Morris County Approves 30 Historic Preservation Grants

Five First-Time Projects Included Among $2.65 Million in Awards

The Morris County Board of County Commissioners approved $2.65 million in grants from the county’s Preservation Trust Fund to help restore, preserve and further protect historic sites in the county, including five projects that sought funding for the first time.

The 30 grants will go toward 29 specific historic sites, with one – the Seward House in Mount Olive – being approved for two grants:  one for partial restoration of the exterior of the historic 1860s farmhouse and another to complete construction planning for interior work.  All of the projects were recommended by the Morris County Historic Preservation Trust Fund Review Board last month, with about 83 percent of the funding to be focused on construction work involving 15 projects.

The rest, 17 percent, will go toward 15 non-construction projects, including preservation planning, pre-construction planning and design work.

“Morris County has now approved nearly $46 million derived from our Preservation Trust Fund to restore and preserve 122 historic sites in the 20 years since the voters overwhelming approved of dedicating a fund to protect our American heritage. Both our Preservation Trust Fund Review Board and our Office of Planning and Preservation have been instrumental in helping us to select the most worthy projects for support, and to see this important preservation effort continues. We thank them for their crucial work,” said Commissioner Director Tayfun Selen.

See the Full List of Projects Considered This Year by the Review Board

The five new projects approved for funding include:

The Boonton Civil War Memorial in the Town of Boonton

Dr. John Taylor House in the Town of Boonton

Samuel Tuttle House in Hanover Township

The Lindenwold Mansion (Peck School Building) in Morristown

The Mountain Lakes Train Station in Mountain Lakes

Photos of the five new sites may be found here.

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