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Request for Proposals (RFP) for qualified consultants to create a new conference website that will facilitate our needs to develop and promote the conference while also providing a good user experience

Posted on: 10/24/2024

Introduction:
The New Jersey Historic Trust is an agency affiliated with the Department of Community Affairs whose primary mission is to advance historic preservation for the benefit of the state’s diverse population today and for its future generations. Through its education, tourism, stewardship, and financial investment programs, the Trust saves New Jersey’s heritage and strengthens its communities. The Trust also co-hosts the annual state-wide New Jersey History and Historic Preservation Conference. The annual conference attracts over 500 participants in the fields of architecture, planning, heritage site and museum management, public history, archaeology, municipal preservation commissions, county heritage offices, developers, students, and more. 

 

Summary:
The New Jersey Historic Trust is seeking a proposal from a consultant team with expertise in dynamic website design and implementation to develop and launch a website to promote and market the New Jersey History and Historic Preservation Conference.

Tasks to be completed by the consultant team include:  

  • Develop the overall website architecture (AI) for a fully developed conference website based on the needs outlined above.  
  • Wireframe all pages and content pieces based on the approved IA. 
  • Work in collaboration with Trust staff throughout the design process and content development. This includes site-wide copy content, data points for all forms (participation, registration, sponsorships, etc.) 
  • Design all pages based on the approved wireframes and site-wide copy content.  
  • Develop backend CMS for site maintenance and updating, frontend development and implementation of approved designs, and integration with 3rd-party systems for payment processing and/or proposal submissions.  The fully developed New Jersey History and Historic Preservation Conference website will:
  • Requirements:  
  • Have a brand identity 
  • Be interactive and vibrant  
  • Have the ability to process payments (registration and sponsorship)  
  • Have the ability to accept session and poster proposals  
  • Be designed for compatibility on mobile devices 
  • Have the ability to link to other sites: YouTube, Facebook, etc.  

Deadlines:
Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 4:00pm

Please send proposals to: 
Glenn A. Ceponis, Executive Director glenn.ceponis@dca.nj.gov  
USPS: New Jersey Historic Trust, PO Box 457, Trenton, NJ 08625  

For hand-deliveries 
Glenn A. Ceponis, Executive Director 
New Jersey Historic Trust, 101 South Broad Street, 6th Floor, Trenton, NJ 08608 

 

For questions or more information, please contact:
Ashley Parker, ashley.parker@dca.nj.gov


Bid Opp - New Jersey History and Historic Preservation Conference Website Design.pdf

Agency Request For Proposal 25001.pdf

 

New Jersey Treasury Required Bid Forms:
Click the links below to open pdf files of the New Jersey Treasury required bid forms:

Waiver and DPA Contract Checklist

State of New Jersey Standard Terms and Conditions

Waiver Supplement to Standard Terms and Conditions

 

More Than $16 Million in Awards Recommended for Preservation Planning, Heritage Tourism, and Capital Projects

TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Historic Trust, an affiliate of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), today approved a total of $16,598,738 in grant recommendations from the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund to save and promote historic sites throughout the state. Seventy-five preservation planning, municipal, county, and regional planning, heritage tourism, and capital projects are included in this year’s list of recommendations.

 

“Historic preservation is an integral part of community and economic revitalization and I am excited to see a diverse list of grant recipients this year,” said DCA Commissioner Jacquelyn A. Suárez. “From historic homes, farms, schoolhouses, and churches to train stations, lighthouses, and villages, the work that will be accomplished with the preservation grants will help to secure the future of our most treasured historic places in the Garden State.”

 

Of the 75 grant award recommendations, 30 will help fund a variety of preservation planning projects such as condition assessments, historic structure reports, archaeological investigations, and construction documents; two will help fund Intensive-Level Architectural Surveys and an update to existing Design Guidelines; two will help fund heritage tourism initiatives to improve the visitor experience at historic sites; and 41 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.

 

Included in the list of recommendations is $1,500,000 for the next phase of funding for the following previously awarded multiyear projects: Shadow Lawn in Monmouth County and the Passaic County Court House in Passaic County.

 

“I am very pleased that we are able to assist, through the Preserve New Jersey Fund, so many worthy projects throughout the State of New Jersey,” said New Jersey Historic Trust Executive Director Glenn Ceponis. “The projects associated with these historic properties will benefit all New Jerseyans and provide lasting impacts to the communities where these sites are located.”

 

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 $200 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 (up to $75,000)

Applicant

Project Name

Municipality

County

Recommended Award

City of Atlantic City

Atlantic City Fire Station #6 / Atlantic City Fire Station #9

Atlantic City

Atlantic

$49,999.00

Radburn Association

Radburn Historic District

Fair Lawn Borough

Bergen

$75,000.00

Bordentown Historical Society

Clara Barton Schoolhouse (Bordentown Historic District)

Bordentown City

Burlington

$43,867.00

Roebling Main Gate Museum

101 Second Ave (Roebling Historic District)

Florence Township

Burlington

$18,750.00

Camden County Historical Society

Pomona Hall (Cooper House)

Camden City

Camden

$43,110.00

Millville Army Air Field Museum (MAAFM)

Millville Army Air Field Historic District

Millville City

Cumberland

$13,830.00

Van Riper House, Inc.

Van Riper House

Nutley Township

Essex

$9,634.00

Township of Weehawken

Hackensack Water Company Complex

Weehawken Township

Hudson

$56,250.00

The 1759 Vought House, Inc., A Revolutionary War Loyalist Homestead

Christoffel Vought Farmstead

Clinton Township

Hunterdon

$16,111.00

The Kalmia Club

The Kalmia Club

Lambertville City

Hunterdon

$26,250.00

Readington Township

Taylor's Mill (Taylor's Mill Historic District)

Readington Township

Hunterdon

$34,290.00

Stockton Borough

District No. 98 Schoolhouse

Stockton Borough

Hunterdon

$43,875.00

Historic Trenton Masonic Temple

Masonic Temple (State House Historic District)

Trenton City

Mercer

$31,350.00

Greater Mt. Zion Community Development Corporation

Greater Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church

Trenton City

Mercer

$18,700.00

Washington Crossing Park Association, Inc.

Washington Crossing State Park

Hopewell Township

Mercer

$75,000.00

Old Barracks Association

Old Barracks

Trenton City

Mercer

$66,450.00

The Founders Committee, NJ State Society of National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

Isaac Watson House

Hamilton Township

Mercer

$53,400.00

Historical Society of Hamilton Township, Inc.

Isaac Pearson House

Hamilton Township

Mercer

$20,145.00

Borough of Fair Haven

Fisk Chapel

Fair Haven Borough

Monmouth

$38,625.00

Township of Middletown

Dempsey Pump House

Middletown Township

Monmouth

$38,100.00

Friends Meeting House & Cemetery Association of Randolph Township, NJ

Friends Meetinghouse

Randolph Township

Morris

$75,000.00

Morris County Park Commission

Willowwood Arboretum

Chester Township

Morris

$47,175.00

The Town of Boonton

Darress Theatre

Boonton Town

Morris

$75,000.00

Franklin Inn-Van Liew Homestead Association, Inc.

Van Liew Farmhouse (East Millstone Historic District)

Franklin Township

Somerset

$39,540.00

NJ Department of Environmental Protection

Old Dutch Parsonage

Somerville Borough

Somerset

$75,000.00

Historical Society of Stillwater Township

Casper and Abraham Shafer Grist Mill Complex

Stillwater Township

Sussex

$19,537.00

Vernon Township Historic Society

Hinchman-Rickey Farm

Vernon Township

Sussex

$16,125.00

City of Rahway

Rahway Library

Rahway City

Union

$35,250.00

City of Plainfield

Former YMCA (Plainfield Civic Historic District)

Plainfield City

Union

$26,250.00

Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F & AM

Plainfield Masonic Temple, Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F & AM

Plainfield City

Union

$75,000.00

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

Applicant

Project Name

Municipality

County

Recommended Award

Borough of Dumont

Derick Banta House

Dumont Borough

Bergen

$25,875.00

Borough of Red Bank

Monmouth Boat Club

Red Bank Borough

Monmouth

$45,000.00

Heritage Tourism (up to $75,000)

Applicant

Project Name

Municipality

County

Recommended Award

Atlantic City

Liberty Hotel

Atlantic City

Atlantic

$75,000.00

Union Township Historical Society

Caldwell Parsonage

Union Township

Union

$65,250.00

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

Applicant

Project Name

Municipality

County

Recommended Award

New Hanover Township

General Edward S. Godfrey House

New Hanover Township

Burlington

$149,257.00

Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts and Humanities (trading as Cape May MAC)

Cape May Lighthouse

Lower Township

Cape May

$23,166.00

Lower Township

Judge Nathaniel Foster House

Lower Township

Cape May

$150,000.00

Hunterdon County Historical Society

Doric House (Flemington Historic District)

Flemington Borough

Hunterdon

$8,153.00

Township of Holland

Riegel Ridge Community Center

Milford Borough

Hunterdon

$120,000.00

Borough of Hopewell

Hopewell Railroad Station

Hopewell Borough

Mercer

$146,676.00

The Founders Committee, NJ State Society of National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

Isaac Watson House

Hamilton Township

Mercer

$40,200.00

Historic Trenton Masonic Temple

Masonic Temple (State House Historic District)

Trenton City

Mercer

$60,300.00

Dover Area Historical Society

Condict House (Blackwell Street Historic District)

Dover Town

Morris

$150,000.00

Middle Valley Community Center, Inc.

Middle Valley Community Center (Middle Valley Historic District)

Washington Township

Morris

$30,900.00

The Growing Stage - The Children's Theatre of New Jersey

Palace Theatre

Netcong Borough

Morris

$150,000.00

Ocean County Historical Society

Elizabeth Sculthorp Force House

Toms River Township

Ocean

$12,600.00

Preserve Shady Rest Committee

Shady Rest Golf and Country Club

Scotch Plains Township

Union

$150,000.00

Liberty Hall Museum

Liberty Hall

Union Township

Union

$89,844.00

Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum Association

Merchants and Drovers Tavern

Rahway City

Union

$120,000.00

Township of Clark

Seventeenth Century Clark House

Clark Township

Union

$145,950.00

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

Applicant

Project Name

Municipality

County

Recommended Award

Atlantic City

Fire Station #8 (Northside Institutional Historic District)

Atlantic City

Atlantic

$750,000.00

Casino Reinvestment Development Authority

Atlantic City Convention Hall

Atlantic City

Atlantic

$750,000.00

Inlet Public/Private Association, Inc.

Absecon Lighthouse

Atlantic City

Atlantic

$750,000.00

County of Bergen

New Milford Plant of the Hackensack Water Company

Oradell Borough

Bergen

$750,000.00

Borough of Fair Lawn

Naugle-Vanderbeck House

Fair Lawn Borough

Bergen

$537,509.00

Cherry Hill Township

Kay-Evans Farmstead (Croft Farmstead)

Cherry Hill Township

Camden

$638,286.00

Borough of Gibbsboro

John Lucas House

Gibbsboro Borough

Camden

$552,094.00

Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Inc.

USS New Jersey (BB-62)

Camden City

Camden

$350,000.00

The Montclair Foundation

Van Vleck House & Gardens (Mountain Historic District)

Montclair Township

Essex

$337,197.00

Township of Livingston

Theophilus Ward/Thomas Force House and Condit Family Cook House

Livingston Township

Essex

$370,750.00

Save Ellis Island

Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island

Jersey City

Hudson

$191,152.00

Jersey City Free Public Library

Jersey City Public Library (Van Vorst Park Historic District)

Jersey City

Hudson

$600,000.00

Roebling Machine Shop

Roebling Machine Shop

Trenton City

Mercer

$750,000.00

Lawrence Township

Baker-Brearley House

Lawrence Township

Mercer

$400,000.00

Asbury Park African-American Music Project Inc

Turf Club

Asbury Park City

Monmouth

$313,075.00

Monmouth County Historical Association

Allen House

Shrewsbury Borough

Monmouth

$200,000.00

Morris County Historical Society

Acorn Hall

Morristown Town

Morris

$168,225.00

Township of Rockaway

Ford-Faesch Manor House

Rockaway Township

Morris

$400,000.00

The Woman's Club of Morristown, Inc.

Dr. Lewis Condict House

Morristown Town

Morris

$350,900.00

Borough of Mendham

Cary Barn (Stephen Cary House)

Mendham Borough

Morris

$434,845.00

Borough of Mountain Lakes

Mountain Lakes Train Station (Mountain Lakes Historic District)

Mountain Lakes Borough

Morris

$270,950.00

Township of Wayne

Van Duyne House

Wayne Township

Passaic

$407,520.00

The Friends of the Kennedy Martin Stelle Farmstead, Inc.

Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead

Bernards Township

Somerset

$577,384.00

Township of Berkeley Heights

Littel-Lord Farmstead

Berkeley Heights Township

Union

$384,067.00

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

Applicant

Project Name

Municipality

County

Recommended Award

Hunterdon Land Trust

Case-Dvoor Farmstead

Raritan Township

Hunterdon

$750,000.00

Miscellaneous

Applicant

Project Name

Municipality

County

Recommended Award

New Jersey Historic Trust

Easement Purchase

Trenton City

Mercer

$100,000.00

Monmouth University

Shadow Lawn

West Long Branch Borough

Monmouth

$750,000.00

County of Passaic

Passaic County Court House, and United States Custom House and Post Office Historic District

Paterson City

Passaic

$750,000.00

 

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.
 

 

TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Historic Trust (Trust), an affiliate agency of the Department of Community Affairs (DCA), announced the retirement of its esteemed Executive Director, Dorothy P. Guzzo, who has been at the helm of the Trust since February 2008 and served for 13 years prior as the Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer for the State of New Jersey. Under her leadership, the Trust has significantly contributed to the preservation of New Jersey’s historic resources. Succeeding her is Glenn Ceponis, a veteran in the field of cultural resource management and historic preservation.

“Dorothy Guzzo administered significant preservation initiatives that were crucial in implementing historic preservation programs at both the state and municipal levels. Her work leaves a legacy for generations to come providing insights into the history of our state and country. Our lives are enriched thanks to her dedicated service,” said DCA Acting Commissioner Jacquelyn A. Suárez.

Dorothy Guzzo's career spans more than three decades in government service, devoted to historic resource stewardship. "I will miss working with everyone at the Trust and with all the wonderful stewards of New Jersey’s resources. I am excited to see what’s next for me. With Glenn Ceponis taking over, I am confident that the Historic Trust will continue to excel in preserving our state's historic treasures," said Guzzo.

Before her tenure as Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, Ms. Guzzo managed restoration and development projects for state-owned historic sites, showcasing her diverse experience in preserving a wide range of historic resources ranging from Revolutionary War Battlefields, agricultural villages, 18th and 19th century mansions, to lighthouses, ironworks, and sawmills.

Glenn Ceponis, with his extensive experience within the New Jersey Historic Trust and his commitment to historic preservation, is set to continue the impactful work of the Trust. “We are thrilled to have Glenn serve as our new Executive Director. His expertise ensures that the Historic Trust will continue to thrive and provide important leadership within the preservation community,” said NJ Historic Trust Board of Trustees Chairman, Peter Lindsay.

"I am thrilled to work with the Board of Trustees and the dedicated staff at the Trust. We will build upon Dorothy’s remarkable legacy and keep pushing forward the mission of the Trust in preserving New Jersey’s built heritage," said Ceponis.

The New Jersey Historic Trust, since its inception in 1967, has been pivotal in advancing historic preservation in New Jersey, a mission Dorothy Guzzo has significantly contributed to and one that Glenn Ceponis is committed to continuing.

The Board of Trustees and staff thank Dorothy P. Guzzo for her invaluable service and warmly welcome Glenn Ceponis as the new Executive Director.

  •  Posted on: 09/27/2023

More Than $14 Million in Awards Recommended for Preservation Planning, Heritage Tourism, and Capital Projects

 

TRENTON - The New Jersey Historic Trust, an affiliate of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), today approved a total of $14,038,043 in grant recommendations from the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund to save and promote historic sites throughout the state. Seventy-one preservation planning, municipal, county, and regional planning, heritage tourism, and capital projects are included in this year’s list of recommendations.

“As the state’s leading voice for historic preservation, the Trust has consistently advanced historic guardianship in New Jersey for the benefit of future generations through education, stewardship, and financial investment programs that protect our traditions and strengthen our communities,” said DCA Acting Commissioner Jacquelyn A. Suárez. “This investment in historic resources will help to preserve New Jersey’s history for generations to come.”

Of the 71 grant award recommendations:

  • 26 will help fund preservation planning projects such as condition assessments, historic structure reports, archaeological investigations, and construction documents;
  • One grant will help fund a historic preservation ordinance and an update to an existing Master Plan Historic Preservation Element;
  • Eight grants will help fund heritage tourism initiatives to improve the visitor experience at historic sites; and
  • 36 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 $125,000 in support of two special initiatives: the Discover New Jersey History License Plate Fund and the Emergency Intervention Fund. Also included is $750,000 for the next tranche of funding for the multi-year project at Hoboken Public Library in Hudson County.

“We are pleased to be able to make the investment of more than $14 million in 16 counties throughout the state,” said New Jersey Historic Trust Executive Director Dorothy Guzzo. “We will continue to assist new grantees through our grant programs to help preserve New Jersey’s historic legacy.”

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 referenda that have committed over $190 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)

Applicant

Project Name

Municipality

County

Recommended Award

The Borough of East Rutherford

Richard Outwater House

East Rutherford Borough

Bergen

$45,000

Radburn Association

Grange Hall (Radburn Historic District)

Fair Lawn Borough

Bergen

$36,821

Borough of Oakland

Vygeberg Farm office building

Oakland Borough

Bergen

$61,125

Bergen County

New Milford Plant of the Hackensack Water Company

Oradell Borough

Bergen

$75,000

Roebling Main Gate Museum (DBA: Roebling Museum)

101 Second Avenue (Roebling Historic District)

Florence Township

Burlington

$28,332

Cape May County Historical & Genealogical Society

Cresse-Holmes House (John Holmes House)

Middle Township

Cape May

$49,584

Millville Army Air Field Museum Inc.

Millville Army Air Field Historic District

Millville City

Cumberland

$22,500

Friends of the Van Ness House, Inc.

Van Ness House

Fairfield Township

Essex

$45,713

The Montclair Foundation

Van Vleck House & Gardens (Mountain Historic District)

Montclair Township

Essex

$41,025

Rowan University

Red Bank Battlefield

National Park Borough

Gloucester

$55,634

Gloucester County Historical Society

Hunter-Lawrence-Jessup House

Woodbury City

Gloucester

$26,929

Save Ellis Island, Inc.

Hospital Complex (Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island)

Jersey City

Hudson

$63,750

1759 Vought House

Christoffel Vought Farmstead

Clinton Township

Hunterdon

$13,650

Borough of High Bridge

Solitude House

High Bridge Borough

Hunterdon

$26,550

The College of New Jersey

William Green House

Ewing Township

Mercer

$47,775

Howell Living History Farm

Hunter Road Bridge (Pleasant Valley Historic District)

Hopewell Township

Mercer

$35,250

American Battlefield Trust

Princeton Battlefield (Princeton Battlefield/Stony Brook Historic District)

Princeton

Mercer

$74,925

City of Perth Amboy

Perth Amboy City Hall and Surveyor General's Office

Perth Amboy City

Middlesex

$71,250

Middlesex County, Division of History and Historic Preservation

Cornelius Low House

Piscataway Township

Middlesex

$75,000

Borough of Matawan

Major John Burrowes Mansion

Matawan Borough

Monmouth

$33,964

Morris County Historical Society

Acorn Hall

Morristown Town

Morris

$15,330

Town of Morristown

Morristown Post Office (Morristown Historic District Extension)

Morristown Town

Morris

$75,000

Borough of Mountain Lakes

Mountain Lakes Train Station (Mountain Lakes Historic District)

Mountain Lakes Borough

Morris

$7,670

Little Falls Historical Society

Little Falls Old Town Hall

Little Falls Township

Passaic

$13,725

County of Passaic, Department of Cultural & Historic Affairs

Westside Park Pedestrian Bridge

Paterson City

Passaic

$69,451

Town of Newton

Newton Town Plot Historic District

Newton Town

Sussex

$32,813


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

Applicant

Project Name 

Municipality

County

Recommended Award

Township of Moorestown

Moorestown Historic District

Moorestown Township

Burlington

$75,000


Heritage Tourism (up to $75,000)

Applicant

Project Name

Municipality

County

Recommended Award

The Whitesbog Preservation Trust, Inc.

Whitesbog Historic District

Pemberton Township (Brown Mills)

Burlington

$30,000

South Mountain TheaterWorks, Inc. d/b/a South Mountain TV

Greenwich Historic District

Greenwich Township

Cumberland

$75,000

Millville Army Air Field Museum

Millville Army Air Field Historic District

Millville City

Cumberland

$8,163

Historic Morven, Inc.

Morven

Princeton

Mercer

$75,000

St. Michael's Episcopal Church

St. Michael's Episcopal Church

Trenton City

Mercer

$24,390

Borough of Freehold

General Clinton's Headquarters

Freehold Borough

Monmouth

$15,000

Millstone Township Historical Preservation Commission

Clarksburg Methodist Episcopal Church

Millstone Township

Monmouth

$71,250

Friends of Passaic County

Belle Vista (Lambert Castle)

Paterson City

Passaic

$75,000


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

Applicant

Project Name

Municipality

County

Recommended Award

Perkins Center for the Arts

Carriage house
(Perkins House)

Moorestown Township

Burlington

$150,000

New Hanover Township

General Edward S. Godfrey House

New Hanover Township

Burlington

$149,489

Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (trading as Cape May MAC)

Emlen Physick Estate

Cape May City

Cape May

$32,308

Cape May Maritime Museum and Education Center

U.S. Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG-36538

Lower Township

Cape May

$45,017

Bayshore Center at Bivalve

A.J. Meerwald Schooner and Bivalve Oyster Packing Houses and Docks

Commercial Township

Cumberland

$82,728

Mount Pleasant Cemetery

Mount Pleasant Cemetery

Newark City

Essex

$21,600

Gloucester County Historical Society

Moravian Church

Woolwich Township

Gloucester

$23,582

Historic Morven, Inc.

Morven

Princeton

Mercer

$72,300

Twin Lights Historical Society

Navesink Lighthouse(Twin Lights) (Navesink Light Station)

Highlands Borough

Monmouth

$15,000

Borough of Matawan

Major John Burrowes Mansion

Matawan Borough

Monmouth

$149,377

The Morristown & Morris Township Library Foundation

Morristown Public Library (Morristown Historic District Extension)

Morristown Town

Morris

$37,911

The Growing Stage Theatre for Young Audiences, Inc.

Palace Theatre

Netcong Borough

Morris

$140,502

Skylands Association, NJ Botanical Garden

Carriage House
(Skylands)

Ringwood Borough

Passaic

$150,000

Liberty Hall Museum

Carriage House
Liberty Hall (Governor William Livingston House)

Union Township

Union

$90,000


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

Applicant

Project Name

Municipality

County

Recommended Award

New Jersey Pinelands Commission

Fenwick Manor

Pemberton Township

Burlington

$575,000

Camden County Historical Society

Benjamin Cooper Ferry and Tavern

Camden City

Camden

$611,340

Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Inc.

USS New Jersey (BB-62)

Camden City

Camden

$750,000

Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (trading as Cape May MAC)

Emlen Physick Estate

Cape May City

Cape May

$404,611

HCSV Foundation, t/a Historic Cold Spring Village

Cold Spring Grange Hall

Lower Township

Cape May

$156,266

City of Jersey City

Reservoir #3

Jersey City

Hudson

$750,000

Hudson County Division of Parks

North and South Summer Houses(West Bergen-East Lincoln Park Historic District)

Jersey City

Hudson

$713,550

Dorothea van Dyke McLane Association

Dorothea van Dyke McLane House
(Princeton Historic District)

Princeton

Mercer

$475,718

Historic Morven, Inc.

Morven

Princeton

Mercer

$500,000

Old Barracks Association

Old Barracks

Trenton City

Mercer

$152,622

City of Trenton

Trenton City Hall

Trenton City

Mercer

$749,644

SLT & CC Landmark Friends, Inc.

Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club

Rumson Borough

Monmouth

$304,000

Ayres/Knuth Farm Foundation, Inc.

Ayres Farm (Knuth Farm)

 

Denville Township

 

Morris

$194,150

Township of Hanover

Joseph Tuttle House

Hanover Township

Morris

$539,250

Borough of Mendham

Phoenix House
Mendham Historic District

Mendam
Borough

Morris

$214,029

Township of Mine Hill

Bridget Smith House

Mine Hill Township

Morris

$259,600

Morris County Park Commission

General Joseph W. Revere House
(The Willows, Fosterfields)

Morris Township

Morris

$245,430

Mount Olive Township

(Barn
Seward House)

Mount Olive Township

Morris

$261,205

Washington Township Land Trust of Morris County, Inc.

Obadiah LaTourette Grist and Saw Mill (German Valley Historic District)

Washington Township

Morris

$470,500

City of Clifton

Morris Canal

Clifton City

Passaic

$444,995


Capital Level II: Multi-phase ($500,000 - $750,000)

120 East State Street

First Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

Trenton City

Mercer

$750,000

County of Passaic

Passaic County Court House, and United States Custom House and Post Office Historic District

Paterson City

Passaic

$750,000


Miscellaneous

Applicant

Project Name

Municipality

County

Recommended Award

Hoboken Public Library

Hoboken Public Library

Hoboken City

Hudson

$750,000

New Jersey Historic Trust

Emergency Intervention Fund

Trenton City

Mercer

$100,000

New Jersey Historic Trust

Discover NJ History License Plate Fund

Trenton City

Mercer

$25,000

 Total Recommended Grant Awards: $14,038,043


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.

Posted: 08/31/2023

 

Introduction:

The New Jersey Historic Trust is in but not of the Department of Community Affairs. Its mission is to advance historic preservation through education, stewardship and financial investment programs that save our heritage and strengthen our communities. In addition to its role as the primary provider of bricks and mortar grants to NJ’s historic properties, the Trust also administers the heritage tourism grant program and heritage tourism website Journey Through Jersey. Home | Journey Through Jersey.

 

Summary:

The Historic Trust seeks to promote www.journeythroughjersey.com through a targeted marketing campaign across multiple forms of media (digital, print, social media, web articles etc.) in order to reach a broad audience and promote heritage tourism in the state of New Jersey. The Historic Trust seeks a marketing/advertising consultant with five or more years of demonstrated expertise in content development, creative marketing, and managing a strategic advertising campaign with proven results of a significantly increased return on marketing investment. The successful consultant/team will propose a Statement of Work (SOW) that outlines your digital strategy, including research and analytics, pre- and post-launch data analytics, design approach, project milestones, performance strategy, account management plan, as well as a plan for long term performance monitoring. Please note that the campaign does not require re-branding.

 

Deadlines:

September 29, 2023, by 3pm

 

For more information, please contact:

Dorothy Guzzo, Executive Director
dorothy.guzzo@dca.nj.gov
(609) 913-4436


Bid Opp - Journey Through Jersey Marketing Campaign.pdf

Agency Request For Proposal 8.29.2023.pdf

 

New Jersey Treasury Required Bid Forms

Click the links below to open pdf files of the New Jersey Treasury required bid forms:

Waiver and DPA Contract Checklist

State of New Jersey Standard Terms and Conditions

Waiver Supplement to Standard Terms and Conditions

Grant Funding Supports Capital Projects for Nonprofit Arts Organizations in NJ

 

TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Historic Trust and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts today announced the FY23 Capital Arts – Historic Locations grant award recipients. This grant opportunity prioritized project proposals that will be used to halt and remediate the physical deterioration of historic locations. There were 13 grants awarded totaling more than $2.6 million, with a maximum award of $250,000.

The FY23 Capital Arts - Historic Locations grant program is presented through a new partnership between the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (Arts Council), a division of the New Jersey Department of State, and the New Jersey Historic Trust (the Trust), affiliated with the Department of Community Affairs. The grant program is designed to assist New Jersey’s nonprofit arts organizations that are operating within buildings that are listed or eligible for listing in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places. Funds may be used for construction expenses related to the preservation, restoration, repair, and expansion to improve or enhance the facility. Grant funding is provided by the Arts Council and reviewed and administered by the Trust.

"Keeping history alive through preservation is key to building generational awareness and providing educational and recreational opportunities," said Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver, who serves as DCA Commissioner. "We are pleased that the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the New Jersey Historic Trust are combining resources to preserve historic properties, which play a key role in increasing tourism and economic development at both the local and state level."

"The extraordinary partnership between the State Arts Council and the Historic Trust highlights the best of state government – two sister agencies working together to address the needs of our state’s arts sector," said Secretary of State Tahesha Way. "I’m honored to work closely with the Arts Council as they find new and innovative ways to support the arts in New Jersey, and I’m excited to see the expertise and dedication that the Trust will bring in helping preserve these organizations and buildings as crucial anchors in their communities."

"Funding these worthy projects will assist in providing for the continued growth and development of the arts in many communities in the state," said New Jersey Historic Trust Executive Director Dorothy Guzzo. "These projects will also create jobs and bolster the economy for years to come."

"This program is in direct response to what we learned last year about the needs of arts organizations operating out of historic properties," said New Jersey State Council on the Arts Executive Director Allison Tratner. "By partnering with the Trust, we can simultaneously invest in the preservation of important historic spaces while we help build sustainability in our state’s arts industry."

FY23 Capital Arts - Historic Locations Grant Program Awards

Applicant

Project Name

County

Municipality

Award

Perkins Center for the Arts

Perkins House

Burlington

Moorestown

$250,000

Montclair Art Museum

Montclair Art Museum

Essex

Montclair

$248,488

Newark Public Radio, Inc. WBGO-FM

WBGO News (Military Park Commons HD)

Essex

Newark

$106,334

The Newark Museum Association

Ballantine Mansion, Newark Museum (James Street Commons HD)

Essex

Newark

$250,000

Hunterdon Art Museum

Hunterdon Art Museum (Dunham’s/

Parry’s Mill)

Hunterdon

Clinton

$250,000

CoLAB Arts

Fellowship Hall (First Dutch Reformed Church)

Middlesex

New Brunswick

$250,000

American Repertory Ballet Company

ARB Princeton (Cranbury HD)

Middlesex

Cranbury

$47,138

Ocean Grove Historic Preservation Society/Jersey Shore Arts Center

Old Neptune High School (Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association HD)

Monmouth

Ocean Grove

$175,000

Axelrod Performing Arts Center

Bell Labs

Monmouth

Holmdel

$250,000

Growing Stage/The Children’s Theatre of NJ

Palace Theatre

Morris

Netcong

$218,417

South Street Theatre/The Community Theatre

Community Theatre (Morristown HD)

Morris

Morristown

$250,000

Ocean Professional Theatre Company

Surflight Theatre (Beach Haven HD)

Ocean

Beach Haven

$250,000

Peters Valley Crafts Center Inc.

Munson House (Peters Valley HD)

Sussex

Layton

$126,496

 

ABOUT THE NEW JERSEY STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS

The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, created in 1966, is a division of the NJ Department of State and a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. The Council was established to encourage and foster public interest in the arts; enlarge public and private resources devoted to the arts; promote freedom of expression in the arts; and facilitate the inclusion of art in every public building in New Jersey. The Council believes the arts are central to every element we value most in a modern society including: human understanding; cultural and civic pride; strong communities; excellent schools; lifelong learning; creative expression; and economic opportunity. To learn more about the Council, please visit www.artscouncil.nj.gov.

ABOUT THE NEW JERSEY HISTORIC TRUST

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 New Jersey’s heritage and strengthen its communities.

Application Period Open for $10 Million in Preservation Planning, Heritage Tourism, Capital Grant Funding, and Municipal, County, and Regional Planning

 

TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Historic Trust (the Trust) today announced that applications for the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund grants are now available. Applications must be submitted by April 19, 2023.

 

The Trust, which is affiliated with the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), will this year offer preservation planning; municipal, county, and regional planning; and heritage tourism (Historic Site Management) grants, as well as ‘bricks and mortar’ (Capital Preservation) grants. Eligible applicants are 501c non-profit organizations and units of county, municipal, or state government. Properties must be certified eligible for listing on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places by August 1, 2023, to be eligible to receive funds.

 

“New Jersey has a rich history and we want to continue to preserve it for future generations,” said Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver, who serves as DCA Commissioner. “We are excited to make $10 million available to preserve historic properties, which play a key role in increasing tourism and economic development at both the local and state level.”

 

“This program is helping more sites become visitor ready,” said New Jersey Historic Trust Executive Director Dorothy Guzzo. “This in turn will bolster the state’s economic return from heritage tourism.”

 

Planning grants may be used for activities that assist in planning for the long-term stewardship, development, and successful management of historic sites, including developing preservation plans, engineering studies, or archaeological assessments. Heritage tourism initiatives may include visitor readiness surveys, wayfinding, and developing linkages between attractions. The Trust is also offering grants for municipal, county, and regional planning projects that are intended to foster sound planning and stewardship for New Jersey’s historic properties by developing local historic preservation ordinances, historic preservation components to a municipal or county master plan, architectural surveys, or design guidelines. The maximum grant request for planning grants is $75,000. The matching grant requires a $1 match for every $3 requested.

 

Capital preservation grants may be used for construction expenses related to the preservation, restoration, repair, and rehabilitation of a historic property and professional fees necessary to prepare and complete the construction project. There are two levels of capital requests.  At Level I, the maximum request is $150,000 and requires a match of $2 for every $3 requested. At Level II, the maximum request is $750,000 and requires a match of $1 for every $1 requested. All construction projects should be supported by previous investigations such as preservation plans or assessments. The Trust will again offer applicants the opportunity to apply for a multi-phase project to facilitate funding for substantially complex projects. In this category, the Trust may commit up to three years of funding at the $750,000 level, assuming all other requirements have been met.

 

Applications and guidelines are available on the Trust’s website: https://www.nj.gov/dca/njht/programs/preservenj/overview/

Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the Grant Guidelines to determine if the proposed project is eligible for funding. Staff is available to answer questions at 609-984-0473 or njht@dca.nj.gov.

 

The Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund was established by legislation in 2016 after New Jersey voters approved a change to the state constitution to provide a stable source of funding for open space, farmland, and historic preservation by dedicating funds from the corporate business tax. The Preserve New Jersey Fund continues the work of the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund (2000-2012) and the Historic Preservation Bond Program (1990-1997). Since 1990, more than $185 million in matching grants has been awarded to worthy historic preservation construction and planning projects throughout the state.

 

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 New Jersey’s heritage and strengthen its communities.

 

Study Commissioned by New Jersey Historic Trust Finds that More Than $3.6 Billion in Visitor Spending at NJ Historic Attractions Supports Nearly 50,000 Jobs

TRENTON, NJ - The New Jersey Historic Trust (the Trust), an affiliate of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), today announced the release of a new study “Heritage Tourism in New Jersey” commissioned by the Trust and completed by Tourism Economics, which conducts research for the State’s Office of Travel and Tourism. The study measured spending by visitors to heritage sites in New Jersey, the on-site spending at heritage sites and off-site spending at other businesses in the local community, as well as total economic impacts, including total GDP (gross domestic product), employment, labor income, and fiscal (tax) impacts. It found that heritage tourism generated nearly 10 million visits in 2019, resulting in $3.6 billion in visitor spending, which helped support nearly 50,000 jobs. The study can be found at Heritage Tourism Resources (nj.gov).

“This study supports the economic importance of heritage tourism in New Jersey,” said Lt. Governor Sheila Y. Oliver, who serves as DCA Commissioner. “This data will assist the Trust in informing decisions regarding funding and prioritization of the sector’s development and carefully monitoring its successes and future needs.”

New Jersey has a wealth of historic and cultural resources including museums, archaeological sites, agricultural and industrial buildings, theaters, and residential neighborhoods that attract 9.9 million visitors, including 4.4 million out-of-town visitors and 5.4 million local residents, the study concluded. The highest concentration of heritage sites are in Bergen, Essex, and Morris counties, and the greatest number of visitors were to sites in Essex, Bergen, Cape May, and Morris counties.

“This study was intentionally designed to measure 2019 before Covid because, as we know, many historic establishments were closed due to the pandemic,” said Dorothy Guzzo, director of the Trust. “The report illustrates the tremendous positive impact that heritage tourism has on the state’s economy and demonstrates why we need to continue to invest and strengthen New Jersey’s historic sites.” 

The full economic importance of heritage tourism was first quantified in Tourism Economics’ 2013 economic impact analysis. Tourism Economics conducted an updated analysis of New Jersey’s heritage tourism economy, which included detailed economic and fiscal impacts for 2019 in order to capture the impacts of heritage tourism on the state economy prior to the effects of COVID-19 on the tourism industry.

Similar to its 2013 study, Tourism Economics prepared a comprehensive model to quantify the impacts arising from spending by visitors to heritage sites in New Jersey. The results of the updated study show the industry’s total GDP impact of $3.0 billion in 2019 represented more than 7% of the GDP impact of the entire New Jersey tourism industry and resulted in $357.5 million in state and local tax revenues.

Links to these studies can be downloaded from www.njht.org/touring/resources.

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 our heritage and strengthen our communities.

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

Request for Proposals for marketing and advertising consultant/firm to develop and implement a promotional campaign for NJHT’s heritage tourism website, Journey Through Jersey. www.journeythroughjersey.com

RFP/Bid Solicitation Number: HT2023-002  Department: New Jersey Historic Trust
Related Links: Bid_Opp-Journey_Through_Jersey_Marketing_Campaign.pdfRFP Fiscal Form.pdfRFP_Marketing_Solutions_for_JtJ_FY23.pdf,  NJ W9.pdfNJ Standard Terms and Conditions.pdfWaiver and DPA Contract Checklist.pdf 

 

Introduction:

The New Jersey Historic Trust is in but not of the Department of Community Affairs. Its mission is to advance historic preservation through education, stewardship and financial investment programs that save our heritage and strengthen our communities. In addition to its role as the primary provider of bricks and mortar grants to NJ’s historic properties, the Trust also administers the heritage tourism grant program and heritage tourism website Journey Through Jersey. Home | Journey Through Jersey.

Summary:

The Historic Trust seeks to promote www.journeythroughjersey.com through a targeted marketing campaign across multiple forms of media (digital, print, social media, web articles etc.) in order to reach a broad audience and promote heritage tourism in the state of New Jersey. The Historic Trust seeks a marketing/advertising consultant with five or more years of demonstrated expertise in content development, creative marketing, and managing a strategic advertising campaign with proven results of a significantly increased return on marketing investment. The successful consultant/team will propose a Statement of Work (SOW) that outlines your digital strategy, including research and analytics, pre- and post-launch data analytics, design approach, project milestones, performance strategy, account management plan, as well as a plan for long term performance monitoring. Please note that the campaign does not require re-branding.

 

RFP Fiscal Form

RFP Marketing Solutions for JtJ FY23

Deadline:

Submission of bid closes on November 11, 2023, by 3pm

 

For Questions or More Information, Please Contact:

Dorothy Guzzo, Executive Director
dorothy.guzzo@dca.nj.gov
(609) 913-4436

All bid submissions must include completed mandatory compliance forms.

Click on the links below for mandatory compliance documents:
NJ Standard Terms and Conditions.pdf
Waiver and DPA Contract Checklist.pdf 

Click on this link for the NJSTART Vendor Portal:
https://www.njstart.gov/bso/

TRENTON - 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)

Applicant

Project Name

Municipality

County

Recommended Award

City of Atlantic City

Atlantic City Fire Station #4

Atlantic City

Atlantic

$50,000

Borough of Oradell

Oradell Railroad Station

Oradell Borough

Bergen

$34,958

Palisades Interstate Park Commission

Palisades Interstate Park

Alpine Borough

Bergen

$71,686

Community House of Moorestown

Moorestown Community House

Moorestown Township

Burlington

$34,163

New Jersey Pinelands Commission

Fenwick Manor

Pemberton Township

Burlington

$31,387

Friends of White Hill Mansion

White Hill Mansion

Fieldsboro Borough

Burlington

$35,131

Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities (Cape May MAC)

Emlen Physick Estate

Cape May City

Cape May

$61,845

Cape May County Historical and Genealogical Society

John Holmes House

Middle Township

Cape May

$7,014

Cape May Point Science Center 

St. Mary’s by the Sea (fka Shoreham Hotel)

Cape May Point Borough

Cape May

$59,955

Millville Army Airfield Museum

Millville Army Air Field Historic District

Millville City

Cumberland

$22,500

Cumberland County Historical Society

Greenwich Historic District (Log Granary)

Greenwich Township

Cumberland

$11,750

Van Riper House, Inc.

Van Riper House

Nutley Township

Essex

$64,080

Borough of High Bridge

Solitude House

High Bridge Borough

Hunterdon

$6,375

Delaware River Mill Society

Prallsville District

Stockton Borough

Hunterdon

$8,250

120 East State

First Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

Trenton City

Mercer

$75,000

City of Trenton

Mansion House (Ellarslie, McCall House)

Trenton City

Mercer

$75,000

SLTCC Landmark Friends, Inc. 

Seabright Lawn Tennis & Cricket Club

Rumson Borough

Monmouth

$18,337

Monmouth County Historical Association

Allen House

Shrewsbury Borough

Monmouth

$41,587

Washington Township Land Trust of Morris County, Inc.

German Valley Historic District (Obadiah LaTourette Grist and Saw Mill)

Washington Township

Morris

$21,000

Long Beach Island Historical Association

Beach Haven Historic District (LBI Historical Association)

Beach Haven Borough

Ocean

$25,181

Borough of Point Pleasant Beach

Tower Cottage

Point Pleasant Beach Borough

Ocean

$72,750

Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum

True Farmstead

Montgomery Township

Somerset

$75,000

Liberty Hall Museum, Inc.

Liberty Hall (Governor William Livingston House)

Union Township

Union

$75,000

Borough of Fanwood

Central Railroad of New Jersey Main Line Corridor Historic District

Fanwood Borough

Union

$75,000

Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F&AM 

Plainfield Masonic Temple, Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F & AM

Plainfield City

Union

$75,000

Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Frazee House, Inc. 

Elizabeth and Gershom Frazee House

Scotch Plains Township

Union

$33,263

Town of Westfield

Westfield Fire Headquarters

Westfield Town

Union

$45,000

 

 

 

Total:

$1,206,212

Historic Site Management Grants for Heritage Tourism (up to $75,000) 

Applicant

Project Name

Municipality

County

Recommended Award

Hamilton Partnership for Paterson, Inc.

Great Falls of the Passaic

Paterson City

Passaic

$75,000

 

 

 

Total:

$75,000

Level I Capital Preservation Grants ($50,000 – $150,000)

Applicant

Project Name

Municipality

County

Recommended Award

Fernbrook Environmental Education Center, Inc. 

Fernbrook Farm Historic District

Chesterfield Township

Burlington

$150,000

Sally Stretch Keen Memorial Library 

Vincentown Historic District

Southampton Township

Burlington

$85,622

Historical Society of Haddonfield

Greenfield Hall

Haddonfield Borough

Camden

$150,000

Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities (Cape May MAC)

Emlen Physick Estate

Cape May City

Cape May

$110,475

Historic Cold Spring Village (HCSV) 

Foundation

Historic Cold Spring Village Historic District

Lower Township

Cape May

$88,415

Friends of Locktown Stone Church, Inc. 

Locktown Baptist Church

Delaware Township

Hunterdon

$148,869

Historical Society of Hamilton Township, Inc.

Isaac Pearson House

Hamilton Township

Mercer

$150,000

Piscataway Township

Metlar House (Knapp House/Bodine House)

Piscataway Township

Middlesex

$138,000

Allaire Village, Inc.

Deserted Village of Allaire Historic District

Farmingdale Borough

Monmouth

$150,000

Friends Meeting House and Cemetery Association of Randolph Township

Friends Meetinghouse

Randolph Township

Morris

$74,525

Chester Historical Society

Chester’s Rockefeller Center

Chester Borough

Morris

$45,610

Washington Township Land Trust of Morris County, Inc.

German Valley Historic District (Obadiah LaTourette Grist and Saw Mill)

Washington Township

Morris

$31,064

Morris County Historical Society

Acorn Hall

Morristown Town

Morris

$102,300

Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms

Craftsman Farms (White Cottage)

Parsippany-Troy Hills

Morris

$150,000

Township of Rockaway and Historical Society of Rockaway Township

Ford-Faesch Manor House

Rockaway Borough

Morris

$68,390

Township of Hanover 

Joseph Tuttle House

Hanover Township

Morris

$7,965

Sussex County Historical Society

Newton Town Plot Historic District (Old Newton Academy)

Newton Town

Sussex

$147,780

State of New Jersey, DEP, Division of Parks and Forestry

Boxwood Hall

Elizabeth City

Union

$128,140

Historical Society of Plainfield

Nathaniel Drake House

Plainfield City

Union

$135,240

Merchants & Drovers Tavern Museum

Merchants and Drovers Tavern

Rahway City

Union

$45,000

 

 

 

Total:

$2,107,395

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

Applicant

Project Name

Municipality

County

Recommended Award

Save Lucy Committee, Inc. 

Lucy, the Margate Elephant

Margate City

Atlantic

$669,133

Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Inc. 

USS New Jersey (BB-62)

Camden City

Camden

$750,000

Camden County Historical Society

Benjamin Cooper Ferry and Tavern

Camden City

Camden

$750,000

Naval Air Station Wildwood (NASW) Foundation

Hangar No. 1

Lower Township

Cape May

$473,780

Montclair Historical Society dba Montclair History Center

Israel Crane House

Montclair Township

Essex

$366,000

City of Newark

Newark City Hall

Newark City

Essex

$750,000

City of Hoboken

Hoboken City Hall

Hoboken City

Hudson

$598,726

Hunterdon Land Trust

Case-Dvoor Farmstead

Raritan Township

Hunterdon

$500,000

Trent House Association, Inc.

William Trent House

Trenton City

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 

Mount Vernon School

Chatham Township

Morris

$266,050

City of Clifton

United States Animal Quarantine Station

Clifton City

Passaic

$453,600

Passaic County

Lambert Castle (Belle Vista)

Paterson City

Passaic

$750,000

Borough of Somerville

Daniel Robert House

Somerville Borough

Somerset

$218,907

Union County

Feltville Historic District

Berkeley Heights Township

Union

$191,248

 

 

 

Total:

$8,047,919

Multiphase Capital Preservation Grants ($500,000 - $750,000)

Applicant

Project Name

Municipality

County

Recommended Award

NJ Division of Parks & Forestry

Walt Whitman Neighborhood

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

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.

TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Historic Trust (the Trust) today announced that the applications for the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund grants are now available. Applications must be submitted by April 14, 2022.

This year, the Trust has committed to awarding $10 million in Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation funds and will offer both planning and heritage tourism (Historic Site Management) grants and ‘bricks and mortar’ (Capital Preservation) grants. Eligible applicants are 501c non-profit organizations, as well as units of county, municipal or state government. Properties must be certified eligible for listing on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places by August 1, 2022 to be eligible to receive funds.“Continuing to fund the preservation and restoration of historic places through these grants is essential to community and economic development in New Jersey,” said Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver, who serves as Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs (DCA). “Despite the ongoing challenges the pandemic has presented, Governor Murphy and I remain committed to supporting this important work to promote heritage tourism and save our historic cultural and educational places throughout the State.”

“Being able to help so many of New Jersey’s treasured historic resources is very rewarding,” said New Jersey Historic Trust Executive Director Dorothy Guzzo. “We are looking forwarding to working with the new applicants.”

Planning grants may be used for activities that will assist in planning for the long-term stewardship, development, and successful management of historic sites, including developing preservation plans, engineering studies or archaeological assessments. The Trust is also offering grants to foster heritage tourism initiatives that may include visitor readiness surveys, wayfinding, and developing linkages between attractions. New for this year, the maximum grant request has been raised from $50,000 to $75,000. The matching grant requires a $1 match for every $3 requested.

Capital preservation grants may be used for construction expenses related to the preservation, restoration, repair, and rehabilitation of historic property and professional fees necessary to prepare and complete the construction project. There are two levels of capital request. At Level I, the maximum request is $150,000 and requires a match of $2 for every $3 requested. At Level II, the maximum request is $750,000 and requires a match of $1 for every $1 requested. All construction projects should be supported by previous investigations, such as preservation plans or assessments.

The Trust will again offer applicants the opportunity to apply for a multi-phase project to facilitate funding for substantially complex projects. In this category, the Trust may commit to up to three years of funding at the $750,000 level, assuming all other requirements have been met.

Applications and guidelines are available on the Trust’s website: https://www.nj.gov/dca/njht/programs/preservenj/overview/

Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the Grant Guidelines to determine if the proposed project is eligible for funding. Staff is available to answer questions at 609-984-0473 or njht@dca.nj.gov.

The Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund was established by legislation in 2016 after New Jersey voters approved a change to the state constitution to provide a stable source of funding for open space, farmland, and historic preservation by dedicating funds from the corporate business tax.

The Preserve New Jersey Fund continues the work of the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund (2000-2012) and the Historic Preservation Bond Program (1990-1997). Since 1990, more than $156 million in matching grants has been awarded to worthy historic preservation construction and planning projects throughout the state.

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 New Jersey’s heritage and strengthen its communities.

The DCA offers a wide range of programs and services, including local government management and finance, affordable housing production, fire safety, building safety, community planning and development, and disaster recovery and mitigation.

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 ($150,001 - $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

Additional Funding Commitments

Multiphase Phase II Commitment: Lambert Castle

$750,000

Multiphase Phase II Commitment: Flemington Historic District: Hunterdon County Courthouse

$750,000

Emergency Intervention Fund

$75,000

 

 

TRENTON - The New Jersey Historic Trust announces that applications for the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund are now available.  Applications must be submitted by April 29, 2021.

 

This year the Historic Trust will offer both planning and heritage tourism (Historic Site Management) grants and ‘bricks and mortar’ (Capital Preservation) grants.  Eligible applicants are 501©3 non-profit organizations, as well as units of county, municipal or state government.  Eligible properties must be certified eligible for listing on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places by August 2, 2021.

“We anticipate a highly competitive grant round,” said New Jersey Historic Trust Executive Director Dorothy Guzzo.  “There is a very strong need for planning money, but even more so for construction funds that will help save our historic resources for new and continued uses.”

Planning grants may be used for activities that will assist in planning for the long-term stewardship, development and successful management of historic sites, including developing preservation plans, engineering studies or archaeological assessments. The Trust is also offering grants to foster heritage tourism initiatives that may include visitor readiness surveys, wayfinding, and developing linkages between attractions. The maximum grant request is $50,000 and requires a $1 match for every $3 in request. 

Capital preservation grants may be used for construction expenses related to the preservation, restoration, repair, and rehabilitation of historic property and professional fees necessary to prepare and complete the construction project. There are two levels of capital request:  At Level I, the maximum request is $150,000 and required a match of $2 for every $3 requested. At Level II, the maximum request is $750,000 and requires a match of $1 for every $1 requested. All construction projects should be supported by previous investigations, such as preservation plans or assessments. The Trust will again offer applicants the opportunity to apply for a multi-phase project to facilitate funding for substantially complex projects. In this category, the Trust may commit to up to three years of funding at the $750,000 level, assuming all other requirements have been met.

Applications and guidelines are available on the Trust’s web site: http://njht.org/dca/njht/applguid/

Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the Grant Guidelines to determine if the proposed project is eligible for funding.  Staff is available to answer questions at 609 984 0473 or njht@dca.nj.gov.  

The Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund was established by legislation in 2016 after New Jersey voters approved a change to the state constitution to provide a stable source of funding for open space, farmland and historic preservation by dedicating funds from the corporate business tax. The Preserve New Jersey Fund continues the work of the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund (2000-2012) and the Historic Preservation Bond Program (1990-1997). Since 1990, more than $156 million in matching grants has been awarded to worthy historic preservation construction and planning projects throughout the state.

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.

 

 

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

 

More Than $10.7 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 $10,227,499 in grant recommendations from the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund for 50 preservation planning, heritage tourism and capital projects to save and promote historic sites throughout the state. In addition to the Preserve New Jersey grant applications, two special initiatives have also been included for funding, the Passaic County Regrant Program and an allocation of funds to the Discover New Jersey License Plate Fund. Together, these special initiatives total $550,000, which brings the total amount of funds recommended for the 2020 round to $10,777,499.

“Investing in historic properties is key to preserving our past, present and future,” said Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver, who serves as DCA Commissioner. “Each project represents a piece of New Jersey’s rich history. Restoring and preserving these properties will allow for the continued use of these structures and ensure that they continue to enrich and benefit the communities in which they are located.”

Twenty-three of the grants will help fund preservation planning projects such as condition assessments, historic structure reports, archaeological investigations, and construction documents. Four grants will help fund heritage tourism initiatives to improve the visitor experience at historic sites. Twenty-three 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.

“We’re happy to recommend this year’s grants, which will help to provide the financial and technical support needed to stabilize and revitalize historic properties throughout the state,” said New Jersey Historic Trust Executive Director Dorothy Guzzo. “We will continue to advance historic preservation and ensure that our historic treasures are available for future generations.”

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 $166 million to more than 950 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

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

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

Applicant

Project Name 

Municipality  

Property County 

Recommended Award 

Palisades Parks Conservancy

Palisades Interstate Park 

Fort Lee Borough

Bergen  

$50,000 

The Radburn Association

Radburn 

Fair Lawn Borough

Bergen 

$42,255 

Woman's Club of Englewood

Brinckerhoff Carriage House  

Englewood

City

Bergen  

$39,600 

Newton Monthly Meeting

Newton Friends Meetinghouse 

Camden City

Camden 

$21,390 

Siloam Cemetery Association

Siloam Cemetery Historic District

Vineland City

Cumberland  

$30,000 

Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society

Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society Building

Vineland City

Cumberland 

$20,790 

Montclair History Center

Israel Crane House  

Montclair

Township

Essex 

$45,150 

Borough of High Bridge

Solitude House  

High Bridge Borough

Hunterdon  

$25,500 

Trent House Association

William Trent House  

Trenton City

Mercer 

$42,360 

Mercer County Park Commission

Pleasant Valley Historic District

Hopewell Township

Mercer 

$46,937 

City of Trenton

Mercer Cemetery  

Trenton City

Mercer 

$50,000 

First Presbyterian Church of Trenton

First Presbyterian Church

Trenton City

Mercer 

$44,482 

Borough of Jamesburg

Ensley-Mount-Buckalew House  

Jamesburg Borough

Middlesex 

$48,750 

Borough of Metuchen

Middlesex Avenue / Woodwild Park Historic District 

Metuchen

Borough

Middlesex 

$15,000 

SLTCC Landmark Friends, Inc.

Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club 

Rumson Borough

Monmouth 

$17,738 

Museum of Early Trades and Crafts

Madison Public Library and the James Building

Madison Borough

Morris 

$50,000 

Morris Museum

Twin Oaks (Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Residence)

Morristown

Town

Morris 

$30,180 

Ayres/Knuth Farm Foundation, Inc.

Ayres’ Farm (Ayres Knuth Farmstead)

Denville

Township

Morris 

$29,738 

Borough of Mendham

Phoenix House  

Mendham Borough

Morris 

$12,000 

City of Paterson

Great Falls / S.U.M. Historic District (ATP Site)

Paterson City

Passaic  

$50,000 

Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum

Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church 

Montgomery Township

Somerset 

$50,000 

NJ State Park Service

Six Mile Run Historic District

Franklin Township

Somerset 

$23,531 

Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F & AM

Plainfield Masonic Temple 

Plainfield City

Union  

$45,000 


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

Applicant

Project Name 

Municipality  

Property County 

Recommended Award 

City of Camden

Camden City Hall  

Camden City 

Camden

$50,000 

Rutgers University

Queen’s Campus 

New Brunswick City

Middlesex  

$22,275 

Navesink Maritime Heritage Association

Grover House  

Middletown Township

Monmouth

$22,291 

County of Passaic

Dey Mansion 

Wayne 

Township

Passaic  

$19,443 

Level I Capital Preservation Grants ($50,000 – $150,000) 

Applicant

Project Name  

Municipality 

Property County  

Recommended Award 

NJ State Park Service

Absecon Lighthouse 

Atlantic City 

Atlantic  

$88,560 

Borough of Fieldsboro

White Hill Mansion 

Fieldsboro 

Borough

Burlington  

$24,000 

Cape May MAC

Emlen Physick Estate 

Cape May City  

Cape May  

$81,620 

Llewellyn Park Preservation Foundation, Inc.

Llewellyn Park Historic District 

West Orange Township 

Essex 

$150,000 

Morris County Park Commission

Speedwell Village 

Morristown Town  

Morris  

$115,000 

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

Applicant

Project Name 

Municipality 

Property County 

Recommended Award 

Save Lucy Committee, Inc.

Lucy, the Margate Elephant 

Margate City  

Atlantic  

$673,668 

County of Burlington

Burlington County Prison  

Mt. Holly Township 

Burlington  

$526,500 

Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Inc.

USS New Jersey  

Camden City  

Camden  

$500,000 

Newark Performing Arts Corp.

Salaam Temple (Symphony Hall) 

Newark City  

Essex 

$750,000 

Borough of Hopewell

Hopewell Railroad Station 

Hopewell Borough

Mercer 

$249,907 

Lake Hopatcong Foundation

Landing Railroad Station 

Roxbury Township

Morris  

$254,879 

Roxbury Historic Trust, Inc.

King Store and Homestead

Roxbury Township

Morris  

$177,127 

Town of Boonton

Stone Arch Bridge  

Boonton Town  

Morris  

$320,000 

Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders

Mary Etta Cox House  

Barnegat 

Township 

Ocean  

$750,000 

NJ State Park Service

Ringwood Manor 

Ringwood 

Borough 

Passaic  

$550,000 

New Jersey Community Development Corporation

First Presbyterian Church of Paterson 

Paterson City  

Passaic  

$750,000 

City of Clifton

US Animal Quarantine Station 

Clifton City  

Passaic 

$300,750 

Stand Up For Salem

Broadway Historic District  (J. C. Penney)

Salem City  

Salem  

$630,000 

Township of Warren

Mount Bethel Baptist Meeting

House 

Warren Township  

Somerset 

$218,495 

Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Frazee House Inc.

Elizabeth and Gershom Frazee House 

Scotch Plains Township 

Union 

$337,161 

Musconetcong Watershed Association

Hoffman Grist Mill

Franklin Township 

Warren

$525,000

Multi-Phase Capital Level II Preservation Grants ($500,000 - $750,000)  

Applicant

 

Project Name 

 

Municipality  

Property County 

Recommended Award 

Save Ellis Island Inc.

Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island 

Jersey City  

Hudson 

$560,422 

Monmouth University

Shadow Lawn  

West Long Branch Borough 

Monmouth 

$750,000 

Special Initiatives

 

Applicant

Project Name

Municipality

Property

County

Recommended Award

County of Passaic

Passaic County Regrant Program

Paterson

Passaic

$500,000

New Jersey Historic Trust

Discover New Jersey License Plate Program

Trenton

Mercer

$50,000

 

In response to the COVID-19 health crisis sweeping the nation, the New Jersey Historic Trust is extending the 2020 Preserve New Jersey grant deadline until June 4, 2020 at 4:00pm.  We understand that our applicant organizations may be having difficulty completing the application by the original due date of April 23, 2020. As a result, all Preserve New Jersey grant applicants have until June 4, 2020 at 4:00pm to submit the online application. Additionally, all supporting documentation must be uploaded to a USB drive and received by the New Jersey Historic Trust no later than June 4, 2020 at 4:00pm.   

 

We appreciate your understanding. If you have any questions or concerns about your 2020 Preserve New Jersey grant application, please reach out to NJHT staff.   

 

TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Historic Trust (Trust) today announced that applications for the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund are now available. Applications must be submitted by April 23, 2020.

 This year, the Trust will offer both planning and heritage tourism (Historic Site Management) grants and ‘bricks and mortar’ (Capital Preservation) grants. Eligible applicants are 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations, as well as units of county, municipal or state government. Eligible properties must be certified eligible for listing on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places by August 1, 2020.

 “Historic preservation can open the door for cultural enrichment, education, and revitalization opportunities in every single one of our communities, which is why our Administration is expanding ways to advance capital preservation and planning projects throughout New Jersey,” said Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver, who serves as DCA Commissioner. “Governor Murphy and I are encouraging all 565 municipalities to take advantage of the many revitalization and enhancement opportunities that are now available through the Trust by applying for these valuable grants.”

 Planning grants may be used for activities that will assist in planning for long-term stewardship, development and successful management of historic sites, including developing preservation plans, engineering studies or archaeological assessments. The Trust is also offering grants to foster heritage tourism initiatives that may include visitor readiness surveys, wayfinding, and developing linkages between attractions. The maximum grant request is $50,000 and requires a $1 match for every $3  requested. 

 “We anticipate a highly competitive grant round,” said New Jersey Historic Trust Executive Director Dorothy Guzzo.  “There is a very strong need for planning money, but even more so for construction funds that will help save our historic resources for new and continued uses.”

 Capital preservation grants may be used for construction expenses related to the preservation, restoration, repair, and rehabilitation of historic property and professional fees necessary to prepare and complete the construction project. There are two levels of capital request. At Level I, the maximum request is $150,000 and requires a match of $2 for every $3 requested. At Level II, the maximum request is $750,000 and requires a match of $1 for every $1 requested. All construction projects should be supported by previous studies, such as preservation plans or assessments. The Trust will again offer applicants the opportunity to apply for a multi-phase project to facilitate funding for substantially complex projects. In this category, the Trust may commit up to three years of funding at the $750,000 level, assuming all other requirements have been met.

 Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the grant guidelines to determine if the proposed project is eligible for funding and may contact Trust staff with questions at 609-984-0473.

 The Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund was established by legislation in 2016 after New Jersey voters approved a change to the state constitution to provide a stable source of funding for open space, farmland and historic preservation by dedicating funds from the corporate business tax. The Preserve New Jersey Fund continues the work of the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund (2000-2012) and the Historic Preservation Bond Program (1990-1997). Since 1990, more than $156 million in matching grants has been awarded to worthy historic preservation construction and planning projects throughout the state.

 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.

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

Nearly $12 Million Awarded for Preservation Planning, Heritage Tourism and Capital Projects

TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Historic Trust (Trust), an affiliate of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), today approved $11,902,723 in grant recommendations from the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund (Fund) for 67 preservation planning, heritage tourism, and capital projects to save and promote historic sites throughout the state. Implementing legislation signed by Governor Murphy in June increased the Trust’s portion of the corporate business tax dedication from 5% to 7%. The grant recommendations, approved by the New Jersey Historic Trust Board, will be presented to the Garden State Preservation Trust at its next meeting on October 8, 2019. The grants will then require a legislative appropriations bill and the governor’s approval before funds become available.

“Historic structures and places are a foundational part of our towns that serve as community gathering spaces, heritage and tourism attractions, and places of recreation and respite - they are the places we love and they are so vital to improving New Jersey’s economy and quality of life,” said Acting Governor Sheila Oliver, who serves as DCA Commissioner. “Preserving our treasured historic places through these Trust grant awards will also help to ensure that future generations will benefit from knowing and experiencing their rich and storied past.”

Twenty-six of the grants will help fund preservation planning projects such as condition assessments, historic structure reports, archaeological investigations, and construction documents. Three grants will help fund heritage tourism initiatives to improve visitors’ experiences at historic sites. Thirty-eight grants will fund capital preservation projects on sites listed in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places. All of the grants awarded to nonprofit organizations or entities of municipal, county, and state government require a recipient match.

New this year, the Trust accepted applications for large-scale, multi-phased projects. Five of the thirty-eight capital grants were approved for their first phase. Future phases will be allocated in subsequent appropriations.

“We are very excited to recommend so many worthwhile projects for funding. The increase in the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund has enabled the Trust to help many more historic sites” said Historic Trust Executive Director Dorothy P. Guzzo. “Increasing access to our state’s historic places is a top priority for the Trust. Sites from every corner of the state are reflected in this list.”

Funding for the current grant round is dedicated from a voter-approved constitutional amendment that created the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund, which is supported by income from the corporate business tax and will receive an annual allocation in support of historic preservation. The Preserve New Jersey Fund continues the work of the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund and voter-supported referendums that have committed over $156  million to more than 900 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.

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 align 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.

2019 Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund Grant Recipients

Note: the project names are as listed in 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 for Planning Documents (up to $50,000)

 

Applicant

 

Project Name

 

Property County

Property Municipality

 

Grant Award

 

New Milford Borough

French Huguenot Cemetery and Huguenot Church Site Historic District

Bergen

 

New Milford Borough

$11,250.00

Alice Paul Institute

Alice Paul Birthplace (Paulsdale)

Burlington

Mt. Laurel Township

$27,263.00

Shipman Mansion Foundation, Inc.

Red Dragon Canoe Club

Burlington

Edgewater Park Township

$15,150.00

Doane Academy

Doane Academy 

Burlington

Burlington City

$41,524.00

John Woolman Memorial Association

John Woolman Memorial House

Burlington

Mount Holly Township

$38,445.00

New Hanover Township

General Edward S. Godfrey House

Burlington

New Hanover Township

$30,000.00

Haddonfield Friends School

Haddonfield Friends School

Camden

Haddonfield Borough

$50,000.00

Camden County Historical Society

Benjamin Cooper Ferry and Tavern

Camden

Camden City

$50,000.00

City of Jersey City

Van Vorst Park Historic District

Hudson

Jersey City

$45,000.00

Hudson County

Lincoln Park (West Side Park)

Hudson

Jersey City

$50,000.00

City of Bayonne

Bayonne Truck (Hook and Ladder) House #1

Hudson

Bayonne City

$22,500.00

Trent House Association

William Trent House

Mercer

Trenton City

$46,950.00

Edison Memorial Tower Corporation bda/ Thomas Edison Memorial Center at Menlo Park

 

Thomas A. Edison Memorial Tower

Middlesex

 

Edison Township

$28,688.00

Allentown Public Library Association, Inc.

First Baptist Church and Parsonage

Monmouth

Allentown Borough

$18,750.00

Town of Boonton

Boonton Ironworks

Morris

Boonton Town

$50,000.00

Roxbury Township

Lafayette School

Morris

Roxbury Township

$12,815.00

Morris County Park Commission

Merchiston Farm

Morris

Chester Township

$50,000.00

Morris County Park Commission

Mount Hope Miners’ Church

Morris

Rockaway Township

$23,738.00

Morris County Park Commission

Moses Estey House at The Speedwell Village Historic District

Morris

Morristown Township

$23,625.00

County of Passaic

Passaic County Courthouse

Passaic

Paterson City

$50,000.00

City of Paterson

Great Falls Historic District (Ivanhoe Mill Wheelhouse)

Passaic

Paterson City

$50,000.00

Hamilton Partnership for Paterson, Inc.

S.U.M. Auxiliary Steam Plant Foundation

Passaic

Paterson City

$24,000.00

Friends of Passaic County Parks

Westervelt-Vanderhoef House

Passaic

Clifton City

$14,049.00

Friends of Long Pond Ironworks

Long Pond Iron Works (Hewitt Church)

Passaic

West Milford Township

$13,447.00

City of Clifton

John and Anna Vreeland/Hamilton House

Passaic

 

Clifton City

$25,312.00

Musconetcong Watershed Association

Hoffman Grist Mill

Warren

Franklin Township

$50,000.00

 

Historic Site Management Grants for Heritage Tourism Projects (up to $50,000)

Applicant

 

Project Name

Property County

Property Municipality

Grant Award

 

Old Barracks Association

Old Barracks

Mercer

Trenton City

$16,239.00

Trenton Downtown Association

Old Barracks

Mercer

Trenton City

$30,000.00

Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms

Craftsman Farms

Morris

Morris Plains Borough

$43,875.00

 

Level I Capital Preservation Grants ($5,000 - $150,00)

 

Applicant

Project Name

Property County

Property Municipality

Grant Award

Save Lucy Committee, Inc.

Lucy, the Margate elephant

Atlantic

Margate City

$20,400.00

 

City of Linwood

Linwood Borough School #1 (Linwood Public Library)

 

Atlantic

 

 Linwood City

 

$60,000.00

The Shipman Mansion Foundation, Inc.

Red Dragon Canoe Club

 

Burlington

 

Edgewater Park

 

$125,700.00

Cherry Hill Township

Barclay Farmstead

Camden

Cherry Hill Township

$90,000.00

Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities

The Cape May Lighthouse

 

Cape May

 

Lower Township

 

$29,090.00

HCSV Foundation

Spicer Leaming House (HCSV)

Cape may

Lower Township

$51,200.00

Millville Army Air Field Museum, Inc.

Millville Army Air Field Historic District

 

Cumberland

 

Millville City

 

$42,189.000

 

Gloucester County

James and Ann Whitall House at Red Bank Battlefield

 

Gloucester

 

National Park Borough

 

$142,500.00

Washington Township Historic Preservation Commission

 

 

George Morgan Jr. Stone House

 

Gloucester

 

Washington Township

 

$22,887.00

Gloucester County Historical Society

Moravian Church

Gloucester

Woolwich Township

$90,000.00

1759 Vought House, Inc.

Christoffel Vought Farmstead

Hunterdon

Clinton Township

$15,000.00

Historic Morven, Inc.

Morven

Mercer

Princeton Township

$53,550.00

The Information Age Science and History Learning Center and Museum (InfoAge)

 

Camp Evans Historic District

 

Monmouth

 

Wall Township

 

$14,124.00

 

Allaire Village, Inc.

Deserted Village of Allaire Historic District

 

Monmouth

 

Wall Township

 

$20,000.00

Ayres/Knuth Farm Foundation, Inc.

Ayres (Knuth) Farm

Morris

Denville Township

$73,000.00

Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery Association of Randolph Township

 

Friends Meeting House

 

Morris

 

Randolph Township

 

$143,844.00

 

Roxbury Township

Morris Canal Inclined Plane 2 east

Morris

Ledgewood Township

$50,040.00

Salem Old House Foundation

Abel Nicholson House

Salem

Elsinboro Township

$86,400.00

Peters Valley School of Craft

Peters Valley Historic District

Sussex

Layton Township

$51,150.00

Merchants and Drovers Museum

Merchants and Drovers Tavern

Union

City of Rahway

$150,000.00

Township of Mansfield

Mount Bethel Methodist Church

Warren

Mansfield Township

$120,000.00

 

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

 

Applicant

Project Name

Property County

Property Municipality

Grant Award

City of Burlington

William R. Allen School

Burlington

Burlington City

$746,250.00

Bayshore Center at Bivalve

Bivalve Oyster Packing Houses and Docks, and "AJ Meerwald" Schooner

 

Cumberland

Commercial Township

$533,105.00

City of Jersey City

Reservoir #3

Hudson

Jersey City

$750,000.00

Hunterdon Land Trust

Case-Dvoor Farmstead

Hunterdon

Raritan Township

$750,000.00

Township of Piscataway/Fellowship for Metlar House

Metlar House (Knapp/Bodine House)

 

Middlesex

 

Piscataway Township

 

$175,000.00

Township of Rockaway

Ford-Faesch Manor House

Morris

Rockaway Township

$348,388.00

 

Borough of Seaside Heights

Dr. Floyd L. Moreland Carousel and Wurlitzer 146 Band Organ

 

Ocean

 

Seaside Heights Borough

 

$750,000.00

Township of Berkeley

Manitou Park School House

Ocean

Berkeley Township

$656,537.00

City of Paterson

Van Houten House

Passaic

Paterson City

$250,000.00

Friends of Historic Bernardsville

Dunster Squibb House

Somerset

Bernardsville Borough

$222,349.00

County of Union

Feltville Historic District

Union

Berkeley Heights Township

$450,000.00

Knowlton Township Historic Commission

Ramsaysburg Homestead

Warren

Knowlton Township

$365,725.00

 

Multi-Phase Capital Level II Preservation Grants ($500,000 - $750,000)

 

Applicant

Project Name

County

Property Municipality

Grant Award

 

Hoboken Public Library

Hoboken Free Public Library and Manual Training School

 

Hudson

 

Hoboken City

 

$750,000.00

 

Hunterdon county Board of Chosen Freeholders

Flemington Historic District (Hunterdon County Courthouse)

 

Hunterdon

 

Flemington Borough

 

$747,000.00

New Jersey Community Capital (Community Loan Fund of NJ, Inc) and the City of Trenton

 

 

East Trenton Library

 

 

Mercer

 

 

Trenton City

 

 

$750,000.00

Township of Mount Olive

Seward House

Morris

Mount Olive Township

$504,675.00

County of Passaic

Lambert Castle (Belle Vista)

Passaic

Paterson City

$750,000.00

The New Jersey Historic Trust is proud to present a short-form documentary produced by On Demand with Rob Lowe highlighting the important preservation work the Trust undertakes throughout the state of New Jersey. Dorothy Guzzo, Executive Director of the New Jersey Historic Trust, was joined by Vonda Givens from the Stickley Museum, and Linda Caldwell Epps from Sankofa Collaborative, in this short-form documentary featuring Craftsman Farms. The segment discusses the role of historic preservation in saving New Jersey’s history and the positive impact the Trust’s grant programs have on hundreds of historic sites across the state.

 

Click here to see the full five minute short-form documentary.

Click here to see the one-minute short.

 

Look for us on prime-time television! Our commercial will be featured on nearly 200 television stations throughout the U.S. and broadcasted in the NYC and Philadelphia tri-state areas between 7:00 am-11:45 am and 6:00 pm-11:45 pm on the following networks: CNN, Headline News, CNBC, MSNBC, The History Channel, The Travel Channel, and The Discovery Channel! The short-form documentary will begin airing on PBS, with a special introduction by actor, producer, and director Rob Lowe, on May 27, 2019 and run approximately 10 times per month for one year. It’s an exciting time to promote historic preservation and heritage tourism in New jersey! 

September 28, 2018, TRENTON, NJ - The New Jersey Historic Trust is launching a new state-wide campaign, “Revolutionize. Revitalize. Rediscover. NJ History,” to help save New Jersey’s history through sales of the Discover NJ History license plates.

The New Jersey Historic Trust plays a key role in preserving New Jersey history for future generations. The Trust has helped restore and preserve hundreds of historic locations in every county in the state. Unfortunately, many historic sites are still threatened.

Proceeds from sales of the Discover NJ History license plates are used to provide grants to communities and non-profit organizations to preserve the state’s historic sites.

“Every New Jerseyan can support the Trust’s important work by purchasing a Discover NJ History license plate,” said Dorothy Guzzo, executive director of the New Jersey Historic Trust. “Buying and displaying the license plate helps save New Jersey’s history, now.”

Just a few sites aided by the New Jersey Historic Trust include:

  • The Hunterdon County Courthouse is best-known as the site of the 1934 “Trial of the Century,” where Bruno Richard Hauptmann was convicted for the abduction and murder of the son of aviation hero Charles Lindberg. Grants from the New Jersey Historic Trust helped restore the courthouse and attached jail to its appearance during the Lindberg trial era.

  • A major Jersey shore attraction for over a century and a National Historic Landmark, Lucy the Margate Elephant stands six stories high and is visited by more than 25,000 people a year. Lucy required a great deal of work to ensure her continued survival. New Jersey Historic Trust grants helped fund exterior repairs and painting, including the “Howdah” mounted on her back that is used as the observation deck.

  • The Dey Mansion, located in Wayne, served twice as George Washington’s headquarters. Washington advisors Alexander Hamilton and James McHenry stayed at the mansion with him. Here Washington gave command of West Point to infamous traitor Benedict Arnold. It has served as a museum since 1934. The New Jersey Historic Trust helped fund interior and exterior restoration.

  • The Peter Mott House is the oldest known house in the community of Lawnside, which was founded as a free African-American settlement. It was almost demolished, but local efforts helped save it. It is now a museum that highlights the connections between the house, Lawnside, and the Underground Railroad. New Jersey Historic Trust grants helped fund exterior restoration and interior rehabilitation of the house.

Another goal of this campaign is to support heritage tourism, a major reason visitors come to New Jersey.

About 11 million people visit New Jersey’s historic sites each year, almost half from out-of-state, resulting in $2.8 billion in spending, supporting almost 40,000 jobs and generating $715 million in federal, state and local taxes.*

You can learn more about The New Jersey Historic Trust, how to help save New Jersey’s history and how to purchase the Discover NJ History license plate by visiting https://www.preservenjhistory.com/.

*Source: The Economic & Fiscal Impacts of Heritage Tourism in New Jersey

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

More Than $1 Million Awarded for Preservation Planning Projects

 

TRENTON, NJ - The New Jersey Historic Trust, an affiliate of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), today approved $1,037,621 in grant recommendations from the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund for 33 preservation planning projects to save and promote historic sites throughout the state. The grant recommendations, 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 available.

“Historic preservation is an integral part of community and economic revitalization and I am excited to see a diverse list of grant recipients this year,” said Lieutenant Governor Sheila Y. Oliver, Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs. “From historic homes, farms, libraries, train stations, and villages, the work that will be accomplished with the preservation grants will help to secure the future of our most treasured historic places in the Garden State.”

Twenty-nine of the grants will help fund preservation planning projects such as condition assessments, historic structure reports, archaeological investigations, and construction documents.  The remaining four grants will help fund projects to improve visitors’ experience at historic sites by assessing heritage tourism potential and creating interpretive plans and signage.  All the grants, awarded to nonprofit organizations or entities of municipal, county and state government, require a match from the recipient. 

“We are pleased to recommend funding for preservation planning to so many worthy projects in this grant round, and particularly to support sites that wish to develop heritage tourism and improve the visitor experience,” said Historic Trust Executive Director Dorothy P. Guzzo. “By saving our historic buildings, we can benefit from their impact on the tourism economy as well as encourage local pride.”

Funding for the current grant round is dedicated from a voter-approved constitutional amendment that created the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund, which is supported by income from the corporate business tax and will receive an annual allocation in support of historic preservation. The Preserve New Jersey Fund continues the work of the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund and voter-supported referendums that have committed $145 million to more than 800 historic preservation projects since 1990.  All funded resources are listed or eligible to be listed in 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. 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.

2018 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 for Planning Documents (up to $50,000)

 

Project Name

Property County

Property Municipality

Grant

Award

Fire Station #8

Atlantic

Atlantic City     

$50,000.00

James C. Rose Residence

Bergen

Ridgewood Village

$37,224.00

Greenfield Hall

Camden

Haddonfield Borough

$24,352.00

Hangar #1

Cape May

Lower Township

$29,813.00

Historic Cold Spring Village Historic District

Cape May

Lower Township

$37,107.00

Judge Nathaniel Foster House

Cape May

Lower Township

$38,850.00

Cumberland County Courthouse

Cumberland

Bridgeton City

$50,000.00

Old Stone School

Cumberland

Greenwich Township

$11,109.00

Moravian Church

Gloucester

Woolwich Township

$43,186.00

West Jersey Depot Train Station (Glassboro Train Station)

Gloucester

Glassboro Borough

$7,500.00

Hoboken Firehouses & Fireman's Monument

Hudson

Hoboken City

$37,500.00

Hoboken Free Public Library and Manual Training School

Hudson

Hoboken City

$50,000.00

Mahlon Fisher Residence (Doric House)

Hunterdon

Flemington Borough

$20,625.00

William Lindsay White House

Hunterdon

Kingwood Township

$30,000.00

Andrew and Hannah Drake Farmstead/Brookdale Farm

Mercer

Pennington Borough

$49,090.00

In and Out Social Club

Mercer

Trenton City

$22,500.00

Isaac Pearson House

Mercer

Hamilton Township

$50,000.00

Buckelew/Austin/Webb/Pulda Farm Historic District

Middlesex

North Brunswick Township

$21,375.00

Allen House

Monmouth

Shrewsbury Borough

$47,550.00

Ayres' Farm

Morris

Denville Township

$5,550.00

Jacob Ford Powder Mill Site

Morris

Morristown Town

$30,954.00

Lafayette School

Morris

Roxbury Township

$14,156.00

Middle Valley Chapel

Morris

Washington Township

$5,000.00

Lambert Castle

Passaic

Paterson City

$50,000.00

Van Riper Hopper House & Van Duyne House

Passaic

Wayne Township

$28,500.00

Daniel Robert House

Somerset

Somerville Borough

$23,535.00

Voorhees Dutch Barn

Somerset

Bedminster Township

$50,000.00

Old Newton Academy

Sussex

Newton Town

$34,225.00

Homestead Farm at Oak Ridge

Union

Clark Township

$50,000.00

 

Historic Site Management Grants for Heritage Tourism Projects (up to $50,000)

Project Name

Property County

Property Municipality

Grant Award

Roebling Wire Company

Burlington

Florence Township

$36,415.00

George Morgan Stone House

Gloucester

Mantua Township

$5,001.00

Dey Mansion (Passaic County Interpretive Plan)

Passaic

Wayne Township

$41,397.00

Black Creek Site

Sussex

Vernon Township

$5,107.00

1772 logo

May 29, 2018, NEWPORT, RI - The 1772 Foundation, partnering for the eighth year with the New Jersey Historic Trust, awarded historic preservation grants totaling $293,786 to 25 private nonprofit organizations in New Jersey. The grants ranged in amount from $3,175 to the grant maximum of $15,000. 12 of the 25 organizations received the maximum grant amount. Each grant recipient was required to have matching funds for its project. Grants also were awarded in Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Grants were provided for exterior work: painting, surface restoration, fire/security systems, repairs to/restoration of porches, roofs and windows, repairs to foundations and sills, and chimney and masonry repointing.

President of The 1772 Foundation, B. Danforth Ely, commented on the importance of these grants to the preservation community. "They fund maintenance and restoration work that might otherwise be deferred. Funding for such work is often harder to come by than funding for programming. The requirement of a match means our dollars go further and also demonstrates to us community support and the recipients' commitment to preserving their buildings."

New Jersey Historic Trust Executive Director, Dorothy Guzzo, added, “The Historic Trust is pleased to present these recommendations for funding assistance to The 1772 Foundation. We continue to see applications from historic sites that need our help and are new to the philanthropic community. These matching grants go a long way to preserving important places in New Jersey’s past."

Grant recipients were:
Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society, Inc. (Cranbury Township)
Delaware River Mill Society (Stockton Borough)
The Friends of Millstone Township Historic Registered Property (Millstone Township)
Friends of the Loew's (Jersey City)
Gloucester County Historical Society (Woolwich Township)
The Heritage and Agriculture Association, Inc. (Wantage Township)
Historic Cold Spring Village (Cape May)
Historic Restoration Trust of the Township of Nutley (Nutley Township)
Historical Educational Lodge-Hall Preservatory (Swedesboro)
Hunterdon Art Museum (Clinton Town)
Long Beach Island Historical Association (Beach Haven Borough)
Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities (Lower Township)
Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum (Lower Township)
New Jersey Community Development Corporation (Paterson City)
Princeton AlumniCorps (Princeton)
Reeves-Reed Arboretum (Summit City)
Save Ellis Island (Ellis Island)
Sourland Conservancy (Montgomery Township)
Sparta Historical Society (Sparta Township)
Squan Beach Life Saving Station Preservation Committee (Manasquan Borough)
Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association (Pennington Borough)
Township of Ocean Historical Museum (Ocean Township)
The Union Township Historical Society (Union Township)
Westampton Township Historical Society (Westampton Township)
The GFWC Woman's Club of Rutherford (Rutherford Borough)

The 1772 Foundation was named in honor of its first restoration project, Liberty Hall in Union, NJ, which was built in 1772 and is the ancestral home of the Livingston and Kean families. The late Stewart B. Kean was the original benefactor of The 1772 Foundation. The 1772 Foundation works to ensure the safe passage of our historic buildings and farmland to future generations. More information about The 1772 Foundation may be found at www.1772foundation.org.

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A complete list of 1772 Foundation projects funded through the New Jersey Historic Trust is available HERE.

Awards to Support Diverse Improvement and Restoration Projects across New Jersey

NOVEMBER 17, 2017 - Advancing its ongoing commitment to preserving and protecting New Jersey’s rich and diverse historic resources, the New Jersey Cultural Trust (NJCT) has announced $304,655 in FY 2018 Capital Historic Preservation grant awards to 13 qualified organizations and projects statewide. With the FY 2018 grant awards, the Cultural Trust has now approved over $7 million in financial stabilization and historic preservation projects across New Jersey to date.

Pursuant to the Cultural Trust Act of 2000, annual NJCT grants are awarded following a third-party, independent peer review process and are based on recommendations from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, New Jersey Historical Commission, and the New Jersey Historic Trust. For FY 2018, recommendations were made by the New Jersey Historic Trust.

“The work of the New Jersey Cultural Trust is unique and unlike any other agency across state government, and these FY 2018 awards illustrate how important its work remains to the state’s arts and history communities,” said Sara Cureton, executive director of the New Jersey Cultural Trust. “This year’s grants will facilitate important repairs and improvements to several historic properties and, in doing so, will help ensure their enduring historical legacy and appeal to visitors for years to come.”

For the FY 2018 round, awards of up to $25,000 were available for eligible activities including stabilization, repair, restoration, adaptive reuse and improvements to cultural or historic properties, including adapting for increased accessibility. In addition, all project proposals must be in conformance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. All history, arts, and humanities organizations with stewardship responsibility for historic resources that are listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places, and qualified by the New Jersey Cultural Trust, were eligible to apply for FY 2018 capital historic preservation funding.

The FY 2018 NJHC Capital Historic Preservation grant awards are as follows (by County):

The Shipman Mansion Foundation - Red Dragon Canoe Club, Burlington, $25,000
Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts - Emlen Physick Estate, Cape May, $25,000
Naval Air Station Wildwood Foundation - Hangar #1, Cape May, $25,000
Red Mill Museum Village - M.C. Mulligan & Sons' Quarry (The Red Mill), Hunterdon, $25,000
The 1759 Vought House, Inc. - Vought Farmstead, Hunterdon, $25,000
Hunterdon Land Trust - Case-Dvoor Farmstead, Hunterdon, $25,000
Howell Living History Farm - Pleasant Valley Historic District: Chicken Sheds, Mercer, $25,000
Old Barracks Museum - Old Barracks, Mercer, $20,355
Morris County Historical Society - Acorn Hall, Morris, $9,300
Growing Stage – The Children’s Theatre of NJ - Palace Theater, Morris, $25,000
Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum Association - Merchants and Drovers Tavern, Union, $25,000
duCret School of the Arts - George Strong Residence, Union, $25,000
Monmouth County Historical Association - Holmes-Hendrickson House, Monmouth, $25,000

TOTAL:$304,655

The New Jersey Cultural Trust (NJCT) was created in July 2000 as a public/private partnership to help ensure a stable and healthy nonprofit cultural industry in New Jersey that is sustainable even in the toughest of economic times. This is achieved through the establishment of a permanent, interest-generating fund to be an additional source of revenue to nonprofit arts, history, and humanities organizations. The NJCT provides grants to support capital projects, endowments, and institutional and financial stabilization of arts, history, and humanities organizations in New Jersey. Funding for the grants comes from interest earned on the Cultural Trust Fund, which is a permanent investment fund.

Original press release from NJCT

MAY 15, 2017 - Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1.c, the rules implementing the Historic Preservation Revolving Loan Program have been readopted without change and shall continue in effect for a seven-year period, ending May 15, 2024.

View the official announcement (PDF).

Learn more about the Revolving Loan Fund

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Nearly $3 Million Awarded to 25 Projects

JANUARY 17, 2017, TRENTON, NJ - The New Jersey Historic Trust today announced $2,988,859 in grant awards through the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund for 25 “bricks and mortar” capital preservation projects located at historic sites. The grants, recently approved by the Garden State Preservation Trust, will require a Legislative appropriations bill and the Governor’s approval before funds are available.

“These grants will help restore these sites and preserve their historic, architectural, and aesthetic character for generations to come,” said Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Charles A. Richman.

Funding for the current grant round is dedicated from a voter-approved constitutional amendment that created the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund, which is supported by income from the corporate business tax. The Fund will receive an annual allocation in support of historic preservation projects for planning and construction. All grantees are nonprofit organizations or entities of municipal, county and state government. All funded projects are listed on the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places, either individually or within designated historic districts. The Preserve New Jersey Fund continues the work of the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund and voter supported referendums that have committed $140 million to more than 750 historic preservation projects since 1990.

“Each grant round is highly competitive,” explained Historic Trust Executive Director Dorothy P. Guzzo. “While we were able to fund almost half of the requested number of applications in this grant round, there is still tremendous need for financial support of historic preservation at the state, county and local levels. We are very pleased to have this ongoing source of funding to help meet those needs.”

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 njht.org. Note: the project names are as listed on the National Register of Historic Places and may not reflect the current names of the property.

Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund Grant Recipients:

(alphabetical by County)

Red Dragon Canoe Club, Edgewater Park, Burlington County, $125,875.00
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington City, Burlington County, $150,000.00
White Hill Mansion, Fieldsboro, Burlington County, $45,000.00
Goshen School, Middle Township, Cape May County, $150,000.00
Joseph Falkenburge House, Dennis Township, Cape May County, $150,000.00
Bloomfield Cemetery: Receiving Vault, Bloomfield, Essex County $66,000.00
Hoboken City Hall, Hoboken, Hudson County, $150,000.00
The Dr. Barrow Mansion, Jersey City, Hudson County, $150,000.00
Case-Dvoor Farmstead, Raritan Township, Hunterdon County, $150,000.00
St. Michael's Episcopal Church,Trenton, Mercer County, $45,000.00
All Saints' Memorial Church Complex, Navesink, Middletown, Monmouth County $150,000.00
Carlton Theatre (Count Basie Theatre), Red Bank, Monmouth County, $147,900.00
Major John Burrowes Mansion, Matawan, Monmouth County, $149,358.00
The Towers (Strauss Mansion), Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth County, $133,448.00
Craftsman Farms: White Cottage, Parsippany-Troy Hills, Morris County, $150,000.00
First Presbyterian Church of New Vernon, New Vernon, Morris County, $150,000.00
Hartley Dodge Memorial, Madison, Morris County, $150,000.00
Landing Railroad Station, Roxbury Township, Morris County, $150,000.00
Nathan Cooper Grist Mill, Chester Township, Morris County, $13,200.00
Cedar Bridge Tavern, Barnegat Township, Ocean County, $150,000.00
Daniel Robert House (Somerville Borough Hall), Somerville, Somerset County, $46,360.00
Christ Episcopal Church, Newton, Sussex County $131,400.00
Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, Union County, $150,000.00
George A. Strong Residence, Plainfield, Union County, $114,318.00
The Clearing (Reeves-Reed Arboretum), Summit, Union County, $21,000.00

New Jersey Historic Trust advances 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. The Historic Trust seeks to achieve its mission by serving as a leading voice for preservation at the state level; 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.

This announcement is also available on the NJ Department of Community Affairs website HERE

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The following resources provide information, news, and tips for those affected by Hurricane Sandy

New Jersey Office of Emergency Management:
http://ready.nj.gov/

New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office Hurricane Sandy Cultural Resources Recovery:
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/hurricane_sandy.htm

Post-Sandy Revovery Tips (pdf - includes a variety of resources from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and other preservation organizations)

More resources and information

 

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