$750,000.00
County of Passaic	Passaic County Court House, and United States Custom House and Post Office Historic District	Paterson City	Passaic	$750,000.00

Created by the State Legislature, the New Jersey Historic Trust is a nonprofit historic preservation organization affiliated with the Department of Community Affairs. Governed by a 15-member board of trustees, the mission of the Trust 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.

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