The Records Storage Building, which sits at the northeast edge of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&WRR) rail yard in Hoboken, is a three-story, red brick building that has stylistic references to English Victorian Gothic Revival architecture. Features are also ... » Learn More about Records Storage Building
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The Wildwoods
The Wildwoods are a collection of four towns incorporated between 1885 and 1920 on a barrier island located at the southern end of New Jersey in Cape May County. For over 100 years, the towns have been a popular shore resort known for its beaches and boardwalk. A mid-twentieth-century ... » Learn More about The Wildwoods
Funding for Historic Religious Buildings
Since 1989, grant funds have been available in New Jersey for the preservation and restoration of our historic buildings and structures, including those owned and occupied by religious institutions. The criteria for funding such buildings has been consistent; a church, ... » Learn More about Funding for Historic Religious Buildings
Sears Roebuck and Company Building
UPDATES: 01/04 The building was purchased for $2.5 million, by a developer who is keen to rehabilitate the property. 02/07 Campbell Soup Co. has expressed interest in expanding its facilities in South Jersey and has been approved by the New Jersey Economic Improvement Authority for millions of ... » Learn More about Sears Roebuck and Company Building
Dutch Buildings
DESCRIPTION: New Jersey's Dutch American buildings are concentrated in Bergen, Monmouth and Somerset counties. The Dutch settled in Monmouth County beginning in the 1690s, and by the mid-18th century constituted about one-third of the county's population. Dutch settlers left a legacy of distinctive ... » Learn More about Dutch Buildings
NJ Department of Health and Agriculture Buildings
DESCRIPTION: Constructed 1962-1963, the New Jersey Department of Health and Agriculture Buildings are a complex of two pre-cast concrete buildings, one cylindrical and one cubed, connected by steel-and-glass pedestrian sky bridges. The complex was designed by Alfred Clauss and Jane West Clauss, ... » Learn More about NJ Department of Health and Agriculture Buildings
Trumbauer/Abele Greenhouse Complex at Duke Farms
DESCRIPTION: The Trumbauer/Abele Greenhouse complex at Duke Farms, Hillsborough, NJ, (also known as 1909 and 1917 greenhouses) is significant in the history of architecture, horticulture, landscape design, and cultural legacy associated with Duke Farms. In 1909, tobacco and energy magnate James ... » Learn More about Trumbauer/Abele Greenhouse Complex at Duke Farms
Asbury Park Boardwalk
UPDATES: 1996: The City of Asbury Park has received a $1.24 million NJ Trust grant for restoration of the water tower on Convention Hall. They have also funded a new organ for the Paramount Theatre with a $12,000 Urban Enterprise Zone grant. 8/00: The New York Times has published an article ... » Learn More about Asbury Park Boardwalk
Revolutionary War Sites of New Jersey
DESCRIPTION: Since New Jersey suffered the greatest losses to persons and property in the Revolutionary War, some or most of New Jersey state-owned sites have a national significance in association with the War for Independence, notably Monmouth Battlefield, Washington’s Crossing, Hancock House, ... » Learn More about Revolutionary War Sites of New Jersey
Atlantic City
DESCRIPTION: The famous WPA Guide to New Jersey, published in 1939, called Atlantic City “a glittering monument to the national talent for wholesale amusement.” The city’s late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century heyday, its boardwalk, beaches, and hotels attracted millions of tourists each ... » Learn More about Atlantic City