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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