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New Jersey Historic Preservation Grants

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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. 

2018 New Jersey Historic Grants

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
Project NameCountyTownAward
$1,037,621.00
Fire Station #8AtlanticAtlantic City $50,000.00
James C. Rose ResidenceBergenRidgewood Village$37,224.00
Greenfield HallCamdenHaddonfield Borough$24,352.00
Hangar #1Cape MayLower Township$29,813.00
Historic Cold Spring Village Historic DistrictCape MayLower Township$37,107.00
Judge Nathaniel Foster HouseCape MayLower Township$38,850.00
Cumberland County CourthouseCumberlandBridgeton City$50,000.00
Old Stone SchoolCumberlandGreenwich Township$11,109.00
Moravian ChurchGloucesterWoolwich Township$43,186.00
West Jersey Depot Train Station (Glassboro Train Station)GloucesterGlassboro Borough$7,500.00
Hoboken Firehouses & Fireman’s MonumentHudsonHoboken City$37,500.00
Hoboken Free Public Library and Manual Training SchoolHudsonHoboken City$50,000.00
Mahlon Fisher Residence (Doric House)HunterdonFlemington Borough$20,625.00
William Lindsay White HouseHunterdonKingwood Township$30,000.00
Andrew and Hannah Drake Farmstead/Brookdale FarmMercerPennington Borough$49,090.00
In and Out Social ClubMercerTrenton City$22,500.00
Isaac Pearson HouseMercerHamilton Township$50,000.00
Buckelew/Austin/Webb/Pulda Farm Historic DistrictMiddlesexNorth Brunswick Township$21,375.00
Allen HouseMonmouthShrewsbury Borough$47,550.00
Ayres’ FarmMorrisDenville Township$5,550.00
Jacob Ford Powder Mill SiteMorrisMorristown Town$30,954.00
Lafayette SchoolMorrisRoxbury Township$14,156.00
Middle Valley ChapelMorrisWashington Township$5,000.00
Lambert CastlePassaicPaterson City$50,000.00
Van Riper Hopper House & Van Duyne HousePassaicWayne Township$28,500.00
Daniel Robert HouseSomersetSomerville Borough$23,535.00
Voorhees Dutch BarnSomersetBedminster Township$50,000.00
Old Newton AcademySussexNewton Town$34,225.00
Homestead Farm at Oak RidgeUnionClark Township$50,000.00
Roebling Wire CompanyBurlingtonFlorence Township$36,415.00
George Morgan Stone HouseGloucesterMantua Township$5,001.00
Dey Mansion (Passaic County Interpretive Plan)PassaicWayne Township$41,397.00
Black Creek SiteSussexVernon Township$5,107.00

Somerset County Grant History

In addition to the New Jersey Historic Trust there are other preservation grant government agencies dolling out money to towns and 501C3 non-profits.

We gathered the Somerset County Cultural and Heritage Commission grant data from 1999-2018 as well.

Source: Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission
Source: Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission

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