New Jersey Historic Trust Announces Grant Applications for 2008
February 27, 2009
TRENTON – The New Jersey Historic Trust today announced its recommended list for 2008 Historic Preservation Grants. The list of recommended sites will go before the Garden State Preservation Trust on March 11th for ratification and then move on to the Legislature for approval. 60 projects at historic sites were selected and would receive a total of over $15.5 million in funding.
- New Jersey Historic Grant totals by County for 2008
“The Historic Trust continues to make great strides in preserving New Jersey’s culture and historic sites,” said Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Joseph Doria. “This is indicative of Governor Corzine’s efforts to revitalize our state’s economy. Not only will this action preserve these sites, but it will help spur economic growth by attracting tourism to these areas.”
The New Jersey Historic Trust, a DCA affiliate, administers the grants from the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund. The Trust Fund was created to promote historic preservation and encourage joint preservation efforts by the public and private sectors. It funds both capital projects and planning projects for historic preservation across the state.
- New Jersey Historic Grants by Percentage for 2008
This 2008 Historic Preservation Grant Round is devoted to Historic Sites Management Grants and Capital Preservation Grants. Historic Site Management Grants support non-construction activities such as conditions assessments, preservation plans, engineering reports, construction documents, landscape reports, archaeological assessments associated with historic site rehabilitation, green building retrofit analysis, and heritage tourism initiatives. Capital Preservation Grants support ‘bricks and mortar’ repair, restoration and rehabilitation of historic resources for continued active use. The maximum award is $50,000 for planning and $750,000 for capital construction. Special initiatives this year highlighted urban resources, heritage tourism, and projects not previously funded.
Below is the list of projects – For more information visit – http://www.njht.org/
| Recommended Site | Muni. | County | Recommended Award |
| St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church | Beverly | Burlington | $289,945 |
| Burlington County Historical Society | Burlington | Burlington | $50,000 |
| Battleship New Jersey | Camden | Camden | $100,000 |
| Church of Our Savior, Camden | Camden | Camden | $750,000 |
| Bivalve Shipping Sheds & Wharves | Commercial | Cumberland | $750,000 |
| Edgewater Borough Hall | Edgewater | Bergen | $406,000 |
| First Presbyterian Church | Elizabeth | Union | $290,202 |
| Trenton Bath House and Day Camp | Ewing | Mercer | $750,000 |
| Fleming Castle | Flemington | Hunterdon | $49,650 |
| Glen Ridge Municipal Building/Library | Glen Ridge | Essex | $664,200 |
| First Baptist Church of Haddonfield | Haddonfield | Camden | $24,682 |
| Hoboken Public Library | Hoboken | Hudson | $750,000 |
| Henry Phillips House | Hopewell | Mercer | $360,830 |
| Ellis Island Recreation Building | Jersey City | Hudson | $50,000 |
| Ellis Island Hospital Building | Jersey City | Hudson | $162,325 |
| St. Andrew’s Amwell | Lambertville | Hunterdon | $29,962 |
| Parker Homestead | Little Silver | Monmouth | $44,625 |
| Church of the Presidents | Long Branch | Monmouth | $467,296 |
| Millington Schoolhouse #74/Old Town Hall | Long Hill | Morris | $27,147 |
| The Darlington Schoolhouse/Havemeyer Hall | Mahwah | Bergen | $750,000 |
| The Presbyterian Church | Mays Landing | Atlantic | $12,724 |
| The Preparative Meeting of Friends of Medford | Medford | Burlington | $50,000 |
| Medford Preparatory Friends Meeting | Medford | Burlington | $99,942 |
| 1857 Millville Bank | Millville | Cumberland | $29,767 |
| Willow Hall | Morristown | Morris | $37,322 |
| Revolutionary NJ Discovery Centers | Multiple | Multiple | $50,000 |
| James and Ann Whitall House | National Park | Gloucester | $47,625 |
| Dutch Reformed Church | New Brunswick | Middlesex | $487,797 |
| Christ Episcopal Church | New Brunswick | Middlesex | $412,408 |
| Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company | Newark | Essex | $255,000 |
| Ballentine Carriage House | Newark | Essex | $588,092 |
| Van Allen House & Vygeborg Farm Office Bldg. | Oakland | Bergen | $40,000 |
| New Milford Plant/Hackensack Water Co. | Oradell | Bergen | $750,000 |
| Orange City Hall | Orange | Essex | $140,500 |
| Episcopal Church of the Epiphany | Orange | Essex | $250,065 |
| Second Presbyterian Church, Oxford | Oxford | Warren | $16,310 |
| S.U.M. Great Falls Power Plant | Paterson | Passaic | $180,000 |
| Rogers Locomotive Works Storage Building | Paterson | Passaic | $750,000 |
| Alliance Heritage Center | Pittsgrove | Salem | $50,000 |
| Moshe Bayuk House | Pittsgrove | Salem | $406,744 |
| All Souls Church | Plainfield | Union | $446,369 |
| Port Colden Methodist Episcopal Church | Port Colden | Warren | $186,000 |
| Thomas Clarke House | Princeton | Mercer | $25,000 |
| General John Frelinghuysen House | Raritan | Somerset | $264,075 |
| Anthony Reckless Estate | Red Bank | Monmouth | $29,308 |
| Roebling Company Kinkora Works | Roebling | Burlington | $50,000 |
| Salem County Courthouse | Salem | Salem | $250,000 |
| Bevans | Sandyston | Sussex | $33,000 |
| Princeton Nurseries, Kingston Site | South Brunswick | Middlesex | $290,000 |
| Bishop-Irick Farmstead | Southampton | Burlington | $9,092 |
| Spring Lake First Aid & Emerg. Squad Bldg. | Spring Lake | Monmouth | $526,950 |
| District No. 98 Schoolhouse | Stockton | Hunterdon | $219,769 |
| The Clearing | Summit | Union | $47,500 |
| Douglass House and Jackson Street Bridge | Trenton | Mercer | $534,901 |
| Port Colden Schoolhouse | Washington | Warren | $273,800 |
| Dey Mansion | Wayne | Passaic | $619,737 |
| Belcoville Post Office | Weymouth | Atlantic | $15,000 |
| Morris Canal Lock 2 East | Wharton | Morris | $50,000 |
| Trinity Episcopal Church | Woodbridge | Middlesex | $253,540 |
| Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church | Woolwich | Gloucester | $12,000 |
