UPDATE (June 2020): The Van Dien-Ruffgarten House is in imminent danger of demolition. It has been schedule to go in front of the Planning Board for demolition several times in 2020, the latest in March, but been delayed by the applicant. Recent Press: Mar 2020 Decision on demolition ... » Learn More about Van Dien-Ruffgarten House
Black History
East Broadway Historic District
DESCRIPTION: Salem, one of the earliest English settlements in the State of New Jersey, was founded in 1675 by Quaker John Fenwick. Agricultural, mercantile, and industrial enterprises fueled its development throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and into the first half of the ... » Learn More about East Broadway Historic District
Dr. James Still Office
UPDATE (June 2020): The Dr. James Still Office is now part of the Dr. James Still Historic Office Site and Education Center. The Center is a non-profit cocnerned with teaching, restoring and preserving the legacy of Dr. James Still. The non-profit operates adjacent to the historic office ... » Learn More about Dr. James Still Office
Colemantown Meeting House / Jacob’s Chapel
UPDATE: The Colemantown Foundation provides Underground Railroad Tours and Reenactments to schools and groups. Their programs are included in the Mount Laurel Schools System History curriculum. They continue to fundraise and seek volunteers to restore the buildings. In 2017, Jacob's ... » Learn More about Colemantown Meeting House / Jacob’s Chapel
Mount Peace Cemetery
DESCRIPTION: Located in Lawnside, the only African-American incorporated municipality in New Jersey, Mount Peace Cemetery was founded in 1902 as a burial ground for African Americans. Many of those interred were excluded from whites-only cemeteries or burial grounds that were affiliated with ... » Learn More about Mount Peace Cemetery
Zabriskie Tenant House
UPDATES: July 2012: The Zabriskie Tenant House was demolished. A Patch article describes the day here. 2011: Ted Manvell, a neighbor to the Zabriskie Tenant House property and the advocate who initiated efforts to save the house, has filed suit against the Paramus Planning Board, Quattro IV, ... » Learn More about Zabriskie Tenant House
Marshalltown
UPDATES: 10/2011: Historic resources consultant Janet Sheridan has earned a Commendation from the NJ Legislature for her work to document Marshalltown. Janet is working on a National Register nomination for Marshalltown as a historic district. DESCRIPTION: Marshalltown is a 19th-century ... » Learn More about Marshalltown
Krueger-Scott Mansion
UPDATE: 9/2019: The City of Newark approved a tax exemption for the Krueger-Scott Mansion Redevelopment. Read More here. 6/2017: A redevelopment strategy has been announced for the Krueger-Scott Mansion. Seaview Development is planning rehabilitate the mansion “in a historically respectful and ... » Learn More about Krueger-Scott Mansion
Shady Rest Golf and Country Club
UPDATE (June 2020): In 2020, the Preserve Shady Rest Committee earned great coverage of their work preserving Shady Rest Golf & Country Club. Read More in NJ Locals Preserve Shady Rest Golf and Country Club and It was the Center of African American Society in NJ, Local Say We Need to ... » Learn More about Shady Rest Golf and Country Club
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