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The Lake Hopatcong Foundation has received a $180,000 grant to continue renovating the former Lake Hopatcong Train Station building in Landing as its new headquarters.
Roxbury historic preservation projects land $270,000 from Morris County
The Lake Hopatcong Foundation has received a $180,000 grant to continue renovating the former Lake Hopatcong Train Station building in Landing as its new headquarters.
ROXBURY TWP. – The township fared well in gaining a piece of the competitive pot for historical preservation projects administered by Morris County.
When this year’s grant recipients were named Thursday, July 12, Roxbury landed $89,920 for a stone wall extension at the historic King Homestead in Ledgewood.
In addition, the township gained another $180,000 for interior and exterior work at the former Landing Train Station, soon to be the Lake Hopatcong Foundation’s headquarters.
The Morris County Board of Freeholders Wednesday night unanimously approved $2.2 million in county historic preservation grants to be financed by the countyas 2018 Preservation Trust Fund to help preserve, restore, or protect historic sites in 16 towns across Morris County.
The vote was taken at the Freeholder Boardas meeting held in Mount Olive, which will get $198 000 in construction dollars for the townshipas Seward House historic restoration project.
All of the grants had been recommended last month by the countyas Historic Preservation Trust Fund Review Board.
In addition to Roxbury, awards were approved for projects in Boonton, Denville, Florham Park, Hanover, Kinnelon, Mine Hill, Madison, Morristown, Mount Olive, Parsippany, Pequannock, Randolph, Rockaway Borough, Washington Township and Wharton.
For the King Homestead Museum, which is located on Main Street in Ledgewood, the applicant was the Roxbury Historic Trust, Inc.
The circa 1815 former store and post office is two and a half stories in height. This grant, specifically, will assist with the stabilization and rebuilding of a stone wall.
At the train station, the Lake Hopatcong Foundation is the applicant for the $180,000.
The 1911 train station was designed in the Jacobean style as part of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and the Lackawanna Cutoff project. The grant will provide interior rehabilitation including a waiting room, vestibule and baggage room, benches and doors.
Countywide, grants ranged from as little as $5,994 for construction documents for the Union School House in Washington Township to a high of $355,143 for rehabilitation of the Craftsman Farm Administration Building in Parsippany.
The grant money comes from the voter-approved Morris County Open Space, Farmland, Floodplain Protection and Historic Preservation Trust Fund.
aThis historic preservation grant program, which was overwhelmingly approved by county voters, helps to finance the protection our countyas heritage, and helps to ensure that we maintain important links to our past,aa said Freeholder Director Doug Cabana.
aThe restoration, rehabilitation, and preservation work that is aided by these county grants helps to allows future generations to enjoy these historic sites, allows us to better understand our countyas history and our historic roots, and enhances the quality of life for all residents of Morris County, aa added Freeholder Christine Myers.
aThe dedicated people working to preserve our links to the past, provide lessons for the present and ensure an inheritance for the future deserve our sincere thanks,aa said Ray Chang, Historic Preservation Program Coordinator for Morris County. aTheir efforts, supported by these grants, ensure that our countyas heritage and architectural legend are sustained.a
Awards are recommended for projects that best meet the programas evaluation criteria in categories of construction, preservation planning, and creation of construction documents.
These criteria include the historic significance of the resource, relationship of the project to community revitalization, preservation of the built or natural environment, and heritage education and tourism.
Other factors include the degree to which projects promote preservation activity, represent innovative design, reach new audiences, offer significant contributions to the advancement of historic preservation; and restoration, rehabilitation, and adaptive use plans of historic buildings and cultural landscapes.
Projects receiving 2018 grants include, Boonton, Holmes Public Library and the Stone Arched Bridge; Denville, Ayres Farm Tenant House; Florham Park, Hancock Cemetery; Hanover Township, Whippany Burying Yard; Kinnelon: LaEcole Kinnelon Museum; Madison, Mead Hall; Mine Hill, Bridget Smith House; Morristown, Acorn Hall Carriage House and the Womanas Club of Morristown; and Mount Olive, Seward House.
Other projects include: Parsippany, Craftsmans Farms Administration Building and Smith-Baldwin House; Pequannock, Martin Berry House; Randolph, Friends Meting House; Rockaway Borough, Foxas Brook Culvert; Roxbury, King Homestead Museum and Lake Hopatcong Train Station; Washington Township, Union School House; and Wharton: Morris Canal Lock 2 East.
County voters in 2002 approved an amendment to the countyas Preservation Trust Fund to include the acquisition and preservation of historic sites and facilities.
Since 2003, when the first grants were awarded, 98 sites or resources in 32 municipalities in 32 Morris County municipalities have received funding assistance.
For more information on Morris Countyas historic preservation program, visit: https://planning.morriscountynj.gov/divisions/prestrust/historic/
