Official Site of The State of New Jersey

The Liberty Hall estate was the home of the first governor of New Jersey, William Livingston, who built the fourteen room Georgian-inspired country home in 1772. The building and grounds have undergone significant alterations over the years, including substantial Victorian additions to the main house and the construction of several outbuildings. The brick carriage house was built in the late nineteenth century by the Kean family—relations of the Livingstons—a family still active in politics in New Jersey and residents of the house until the 1960s. The carriage house was expanded in the early twentieth century to provide a car shed. The building compliments the picturesque nineteenth century landscaping and arrangement of outbuildings to the west of the main house.  

The 2024 Trust grant will help fund activities that address water infiltration issues at the Carriage House, including making the doorways on the first floor, sealed basement windows, and the basement watertight as well as installing drainage along the rear of the building to direct water away from the structure.  

The 2023 Trust grant will help fund the restoration of the windows.

The 2022 Trust grant will help fund the preparation of a Historic Structure Report and schematic designs for the Carriage House.

The 2021 Trust grant will help fund elevator replacement. 

The 2006 grant provided funding towards the restoration of the roof structure and re-roofing of the Carriage House. 

For more information, visit: http://www.kean.edu/libertyhall/