An Act appropriating $17,288,315 from constitutionally dedicated corporation business tax revenues for the purpose of providing grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. There is appropriated to the New Jersey Historic Trust the sum of $15,758,315 from dedicated corporation business tax revenues pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution in the “Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund,” established pursuant to section 9 of the “Preserve New Jersey Act,” P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-51), for the purpose of providing for historic preservation projects approved as eligible for such funding: (1) capital preservation grants as listed in subsection b. of this section; (2) historic site management grants as listed in subsection c. of this section; and (3) special project initiatives as listed in subsection d. of this section.
b. The following historic preservation projects are eligible for funding in the form of capital preservation grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, using moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:
County Municipality Name of Organization Project Name Grant Award
Atlantic Margate Save Lucy Committee, Inc. Lucy, the $669,133
Margate Elephant
Burlington Chesterfield Township Fernbrook Environmental Fernbrook Farm $150,000
Education Center, Inc. Historic District
Burlington Southampton Sally Stretch Keen Vincentown Historic District $85,622
Township Memorial Library
Camden Camden City Camden County Historical Society Benjamin Cooper $750,000
Ferry and Tavern
Camden Camden City Home Port Alliance for USS New Jersey (BB-62) $750,000
the USS New Jersey, Inc.
Camden Camden City NJDEP, Division of Walt Whitman Neighborhood $750,000
Parks and Forestry
Camden Haddonfield Borough Historical Society of Haddonfield Greenfield Hall $150,000
Cape May Cape May City Mid-Atlantic Center for the Emlen Physick Estate $110,475
Arts & Humanities
(Cape May MAC)
Cape May Lower Township Historic Cold Spring Village Historic Cold Spring Village $88,415
(HCSV) Foundation Historic District
Cape May Lower Township Naval Air Station Wildwood Hangar No. 1 $473,780
(NASW) Foundation
Essex Montclair Township Montclair Historical Society Israel Crane House $366,000
dba Montclair History Center
Essex Newark City City of Newark Newark City Hall $750,000
Hudson Hoboken City City of Hoboken Hoboken City Hall $598,726
Hudson Hoboken City Hoboken Public Library Hoboken Free Public
Library and Manual Training $750,000
School: Phase II Commitment
Hunterdon Delaware Township Friends of Locktown Locktown Baptist Church $148,869
Stone Church, Inc.
Hunterdon Raritan Township Hunterdon Land Trust Case-Dvoor Farmstead $500,000
Mercer Hamilton Township Historical Society of Isaac Pearson House $150,000
Hamilton Township, Inc.
Mercer Trenton City New Jersey Community Capital East Trenton Public Library: $750,000
(Community Loan Fund of Phase II Commitment
‘ NJ, Inc) and the City of Trenton
Mercer Trenton City 120 East State First Presbyterian $750,000
Church and Cemetery
Mercer Trenton City Trent House Association, Inc. William Trent House $299,870
Middlesex Piscataway Township Piscataway Township Metlar House (Knapp House/ $138,000
Bodine House)
Monmouth Farmingdale Borough Allaire Village, Inc. Deserted Village of Allaire $150,000
Historic District
Morris Chatham Township Historical Society of the Mount Vernon School $266,050
Township of Chatham
Morris Chester Borough Chester Historical Society Chester’s Rockefeller Center $45,610
Morris Chester Borough Morris County Park Commission Merchiston Farm $260,605
(Bamboo Brook)
Morris Hanover Township Township of Hanover Joseph Tuttle House $7,965
Morris Mount Olive Township Township of Mount Olive Seward House $672,000
: Phase II Commitment
Morris Morris Plains Borough Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms $150,000
Craftsman Farms (White Cottage)
Morris Morristown Town Morris County Historical Society Acorn Hall $102,300
Morris Randolph Township Friends Meeting House and Friends Meetinghouse $74,525
Cemetery Association of
Randolph Township
Morris Rockaway Borough Township of Rockaway and Ford-Faesch Manor House $68,390
Historical Society of
Rockaway Township
Morris Washington Township Washington Township Land Trust German Valley Historic District $31,064
of Morris County, Inc. (Obadiah LaTourette
Grist and Saw Mill)
Passaic Clifton City City of Clifton United States Animal $453,600
Quarantine Station
Passaic Paterson City Passaic County Lambert Castle Tower $750,000
(Belle Vista)
Passaic Paterson City Passaic County Lambert Castle $750,000
(Belle Vista): Phase III
Commitment
Somerset Somerville Borough Borough of Somerville Daniel Robert House $218,907
Sussex Newton Town Sussex County Historical Society Newton Town Plot $147,780
Historic District
(Old Newton Academy)
Union Berkeley Heights Union County Feltville Historic District $191,248
Township
Union Elizabeth City NJDEP, Division of Boxwood Hall $128,140
Parks and Forestry
Union Plainfield City Historical Society of Plainfield Nathaniel Drake House $135,240
Union Rahway City Merchants & Drovers Merchants and Drovers Tavern $45,000
Tavern Museum
TOTAL $13,827,314
c. The following historic preservation projects are eligible for funding in the form of historic site management grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, using moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:
County Municipality Name of Organization Project Name Grant Award
Atlantic Atlantic City City of Atlantic City Atlantic City Fire Station #4 $50,000
Bergen Alpine Borough Palisades Interstate Palisades Interstate Park $71,686
Park Commission
Bergen Oradell Borough Borough of Oradell Oradell Railroad Station $34,958
Burlington Fieldsboro Borough Friends of White Hill Mansion White Hill Mansion $35,131
Burlington Moorestown Community House Moorestown Community House $34,163
Township of Moorestown
Burlington Pemberton Township New Jersey Fenwick Manor $31,387
Pinelands Commission
Cape May Cape May City Mid-Atlantic Center for the Emlen Physick Estate $61,845
Arts & Humanities
(Cape May MAC)
Cape May Cape May Point Cape May Point St. Mary’s by the Sea $59,955
Borough Science Center (fka Shoreham Hotel)
Cape May Middle Township Cape May County Historical John Holmes House $7,014
and Genealogical Society
Cumberland Greenwich Township Cumberland County Greenwich Historic District $11,750
Historical Society (Log Granary)
Cumberland Millville City Millville Army Millville Army Air Field $22,500
Airfield Museum Historic District
Essex Nutley Township Van Riper House, Inc. Van Riper House $64,080
Hunterdon High Bridge Borough Borough of High Bridge Solitude House $6,375
Hunterdon Stockton Borough Delaware River Mill Society Prallsville District $8,250
Mercer Trenton City City of Trenton Mansion House (Ellarslie, $75,000
McCall House)
Mercer Trenton City 120 East State First Presbyterian $75,000
Church and Cemetery
Monmouth Rumson Borough SLTCC Landmark Seabright Lawn Tennis $18,337
Friends, Inc. & Cricket Club
Monmouth Shrewsbury Borough Monmouth County Allen House $41,587
Historical Association
Morris Washington Township Washington Township Land German Valley Historic District $21,000
Trust of Morris County, Inc. (Obadiah LaTourette
Grist and Saw Mill)
Ocean Beach Haven Borough Long Beach Island Beach Haven Historic District $25,181
Historical Association (LBI Historical Association)
Ocean Point Pleasant Borough of Point Tower Cottage $72,750
Beach Borough Pleasant Beach
Passaic Paterson City Hamilton Partnership Great Falls of the Passaic $75,000
for Paterson, Inc.
Somerset Montgomery Stoutsburg Sourland True Farmstead $75,000
Township African American Museum
Union Fanwood Borough Borough of Fanwood Fanwood Railroad Station Complex $75,000
Union Plainfield City Jerusalem Lodge Plainfield Masonic Temple, $75,000
No. 26 F & AM Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F & AM
Union Scotch Plains Fanwood-Scotch Plains Elizabeth and Gershom $33,263
Township Rotary Frazee House, Inc. Frazee House
Union Union Township Liberty Hall Museum, Inc. Liberty Hall (Governor William $75,000
Livingston House)
Union Westfield Town Town of Westfield Westfield Fire Headquarters $45,000
TOTAL $1,281,212
d. Of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the sum of $649,789 shall be used by the New Jersey Historic Trust for the purpose of the following special project initiatives:
County Municipality Name of Organization Project Name Grant Award
Camden Camden City New Beginnings Survey of Civil Rights $99,789
Sites in Camden
Mercer Princeton Boro D & R Canal Commission Master Plan for the Delaware $550,000
and Raritan Canal
TOTAL $649,789
e. Any transfer of any funds, or change in project sponsor, site, or type, listed in subsection b., c., or d. of this section shall require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.
f. To the extent that moneys remain available after the projects listed in subsection b., c., or d. of this section are offered funding pursuant thereto, any project that previously received funding for historic preservation purposes appropriated or reappropriated from any Green Acres bond act, any annual appropriations act, or the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund established pursuant to section 21 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-21), or that receives funding pursuant to this act, shall be eligible to receive additional funding, as determined by the New Jersey Historic Trust, subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.
For the purposes of this subsection, "Green Acres bond act" means P.L.2009, c.117, P.L.2007, c.119, P.L.1995, c.204, P.L.1992, c.88, and P.L.1987, c.265.
g. The expenditure of moneys appropriated pursuant to this section is subject to the provisions of the “Preserve New Jersey Act,” P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.).
2. There is appropriated to the New Jersey Historic Trust from the “Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund,” established pursuant to section 9 of the “Preserve New Jersey Act,” P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-51), the sum of $1,530,000 for paying administrative costs associated with administering the applicable provisions of P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.).
3. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the “Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund,” established pursuant to section 9 of the “Preserve New Jersey Act,” P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-51), the sum of $17,288,315 to implement the provisions of this act.
4. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved December 22, 2022.