The Ben and Bernarda Shahn House was constructed in 1936 as part of Jersey Homesteads (later renamed Roosevelt), a New Deal project established in response to the Great Depression as an agricultural-industrial cooperative community for Jewish garment workers and farmers. Architect ... » Learn More about Ben and Bernarda Shahn House & Studio
Monmouth County
Lauriston Estate
The Lauriston Estate in Rumson Borough is an 1870 Colonial Revival mansion, designed by New York and Red Bank architect Leon Cubberly as the summer home for banker Henry A. Caesar and his wife, Laura Unger Caesar. It is the only residential building in Rumson listed on the National ... » Learn More about Lauriston Estate
Derick Sutfin House
The Derick Sutfin House in Monmouth Battlefield State Park is the park’s oldest structure, and witnessed some of the Revolution’s most dramatic scenes. Jacob Sutfin constructed the dwelling after purchasing the property in 1718. During the Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778, the ... » Learn More about Derick Sutfin House
Roosevelt Public School
In response to The Great Depression, the Division of Subsistence Homesteads was created in 1933 to promote a “back to land” philosophy that would “relieve industrial workers and struggling farmers from complete dependence on factory or agricultural work”. Under this initiative, ... » Learn More about Roosevelt Public School
Patterned Brickwork Houses
Patterned brickwork is the delineation of designs – geometric, dates, and initials – by a mason using darkened “vitrified” bricks against a background of ordinary red brick. New Jersey (and especially South Jersey), which hosts approximately 95% of the examples, is the principal ... » Learn More about Patterned Brickwork Houses
Romer Shoal Light
UPDATE 06/2018: Romer Shoal Light announced that they began work with their partners to come up with a way to creatively access the available funding. In partnership with the New Jersey Historic Trust, they are looking forward to scoping out and sourcing our remediation project this summer. While ... » Learn More about Romer Shoal Light
Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks Lodge 128 / The Charms Building
UPDATES: 1/2010: The BPO Elks Lodge 128/Charms Building was demolished between December 28, 2009, and January 1, 2010. According to local newspaper The Coaster, "City officials had deemed the almost 100-year-old building in danger of collapse and ordered it demolished because it was considered a ... » Learn More about Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks Lodge 128 / The Charms Building
T. Thomas Fortune House
UPDATES: 2020: The T. Thomas Fortune Foundation will be hosting a Juneteenth Event. 2019: The Asbury Park Press writes, Civil Rights Pioneer T. Thomas Fortune's Home Saved, Now Cultural Center 2018: The T. Thomas Fortune House is fully renovated and opened as a Cultural Center in 2018. The ... » Learn More about T. Thomas Fortune House
Bell Labs
UPDATE: Today, Bell Labs - now known as Bell Works, is a one-of-a-kind destination for business and culture, complete with a blossoming ecosystem of technology, traditional offices, retail, dining, hospitality, and much more. It took the love and tenacity of a great number of people to bring this ... » Learn More about Bell Labs
United States Life Saving Station #5
UPDATES: 2/2010: The CAFRA permit approved by DEP last year mandated that the townhouse developer preserve the three historic buildings involved. One will be preserved on-site, while the others will be relocated. The developer has listed one building (the "Port Huron Building") for sale on the ... » Learn More about United States Life Saving Station #5