PNJ Newsletter 2023

Hunterdon County’s CHPP Grant Recipients Help Build Community Spirit and a Sense of PlaceBy Rikki Massand, MS/CHP On their meeting on Tuesday February 7, 2023, the Hunterdon County Board of County Commissioners received enthusiastic updates about projects local nonprofits and historic sites have ... » Learn More about Hunterdon County’s CHPP Grant Recipients

Chamber’s Center for Business & Entrepreneurship Shines Light on Borough and County HistoryBy Rikki Massand, MS/CHP The adaptive reuse, preservation and restoration efforts for a Mahlon Fisher masterpiece, the Reading-Large House 119 Main Street in Flemington, has resulted in an innovative and ... » Learn More about Hunterdon Chamber of Commerce

Revisiting 10 Most: Canal Watch Leaders Sound off for Fix Our Parks Campaign, Starting with the D & R State Park’s Historic BuildingsBy Rikki Massand, MS/CHP Original article was the cover story for the January 2023 Montgomery ... » Learn More about D & R Canal State Park in Lawrence Township

A Note from the Editor By now you have heard the good news that Preservation New Jersey has retained Kelly Ruffel as our new Executive Director. Kelly is well equipped for the position, as she has an extensive management background in historic preservation, history, and cultural affairs. Ms. Ruffel ... » Learn More about Editor’s Note

A Lucy Connection with PNJ's Jack Abgott Lucy is a National Historic Landmark and is significant as a representative example of the zoomorphic vernacular style, according to architectural historian G.E. Kidder-Smith.  Designed by James V. Lafferty and constructed in 1881 as a marketing tool for the ... » Learn More about A Lucy Connection with PNJ