FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, October 17, 2017

 

Nearly $5 Million Awarded for Planning and Capital Preservation Projects

TRENTON - The Board of the New Jersey Historic Trust approved $4,990,934 in grant recommendations from the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund for 18 preservation planning projects and 34 “bricks and mortar” capital preservation projects located at historic sites throughout the state. The grants were presented to the Garden State Preservation Trust at its annual meeting on October 17, 2017. The action requires a Legislative appropriations bill and the Governor’s approval before funds are available. 

“We are pleased to offer preservation funding to so many worthy projects in this grant round,” said Historic Trust Executive Director Dorothy P. Guzzo. “The projects represent a wide variety of building types in 18 counties. Each grant round is highly competitive, and we received requests totaling $11.5 million this year. There is still tremendous need for financial support of historic preservation at the state, county and local levels.” 

Funding for the current grant round comes from the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund, which is supported by income from the corporate business tax. All grantees are nonprofit organizations or entities of municipal, county, and state government. The Preserve New Jersey Fund replaced the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund.  To be eligible for an award from the New Jersey Preservation  Fund projects must be listed or eligible to be listed on the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places, either individually or within designated historic districts. 

Established in 1967, the New Jersey Historic Trust is the only nonprofit historic preservation organization in New Jersey created by state law. 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 New Jersey’s heritage and strengthen the state’s communities. The Historic Trust seeks to achieve its mission by serving as a leading voice for preservation at the state level; a catalyst for preservation and community revitalization activities; a full partner in state policy development; and a technical and financial resource for the stewardship of historic properties.  Since 1990, the Trust has committed $145 million to more than 750 preservation projects. 

For more information on the New Jersey Historic Trust and its funding programs, visit www.njht.org

Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund Grant Recipients 

Note: The project names are as listed on the National Register of Historic Places and may not reflect the current names of the property. Projects are listed in each category alphabetically by county.

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

Project Name

Municipality

Property County

Recommended Award

Fernbrook Farm Historic District

Chesterfield

Burlington

$12,375.00

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Mount Holly

Mount Holly

Burlington

$50,000.00

Pomona Hall

Camden

Camden

$21,563.00

St. Bartholomew Roman Catholic Church, Camden

Camden

Camden

$5,000.00

Upton Log Cabin

Gloucester Township

Camden

$6,750.00

First Presbyterian Church of Haddonfield

Haddonfield

Camden

$26,843.00

Borough of Caldwell

Caldwell

Essex

$15,000.00

George Morgan Stone House

Washington Township

Gloucester

$16,500.00

Old Stone Church

Kingwood Township

Hunterdon

$25,500.00

Case-Dvoor Farmstead

Raritan Township

Hunterdon

$15,192.00

Morven

Princeton

Mercer

$37,500.00

Princeton Theological Seminary Stuart Hall

Princeton

Mercer

$50,000.00

East Trenton Public Library

Trenton

Mercer

$17,635.00

Acorn Hall

Morristown

Morris

$18,525.00

First Presbyterian Church of Paterson

Paterson

Passaic

$50,000.00

Symen Van Wickle House

Franklin Township

Somerset

$48,126.00

Feltville Historic District (Deserted Village of Feltville)

Berkeley Heights

Union

$50,000.00

Fire House Number 4, Plainfield

Plainfield

Union

$26,250.00

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Recommended:

$492,759.00

 

 

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

Project Name

Municipality

Property County

Grant Request

Van Allen House

Oakland

Bergen

$118,765.00

Rutherford World War I Monument

Rutherford

Bergen

$61,800.00

Bordentown Friends Meeting House

Bordentown City

Burlington

$88,110.00

Christ Episcopal Church, Bordentown: Cemetery

Bordentown City

Burlington

$18,000.00

Protestant Community Church of Medford Lakes

Medford Lakes

Burlington

$113,640.00

Friends Meeting, Mount Holly

Mount Holly

Burlington

$90,000.00

Joseph Cooper House

Camden

Camden

$72,000.00

Historic Cold Spring Village Historic District

Lower Township

Cape May

$68,040.00

Hangar #1 (Naval Air Station Wildwood)

Lower Township

Cape May

$38,820.00

USCG Motor Lifeboat CG-36538

Lower Township

Cape May

$54,315.00

Cumberland Nail and Iron Works Site

Bridgeton

Cumberland

$93,666.00

Free Public Library of the City of Newark

Newark

Essex

$86,184.00

House of Prayer Episcopal Church and Rectory (Plume House)

Newark

Essex

$150,000.00

Grace Church Van Vorst

Jersey City

Hudson

$87,269.00

M.C. Mulligan & Sons' Quarry (The Red Mill)

Clinton

Hunterdon

$107,400.00

A.H. Holcombe House (Lambertville City Hall)

Lambertville

Hunterdon

$76,119.00

Mount Rose Distillery Site

Hopewell Township

Mercer

$14,910.00

Jackson Street Bridge

Trenton

Mercer

$150,000.00

John Van Buren Wicoff House

Plainsboro

Middlesex

$150,000.00

First Baptist Church and Parsonage

Allentown

Monmouth

$12,078.00

Church of the Presidents

Long Branch

Monmouth

$150,000.00

Squan Beach Life Saving Station

Manasquan

Monmouth

$75,000.00

Christ Church, Shrewbury

Shrewsbury

Monmouth

$117,213.00

Acorn Hall

Morristown

Morris

$139,020.00

Passaic County Courthouse & Annex: Gaetano Frederici Monuments

Paterson

Passaic

$16,200.00

Van Duyne House

Wayne

Passaic

$39,000.00

Six Mile Run Reformed Church, Franklin Township

Franklin Township

Somerset

$83,598.00

Neshanic Reformed Church, Branchburg

Branchburg

Somerset

$92,630.00

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Recommended:

$2,363,777.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level II Capital Preservation Grants ($150,001 - $500,000)

Project Name

Municipality

Property County

Grant Request

Connett Memorial Library

South Orange

Essex

$500,000.00

Church of the Redeemer

Morristown

Morris

$386,300.00

Landing Railroad Station

Roxbury Township

Morris

$259,775.00

J.C. Penney Building, Salem

Salem City

Salem

$361,323.00

Elizabeth and Gershom Frazee House

Scotch Plains

Union

$257,000.00

Hoffman Grist Mill

Franklin Township

Warren

$370,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Recommended:

$2,134,398.00

Grand Total:

$4,990,934.00

 

CONTACT:
Lisa Ryan
Tammori Petty
(609) 292-6055