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

More Than $15 Million in Awards Recommended for Preservation Planning, Heritage Tourism, and Capital Projects

TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Historic Trust (NJHT), an affiliate of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), today approved a total of $15,227,208 in grant recommendations from the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund to save and promote historic sites throughout the state. Seventy-seven municipal, county, and regional planning, heritage tourism, and capital projects are included in this year’s list of recommendations. Among the recommendations is $2,250,000 for the next phase of funding for three previously awarded multi-year projects.

"New Jersey's historic sites tell the story of who we are, from the Revolution to the present day," said DCA Commissioner Jacquelyn A. Suárez. "These grants help communities repair buildings, plan for their future, and welcome more visitors through their doors. When we invest in these places, we protect our history and strengthen the towns that care for it. We're proud to support the Historic Trust and the local partners who keep this work going."

Of the 74 new grant award recommendations, 33 will help fund a variety of preservation planning projects such as condition assessments, preservation plans, archaeological investigations, and construction documents; three will help fund intensive-level architectural surveys, a historic preservation element for a master plan and a county-wide preservation plan for historic cemeteries; two will help fund heritage tourism initiatives to improve the visitor experience at historic sites; and 36 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.

“It is wonderful to see so many varied projects representing all parts of New Jersey included in this year’s list of grant awards,” said NJHT Executive Director Glenn Ceponis. “As we reflect on recent celebrations associated with America’s 250th anniversary, it is rewarding to know that because of preservation projects funded this year and in years past by the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund, New Jerseyans will have the opportunity to continue celebrating their heritage for years to come.”

The grant recommendations, approved by the New Jersey Historic Trust Board, will be presented to the Garden State Preservation Trust at its next meeting. Following that approval, legislation will be introduced to appropriate the recommended awards using constitutionally dedicated Corporate Business Tax revenue from the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund. Funds will be released upon the Governor's approval of the legislation.

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 Historic Preservation 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 sites 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
Casino Reinvestment Development Authority	Atlantic City Convention Hall	Atlantic City	Atlantic	$75,000
Borough of Fair Lawn	Naugle-Vanderbeck House	Fair Lawn Borough	Bergen	$55,350
Fernbrook Farms Environmental Education Center	Fernbrook Farm Historic District	Chesterfield Township	Burlington	$75,000
Saving Historic Moorestown	Thomas Cowperthwaite House	Moorestown Township	Burlington	$75,000
The Haddon Fortnightly	Haddon Fortnightly Clubhouse (Third Methodist Church)	Haddonfield Borough	Camden	$31,425
Borough of Gibbsboro	John Lucas & Company Gibbsboro Color, Paint & Varnish Works Historic District	Gibbsboro Borough	Camden	$53,475
Beth Judah Hebrew Temple of Worship	Beth Judah Temple	Wildwood City	Cape May	$25,500
The Young Mens Christian Association	Montclair YMCA	Montclair Township	Essex	$35,925
Durand-Hedden House & Garden Association	Durand-Hedden House	Maplewood Township	Essex	$10,500
Union Congregational Church (Christian Union Congregational Church)	Union Congregational Church (Christian Union Congregational Church)	Montclair Township	Essex	$75,000
First Congregational Church	First Congregational Church	Montclair Township	Essex	$56,250
Township of Nutley	Vreeland Homestead	Nutley Township	Essex	$74,130
Kalmia Club	The Kalmia Club	Lambertville City	Hunterdon	$38,643
Red Mill Museum Village	M.C. Mulligan and Sons Quarry	Clinton Town	Hunterdon	$13,815
Township of Lebanon	School (Lebanon Township Museum) New Hampton Historic District	Lebanon Township	Hunterdon	$23,512
Trent House Association	William Trent House	Trenton City	Mercer	$48,998
County of Mercer	Smith Farmstead (Pleasant Valley Historic District)	Hopewell Township	Mercer	$75,000
Preservation New Jersey	Riverview Cemetery	Trenton City	Mercer	$56,250
Allaire Village, Inc.	Deserted Village of Allaire Historic District	Wall Township (Farmingdale)	Monmouth	$75,000
Township of Millstone	Clarksburg Methodist Episcopal Church	Millstone Township	Monmouth	$30,000
St. Peter's Episcopal Church	St. Peter's Episcopal Church	Freehold Borough	Monmouth	$36,330
Morris County Historical Society	Acorn Hall	Morristown Town	Morris	$50,000
Morris County Park Commission	Willowwood Arboretum	Chester Township	Morris	$75,000
Roxbury Historic Trust, Inc.	King Store and Homestead	Roxbury Township	Morris	$10,000
Township of Jefferson	Camp Ranger/Camp Clifton	Jefferson Township	Morris	$25,450
Morristown United Methodist Church	United Methodist Church (Morristown Historic District)	Morristown Town	Morris	$26,250
The Highlands Nature Friends, Inc.	Camp Midvale (Nature Friends of America Historic District)	Ringwood Borough	Passaic	$11,250
Franklin Inn-Van Liew Homestead Association, Inc.	Van Liew Farmhouse	Franklin Township	Somerset	$65,042
Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum	Reasoner-True House	Montgomery Township (Skillman)	Somerset	$75,000
Historical Society of Stillwater Township	Casper and Abraham Shafer Grist Mill Complex	Stillwater Township	Sussex	$32,662
Lackawanna Cutoff Historical Committee	Greendell Station and Interlocking Tower	Newton Town	Sussex	$38,342
Liberty Hall Museum	Liberty Hall (Governor William Livingston House)	Union Township	Union	$45,000
City of Rahway	Rahway Library	Rahway City	Union	$39,750

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

Applicant	Project Name	Municipality	County	Recommended Award
Township of Harrison	Mullica Hill Historic District	Harrison Township (Mullica Hill)	Gloucester	$56,718
County of Mercer	Isaac Watson House	Hamilton Township	Mercer	$75,000
Borough of Red Bank	Monmouth Boat Club	Red Bank Borough	Monmouth	$45,000

Heritage Tourism (up to $75,000)

Applicant	Project Name	Municipality	County	Recommended Award
Alice Paul Institute (d/b/a Alice Paul Center for Gender Justice)	Alice Paul Birthplace (Paulsdale)	Mt. Laurel Township	Burlington	$44,000
Friends of Beach Haven	Beach Haven Historic District	Beach Haven Borough	Ocean	$67,664

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

Applicant	Project Name	Municipality	County	Recommended Award
Friends of White Hill Mansion	White Hill Mansion	Fieldsboro Borough	Burlington	$150,000
New Hanover Township	General Edward S. Godfrey House	New Hanover Township	Burlington	$148,957
Township of Gloucester	Robert Marshall House	Gloucester Township	Camden	$150,000
Cape May County Historical & Genealogical Society	Cresse-Holmes House Historic District	Cape May Court House	Cape May	$150,000
Millville Army Air Field Museum	Millville Army Air Field Historic District	Millville City	Cumberland	$14,010
Borough of Stockton	District No. 98 Schoolhouse	Stockton Borough	Hunterdon	$150,000
Allaire Village, Inc.	Deserted Village of Allaire Historic District	Wall Township (Farmingdale)	Monmouth	$126,300
Anthony Reckless Estate (a.k.a. The Woman’s Club of Red Bank)	Anthony Reckless Estate	Red Bank Borough	Monmouth	$43,591
Morris County Park Commission	General Joseph W. Revere House (The Willows, Fosterfields)	Morris Township	Morris	$90,000
Roxbury Historic Trust, Inc.	King Store and Homestead	Roxbury Township	Morris	$30,000
Friends Meeting House & Cemetery Association of Randolph Township, NJ	Friends Meetinghouse	Randolph Township	Morris	$30,838
Morris County Historical Society	Acorn Hall	Morristown Town	Morris	$35,000
The Growing Stage – The Children’s Theatre of New Jersey	Palace Theatre	Netcong Borough	Morris	$100,080
Rockaway Township Free Public Library	Methodist Episcopal Church of Hibernia	Rockaway Township	Morris	$141,500
Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum Association (MDTMA)	Merchants and Drovers Tavern	Rahway City	Union	$63,750
Help Our Preservation Effort	Stone Residence (Hope Historic District)	Hope Township	Warren	$86,760
Township of Blairstown	Blairstown Footbridge (Blairstown Historic District (Boundary Increase))	Blairstown Township	Warren	$150,000

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

Applicant	Project Name	Municipality	County	Recommended Award
Casino Reinvestment Development Authority	Atlantic City Convention Hall	Atlantic City	Atlantic	$750,000
Inlet Public/Private Association	Absecon Lighthouse	Atlantic City	Atlantic	$750,000
Friends of the Hermitage	The Hermitage (Waldwic Cottage)	Ho-Ho-Kus Borough	Bergen	$448,830
Fernbrook Farms Education Center, Inc.	Fernbrook Farm Historic District	Chesterfield Township	Burlington	$230,587
Camden County Historical Society	Pomona Hall	Camden City	Camden	$205,500
Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (t/a Cape May MAC)	Fire Control Tower No. 23	Lower Township	Cape May	$167,683
Bayshore Center at Bivalve	Bivalve Oyster Packing Houses and Docks	Commercial Township (Port Norris)	Cumberland	$633,670
Township of Maplewood	Woman's Club of Maplewood (Maplewood Village Historic District)	Maplewood Township	Essex	$637,450
Township of Readington	Taylor's Mill (Taylor's Mill Historic District)	Readington Township	Hunterdon	$612,500
Township of Holmdel	Horn Antenna	Holmdel Township	Monmouth	$334,696
Asbury Park African-American Music Project, Inc.	Turf Club	Asbury Park City	Monmouth	$458,450
Long Branch Historical Museum Association	Church of the Presidents (St. James Church)	Long Branch City	Monmouth	$750,000
Ayres/Knuth Farm Foundation, Inc.	Ayres Farm (Knuth Farm) House	Denville Township	Morris	$195,375
Mayo Performing Arts Center	Community Theatre (Morristown Historic District)	Morristown Town	Morris	$750,000
Borough of Madison	Hartley Dodge Memorial Building	Madison Borough	Morris	$750,000
Morris Museum	Twin Oaks (Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Residence), The Morris Museum (Normandy Park Historic District Boundary Increase)	Morristown Town	Morris	$239,150
Friends Meeting House & Cemetery Association of Randolph Township, NJ	Friends Meetinghouse	Randolph Township	Morris	$242,800
County of Salem	New Johnson Hall/Johnson Building (Market Street Historic District)	Salem City	Salem	$557,500

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

Applicant	Project Name	Municipality	County	Recommended Award
Greater Newark Conservancy, aka GNC, the Conservancy	Oheb Shalom Synagogue (Metropolitan Baptist Church)	Newark City	Essex	$750,000

Miscellaneous

Applicant	Project Name	Municipality	County	Recommended Award
Hunterdon Land Trust	Case Dvoor Farmstead	Raritan Township	Hunterdon	$750,000
New Jersey Historic Trust	Discover NJ History License Plate Fund	Trenton City	Mercer	$75,000
Monmouth University	Shadow Lawn	West Long Branch Borough	Monmouth	$750,000
County of Passaic	Passaic County Courthouse Annex (Passaic County Court House, and United States Custom House and Post Office Historic District)	Paterson City	Passaic	$750,000

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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