New Jersey Historic Trust Announces Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund Grants Available
Funding Available for Historic Preservation, Planning, and Capital Grants and Special Initiatives
TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Historic Trust, an affiliate of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), today approved a total of $15,758,315 in grant recommendations from the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund to save and promote historic sites throughout the state. Sixty-five preservation planning, heritage tourism, and capital projects are included in this year’s list of recommendations.
“The New Jersey Historic Trust is committed to its mission of saving and telling New Jersey’s history,” said Lt. Governor Sheila Y. Oliver, who serves as DCA Commissioner. “This round of grant recommendations for preservation planning, heritage tourism, and capital projects will help to preserve historic structures, documents, and artifacts that tell the stories of New Jersey’s history to future generations.”
Of the 65 grant award recommendations, 27 will help fund preservation planning projects such as condition assessments, historic structure reports, archaeological investigations, and construction documents; one grant will help fund heritage tourism initiatives to improve the visitor experience at historic sites; and 37 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 the list of recommendations is $649,789 in support of two special projects to fund a master plan for the Delaware and Raritan Canal as well as a survey of civil rights sites in Camden. Also included is $2,922,000 for the next tranche of funding for the following multi-year projects: Lambert Castle in Passaic County, Hoboken Public Library in Hudson County, East Trenton Library in Mercer County, and the Seward House in Morris County.
“I am grateful that we were able to fund so many worthy projects this year, especially when you consider the challenges our historic sites have endured over the past few years,” said New Jersey Historic Trust Executive Director Dorothy Guzzo. “These projects will create jobs to bolster the economy and sustain our heritage for years to come.”
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 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 Grants (up to $75,000)
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Applicant
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Project Name
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Municipality
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County
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Recommended Award
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City of Atlantic City
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Atlantic City Fire Station #4
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Atlantic City
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Atlantic
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$50,000
|
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Borough of Oradell
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Oradell Railroad Station
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Oradell Borough
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Bergen
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$34,958
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Palisades Interstate Park Commission
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Palisades Interstate Park
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Alpine Borough
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Bergen
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$71,686
|
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Community House of Moorestown
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Moorestown Community House
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Moorestown Township
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Burlington
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$34,163
|
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New Jersey Pinelands Commission
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Fenwick Manor
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Pemberton Township
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Burlington
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$31,387
|
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Friends of White Hill Mansion
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White Hill Mansion
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Fieldsboro Borough
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Burlington
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$35,131
|
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Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities (Cape May MAC)
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Emlen Physick Estate
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Cape May City
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Cape May
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$61,845
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Cape May County Historical and Genealogical Society
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John Holmes House
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Middle Township
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Cape May
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$7,014
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Cape May Point Science Center
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St. Mary’s by the Sea (fka Shoreham Hotel)
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Cape May Point Borough
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Cape May
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$59,955
|
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Millville Army Airfield Museum
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Millville Army Air Field Historic District
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Millville City
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Cumberland
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$22,500
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Cumberland County Historical Society
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Greenwich Historic District (Log Granary)
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Greenwich Township
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Cumberland
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$11,750
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Van Riper House, Inc.
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Van Riper House
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Nutley Township
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Essex
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$64,080
|
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Borough of High Bridge
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Solitude House
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High Bridge Borough
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Hunterdon
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$6,375
|
|
Delaware River Mill Society
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Prallsville District
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Stockton Borough
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Hunterdon
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$8,250
|
|
120 East State
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First Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
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Trenton City
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Mercer
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$75,000
|
|
City of Trenton
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Mansion House (Ellarslie, McCall House)
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Trenton City
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Mercer
|
$75,000
|
|
SLTCC Landmark Friends, Inc.
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Seabright Lawn Tennis & Cricket Club
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Rumson Borough
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Monmouth
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$18,337
|
|
Monmouth County Historical Association
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Allen House
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Shrewsbury Borough
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Monmouth
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$41,578
|
|
Washington Township Land Trust of Morris County, Inc.
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German Valley Historic District (Obadiah LaTourette Grist and Saw Mill)
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Washington Township
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Morris
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$21,000
|
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Long Beach Island Historical Association
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Beach Haven Historic District (LBI Historical Association)
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Beach Haven Borough
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Ocean
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$25,181
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Borough of Point Pleasant Beach
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Tower Cottage
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Point Pleasant Beach Borough
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Ocean
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$72,750
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Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum
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True Farmstead
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Montgomery Township
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Somerset
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$75,000
|
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Liberty Hall Museum, Inc.
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Liberty Hall (Governor William Livingston House)
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Union Township
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Union
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$75,000
|
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Borough of Fanwood
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Central Railroad of New Jersey Main Line Corridor Historic District
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Fanwood Borough
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Union
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$75,000
|
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Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F&AM
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Plainfield Masonic Temple, Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F & AM
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Plainfield City
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Union
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$75,000
|
|
Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Frazee House, Inc.
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Elizabeth and Gershom Frazee House
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Scotch Plains Township
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Union
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$33,263
|
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Town of Westfield
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Westfield Fire Headquarters
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Westfield Town
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Union
|
$45,000
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|
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Total: $1,206,212
Historic Site Management Grants for Heritage Tourism (up to $75,000)
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Applicant
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Project Name
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Municipality
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County
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Recommended Award
|
|
Hamilton Partnership for Paterson, Inc.
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Great Falls of the Passaic
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Paterson City
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Passaic
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$75,000
|
|
|
Total: $75,000
Level I Capital Preservation Grants ($50,000 – $150,000)
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Applicant
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Project Name
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Municipality
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County
|
Recommended Award
|
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Fernbrook Environmental Education Center, Inc.
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Fernbrook Farm Historic District
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Chesterfield Township
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Burlington
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$150,000
|
|
Sally Stretch Keen Memorial Library
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Vincentown Historic District
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Southampton Township
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Burlington
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$85,622
|
|
Historical Society of Haddonfield
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Greenfield Hall
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Haddonfield Borough
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Camden
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$150,000
|
|
Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities (Cape May MAC)
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Emlen Physick Estate
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Cape May City
|
Cape May
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$110,475
|
|
Historic Cold Spring Village (HCSV) Foundation
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Historic Cold Spring Village Historic District
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Lower Township
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Cape May
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$88,415
|
|
Friends of Locktown Stone Church, Inc.
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Locktown Baptist Church
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Delaware Township
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Hunterdon
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$148,869
|
|
Historical Society of Hamilton Township, Inc.
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Isaac Pearson House
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Hamilton Township
|
Mercer
|
$150,000
|
|
Piscataway Township
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Metlar House (Knapp House/Bodine House)
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Piscataway Township
|
Middlesex
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$138,000
|
|
Allaire Village, Inc.
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Deserted Village of Allaire Historic District
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Farmingdale Borough
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Monmouth
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$150,000
|
|
Friends Meeting House and Cemetery Association of Randolph Township
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Friends Meetinghouse
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Randolph Township
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Morris
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$74,525
|
|
Chester Historical Society
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Chester’s Rockefeller Center
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Chester Borough
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Morris
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$45,610
|
|
Washington Township Land Trust of Morris County, Inc.
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German Valley Historic District (Obadiah LaTourette Grist and Saw Mill)
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Washington Township
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Morris
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$31,064
|
|
Morris County Historical Society
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Acorn Hall
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Morristown Town
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Morris
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$102,300
|
|
Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms
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Craftsman Farms (White Cottage)
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Parsippany-Troy Hills
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Morris
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$150,000
|
|
Township of Rockaway and Historical Society of Rockaway Township
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Ford-Faesch Manor House
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Rockaway Borough
|
Morris
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$68,390
|
|
Township of Hanover
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Township of Hanover
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Hanover Township
|
Morris
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$7,965
|
|
Sussex County Historical Society
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Newton Town Plot Historic District (Old Newton Academy)
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Newton Town
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Sussex
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$147,780
|
|
State of New Jersey, DEP, Division of Parks and Forestry
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Boxwood Hall
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Elizabeth City
|
Union
|
$128,140
|
|
Historical Society of Plainfield
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Nathaniel Drake House
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Plainfield City
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Union
|
$135,240
|
|
Merchants & Drovers Tavern Museum
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Merchants and Drovers Tavern
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Rahway City
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Union
|
$45,000
|
|
|
Total: $2,107,395
Level II Capital Preservation Grants ($150,001 - $750,000)
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Applicant
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Project Name
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Municipality
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County
|
Recommended Award
|
|
Save Lucy Committee, Inc.
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Lucy, the Margate Elephant
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Margate City
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Atlantic
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$669,133
|
|
Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Inc.
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USS New Jersey
(BB-62)
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Camden City
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Camden
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$750,000
|
|
Camden County Historical Society
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Benjamin Cooper Ferry and Tavern
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Camden City
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Camden
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$750,000
|
|
Naval Air Station Wildwood (NASW) Foundation
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Hangar No. 1
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Lower Township
|
Cape May
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$473,780
|
|
Montclair Historical Society dba Montclair History Center
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Israel Crane House
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Montclair Township
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Essex
|
$366,000
|
|
City of Newark
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Newark City Hall
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Newark City
|
Essex
|
$750,000
|
|
City of Hoboken
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Hoboken City Hall
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Hoboken City
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Hudson
|
$598,726
|
|
Hunterdon Land Trust
|
Case-Dvoor Farmstead
|
Raritan Township
|
Hunterdon
|
$500,000
|
|
Trent House Association, Inc.
|
William Trent House
|
William Trent House
|
Mercer
|
$299,870
|
|
120 East State
|
First Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
|
Trenton City
|
Mercer
|
$750,000
|
|
Morris County Park Commission
|
Merchiston Farm (Bamboo Brook)
|
Chester Borough
|
Morris
|
$260,605
|
|
Historical Society of the Township of Chatham
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Mount Vernon School
|
Chatham Borough
|
Morris
|
$266,050
|
|
City of Clifton
|
United States Animal Quarantine Station
|
City of Clifton
|
Passaic
|
$453,600
|
|
Passaic County
|
Lambert Castle
(Belle Vista)
|
Passaic County
|
Passaic
|
$750,000
|
|
Borough of Somerville
|
Daniel Robert House
|
Borough of Somerville
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Somerset
|
$218,907
|
|
Union County
|
Feltville Historic District
|
Union County
|
Union
|
$191,248
|
|
|
Total: $8,797,919
Multiphase Capital Preservation Grants ($500,000 - $750,000)
|
Applicant
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Project Name
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Municipality
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County
|
Recommended Award
|
|
NJ Division of Parks & Forestry
|
Walt Whitman Neighborhood
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Camden City
|
Camden
|
$750,000
|
|
Hoboken Public Library
|
Hoboken Free Public Library and Manual Training School: Phase II Commitment
|
Hoboken City
|
Hudson
|
$750,000
|
|
New Jersey Community Capital (Community Loan Fund of NJ, Inc) and the City of Trenton
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East Trenton Public Library: Phase II Commitment
|
Trenton City
|
Mercer
|
$750,000
|
|
Township of Mount Olive
|
Seward House: Phase II Commitment
|
Mount Olive Township
|
Morris
|
$672,000
|
|
County of Passaic
|
Lambert Castle (Belle Vista): Phase III Commitment
|
Paterson City
|
Passaic
|
$750,000
|
|
|
Total: $3,672,000
Special Projects
|
Applicant
|
Project Name
|
Municipality
|
County
|
Recommended Award
|
|
D & R Canal Commission
|
Master Plan for the Delaware and Raritan Canal
|
Princeton
|
Mercer
|
$550,000
|
|
New Beginnings
|
Survey of Civil Rights Sites in Camden
|
Camden City
|
Camden
|
$99,789
|
|
|
Total: $649,789
Total Recommended Grant Awards: $15,758,315
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.
DCA offers a wide range of programs and services, including local government management and finance, affordable housing production, rental assistance, fire safety, building safety, community planning and development, disaster recovery and mitigation, and privacy protection.
For more information on the New Jersey Historic Trust and its funding programs, visit: http://www.njht.org.
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