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An Act appropriating $18,518,738 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 $16,598,738 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) easement purchases 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 Atlantic City Atlantic City Fire Station #8 (Northside 750,000
Institutional Historic District)
Atlantic Atlantic City Casino Reinvestment Atlantic City Convention Hall 750,000
Development Authority
Atlantic Atlantic City Inlet Public/Private Absecon Lighthouse 750,000
Association, Inc.
Bergen Fair Lawn Boro Borough of Fair Lawn Naugle-Vanderbeck House 537,509
Bergen Oradell Boro County of Bergen New Milford Plant of the 750,000
Hackensack Water Company
Burlington New Hanover Twp New Hanover Township General Edward S. Godfrey House 149,257
Camden Camden City Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey (BB-62) 350,000
USS New Jersey, Inc.
Camden Cherry Hill Twp Cherry Hill Township Kay-Evans Farmstead 638,286
(Croft Farmstead)
Camden Gibbsboro Boro Borough of Gibbsboro John Lucas House 552,094
Cape May Lower Twp Mid-Atlantic Center for the Cape May Lighthouse 23,166
Arts and Humanities
(trading as Cape May MAC)
Cape May Lower Twp Lower Township Judge Nathaniel Foster House 150,000
Essex Livingston Twp Township of Livingston Theophilus Ward/Thomas Force 370,750
House and Condit Family Cook House
Essex Montclair Twp The Montclair Foundation Van Vleck House & Gardens 337,197
(Mountain Historic District)
Hudson Jersey City Save Ellis Island Statue of Liberty National Monument, 191,152
Ellis Island and Liberty Island
Hudson Jersey City Jersey City Free Public Library Jersey City Public Library 600,000
(Van Vorst Park Historic District)
Hunterdon Flemington Boro Hunterdon County Doric House (Flemington 8,153
Historical Society Historic District)
Hunterdon Holland Twp Township of Holland Riegel Ridge Community Center 120,000
Hunterdon Raritan Twp Hunterdon Land Trust Case-Dvoor Farmstead 750,000
Mercer Hamilton Twp The Founders Committee, Isaac Watson House 40,200
NJ State Society of National
Society Daughters of the
American Revolution
Mercer Hopewell Boro Borough of Hopewell Hopewell Railroad Station 146,676
Mercer Trenton City Historic Trenton Masonic Temple (State House 60,300
Masonic Temple Historic District)
Mercer Trenton City City of Trenton Roebling Machine Shop 750,000
Mercer Lawrence Twp Lawrence Township Baker-Brearley House 400,000
Monmouth Asbury Park City Asbury Park African-American Turf Club 313,075
Music Project, Inc.
Monmouth Shrewsbury Boro Monmouth County Allen House 200,000
Historical Association
Monmouth West Long Monmouth University Shadow Lawn - Phase 2 750,000
Branch Boro
Morris Dover Town Dover Area Historical Society Condict House/ Presbyterian 150,000
Church House (Blackwell Street
Historic District)
Morris Mendham Boro Mendham Borough Cary Barn (Stephen Cary House) 434,845
Morris Morristown Town Morris County Acorn Hall 168,225
Historical Society
Morris Morristown Town The Woman’s Club of Dr. Lewis Condict House 350,900
Morristown, Inc.
Morris Mountain Lakes Borough of Mountain Lakes Mountain Lakes Train Station 270,950
Boro (Mountain Lakes Historic District)
Morris Netcong Boro The Growing Stage – Palace Theatre 150,000
The Children’s Theatre
of New Jersey
Morris Rockaway Twp Township of Rockaway Ford-Faesch Manor House 400,000
Morris Washington Twp Middle Valley Community Middle Valley Community 30,900
Center, Inc. Center (Middle Valley
Historic District)
Ocean Toms River Twp Ocean County Historical Society Elizabeth Sculthorp Force House 12,600
Passaic Paterson City County of Passaic Passaic County Court House, 750,000
and United States Custom House
and Post Office Historic District –
Phase 2
Passaic Wayne Twp Township of Wayne Van Duyne House 407,520
Somerset Bernards Twp The Friends of the Kennedy-Martin- Stelle Farmstead 577,384
Kennedy Martin Stelle
Farmstead, Inc.
Union Berkeley Heights Township of Berkeley Heights Littel-Lord Farmstead 384,067
Twp
Union Clark Twp Township of Clark Seventeenth Century 145,950
Clark House
Union Rahway City Merchants and Drovers Merchants and Drovers Tavern 120,000
Tavern Museum Association
Union Scotch Plains Twp Preserve Shady Rest Committee Shady Rest Golf and Country Club 150,000
Union Union Twp Liberty Hall Museum Liberty Hall 89,844
TOTAL $15,031,000
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 49,999
#6/Atlantic City Fire Station #9
Atlantic Atlantic City Atlantic City Liberty Hotel 75,000
Bergen Dumont Boro Borough of Dumont Derick Banta House 25,875
Bergen Fair Lawn Boro Radburn Association Radburn Historic District 75,000
Burlington Bordentown City Bordentown Historical Society Clara Barton Schoolhouse 43,867
(Bordentown Historic District)
Burlington Florence Twp Roebling Main Gate Museum 101 Second Avenue 18,750
(Roebling Historic District)
Camden Camden City Camden County Pomona Hall (Cooper House) 43,110
Historical Society
Cumberland Millville City Millville Army Air Field Millville Army Air Field 13,830
Museum (MAAFM) Historic District
Essex Nutley Twp Van Riper House, Inc. Van Riper House 9,634
Hudson Weehawken Twp Township of Weehawken Hackensack Water Company Complex 56,250
Hunterdon Clinton Twp The 1759 Vought House, Inc., Christoffel Vought Farmstead 16,111
A Revolutionary War
Loyalist Homestead
Hunterdon Lambertville City The Kalmia Club The Kalmia Club 26,250
Hunterdon Readington Twp Readington Township Taylor’s Mill (Taylor’s Mill 34,290
Historic District)
Hunterdon Stockton Boro Stockton Borough District No.98 Schoolhouse 43,875
Mercer Hamilton Twp The Founders Committee, Isaac Watson House 53,400
NJ State Society of National
Society Daughters of the
American Revolution
Mercer Hamilton Twp Historical Society of Hamilton Isaac Pearson House 20,145
Township, Inc.
Mercer Hopewell Twp Washington Crossing Park Washington Crossing State Park 75,000
Association, Inc.
Mercer Trenton City Historic Trenton Masonic Temple (State House 31,350
Masonic Temple Historic District)
Mercer Trenton City Greater Mt. Zion Community Greater Mount Zion African 18,700
Development Corporation Methodist Episcopal Church
Mercer Trenton City Old Barracks Association Old Barracks 66,450
Monmouth Fair Haven Boro Borough of Fair Haven Fisk Chapel 38,625
Monmouth Middletown Twp Township of Middletown Dempsey Pump House 38,100
Monmouth Red Bank Boro Borough of Red Bank Monmouth Boat Club 45,000
Morris Boonton Town The Town of Boonton Darress Theatre 75,000
Morris Chester Twp Morris County Park Commission Willowwood Arboretum 47,175
Morris Randolph Twp Friends Meeting House & Friends Meetinghouse 75,000
Cemetery Association of
Randolph Township, NJ
Somerset Franklin Twp Franklin Inn-Van Liew Van Liew Farmhouse (East 39,540
Homestead Association, Inc. Millstone Historic District)
Somerset Somerville Boro NJ Department of Old Dutch Parsonage 75,000
Environmental Protection
Sussex Stillwater Twp Historical Society of Casper and Abraham Shafer 19,537
Stillwater Township Grist Mill Complex
Sussex Vernon Twp Vernon Township Rickey Farm 16,125
Historic Society
Union Rahway City City of Rahway Rahway Library 35,250
Union Plainfield City City of Plainfield Plainfield YMCA (Plainfield 26,250
Civic Historic District)
Union Plainfield City Jerusalem Lodge No. Plainfield Masonic Temple, 75,000
26 F & AM Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F & AM
Union Union Twp Union Township Caldwell Parsonage 65,250
Historical Society
TOTAL $1,467,738
d. Of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the sum of $100,000 shall be used by the New Jersey Historic Trust for the purpose of the following easement purchases:
County Municipality Name of Organization Project Name Grant Award
Burlington Bordentown City NJ Historic Trust Easement Purchase $100,000
TOTAL $100,000
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 $1,920,000 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 $18,518,738 to implement the provisions of this act.
4. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved January 30, 2025.