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Somerset County Historic Reservation Grant SOMERSET COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANT PROGRAM SUMMARY BY MUNICIPALITY 1999-2020 KEY: Grant Amount (Year) Project/Applicant Municipal Total BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP $261,000 (99) Jacobus Vanderveer House/Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House $100,550 (00) Jacobus Vanderveer House/Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House $24,600 (03) Jacobus Vanderveer House/Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House $12,000 (03) Pluckemin School House/Somerset Art Association $74,550 (06) Jacobus Vanderveer House/Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House $60,000 (07) Pluckemin Artillery Cantonment Archaeological Analysis $37,500 (08) Pluckemin Artillery Cantonment Archaeological Analysis $45,000 (12) Pluckemin Artillery Cantonment Digital Virtual Presentation $94,190 (16) Jacobus Vanderveer House/Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House for the Voorhees Dutch Barn $18,850 (16) Pluckemin School House/The Center for Contemporary Art $173,790 (18) Jacobus Vanderveer House/Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House for the Voorhees Dutch Barn $902,030.00 BERNARDS TOWNSHIP $39,992 (99) Brick Academy/Historical Society of the Somerset Hills $75,000 (01) Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead/Township of Bernards $60,900 (01) Lord Stirling Manor Outbuildings/Somerset County Park Commission $200,000 (02) Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead/Township of Bernards $14,224 (03) Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead Wagon House/Township of Bernards $110,040 (04) Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead (English Barn)/Township of Bernards $70,000 (04) Brick Academy/Historical Society of the Somerset Hills $14,246 (06) Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead/Friends of the Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead $63,000 (07) Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead/Friends of the Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead $41,850 (07) Brick Academy/Historical Society of the Somerset Hills $124,768 (08) Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead/Friends of the Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead $121,837 (09) Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead/Friends of the Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead $118,524 (11) Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead/Friends of the Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead $168,158 (13) Kennedy Martin Stelle Farmstead/Friends of the Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead $37,600 (13) Brick Academy/Historical Society of the Somerset Hills $140,424 (14) Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead/Friends of the Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead $103,455 (14) Lyons Train Station/Township of Bernards $96,580 (15) Lyons Train Station/Township of Bernards $188,433 (16) Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead/Friends of the Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead $197,802 (18) Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead/Friends of the Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead $1,986,833.00 SOMERSET COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANT PROGRAM SUMMARY BY MUNICIPALITY 1999-2020 BERNARDSVILLE BOROUGH $374,544 (09) Olcott School/Somerset Hills Board of Education $76,500 (10) Dunster-Squibb House, Township of Bernards $7,650 (11) Olcott School/Somerset Hills Board of Education $70,000 (11) Dunster-Squibb House, Township of Bernards $38,000 (12) Dunster-Squibb House, Township of Bernards $249,806 (13) Dunster-Squibb House, Township of Bernards $159,500 (14) Dunster-Squibb House, Township of Bernards $222,175 (15) Dunster-Squibb House, Township of Bernards $182,762 (17) Dunster-Squibb House, Township of Bernards $41,650 (18) Dunster-Squibb Cottage/Barn/Stable building, Township of Bernards $1,422,587.00 BOUND BROOK BOROUGH $100,000 (05) Old Stone Arch Bridge/County of Somerset $155,000 (05) Brook Theater/Somerset County Cultural Arts Center $155,000 (10) Brook Theater/Somerset County Cultural Arts Center $267,000 (16) Brook Theater/Somerset County Cultural Arts Center $677,000.00 BRANCHBURG TOWNSHIP $100,000 (01) Andrew Ten Eyck House/Branchburg Historical Society $23,250 (01) South Branch School House/Township of Branchburg $281,828 (01) Van Camp Farmstead/Somerset County Park Commission $146,700 (02) Van Camp Farmstead/Somerset County Park Commission $54,000 (03) Van Camp Farmstead/Somerset County Park Commission $115,000 (03) Andrew Ten Eyck House/Branchburg Historical Society $34,895 (03) South Branch School House/Township of Branchburg $130,210 (04) South Branch School House/Township of Branchburg $133,750 (05) Van Camp Farmstead/Somerset County Park Commission $37,000 (06) Andrew Ten Eyck House/Branchburg Historical Society $142,000 (07) Andrew Ten Eyck House/Branchburg Historical Society $159,670 (09) South Branch School House/Township of Branchburg $36,780 (15) Andrew Ten Eyck House/Branchburg Historical Society $1,395,083.00 BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP $76,500 (00) Washington Valley Park Middlebrook Encampment/Somerset County Park Commission $80,280 (01) Van Horne House/Heritage Trail Association $44,500 (02) Van Veghten House/Somerset County Historical Society $108,150 (03) Van Horne House/Heritage Trail Association $165,416 (06) Van Veghten House/Somerset County Historical Society $86,000 (07) Van Veghten House/Somerset County Historical Society $223,266 (08) Van Veghten House/Somerset County Historical Society $159,350 (10) Van Veghten House/Somerset County Historical Society $69,972 (12) Van Veghten House/Somerset County Historical Society Page | 2 SOMERSET COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANT PROGRAM SUMMARY BY MUNICIPALITY 1999-2020 BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP $67,210 (14) Lane-Brokaw House/Bridgewater Township $24,085 (17) Van Veghten House/Somerset County Historical Society $271,510 (19) Lane-Brokaw House (Lane-Voorhees House)/Bridgewater Township $1,376,239.00 FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP $20,000 (99) Cornelius Stoothoff House/Franklin Township $321,076 (99) Hageman Horse Barn/Meadows Foundation $60,660 (99) Van Liew-Suydam House/Meadows Foundation $152,000 (99) Wyckoff-Garretson House/Meadows Foundation $20,000 (00) Peter G. Nevius House/Franklin Township $80,000 (00) Hageman Horse Barn/Meadows Foundation $79,000 (00) Van Liew-Suydam House/Meadows Foundation $41,405 (00) Wyckoff-Garretson House/Meadows Foundation $8,242 (01) Van Liew-Suydam House/Meadows Foundation $4,800 (02) Rockingham/Rockingham Association $78,000 (02) Wyckoff-Garretson House/Meadows Foundation $100,000 (02) Franklin Inn/Township of Franklin $3,465 (03) Hageman Carriage House/Meadows Foundation $122,200 (03) Wyckoff-Garretson House/Meadows Foundation $86,690 (03) Hageman Dairy Barn/Meadows Foundation $110,000 (04) Hageman Horse Barn/Meadows Foundation $63,000 (05) Wyckoff-Garretson House/Meadows Foundation $10,512 (06) Griggstown School House/Griggstown Historical Society $51,733 (06) Van Liew-Suydam House/Meadows Foundation $122,200 (06) Howe Farm/Somerset County Park Commission $50,000 (07) Canal Road Houses/Township of Franklin $148,700 (07) Griggstown School House/Griggstown Historical Society $99,000 (07) Wyckoff-Garretson House/Meadows Foundation $75,000 (08) Hageman Carriage House/Meadows Foundation $117,750 (08) Van Liew-Suydam House/Meadows Foundation $134,500 (09) Cornelius Stoothoff House/Franklin Township $125,000 (10) Hageman Dairy Barn/Meadows Foundation $118,111 (10) Cornelius Stoothoff House/Franklin Township $10,200 (10) Griggstown School House/Griggstown Historical Society $53,380 (13) Wyckoff-Garretson House & Wagon Barn/Meadows Foundation $32,990 (14) Hageman Dairy Barn & Wagon House/Meadows Foundation $63,150 (15) Symen Van Wickel House/Meadows Foundation $223,985 (17) Symen Van Wickel House/Meadows Foundation $160,000 (20) Fleischmann Carriage House/ Somerset County Park Commission $2,946,749.00 GREEN BROOK TOWNSHIP $56,383 (06) Trust House/Township of Green Brook $110,000 (08) Trust House/Township of Green Brook $58,000 (09) Trust House/Township of Green Brook Page | 3 SOMERSET COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANT PROGRAM SUMMARY BY MUNICIPALITY 1999-2020 GREEN BROOK TOWNSHIP $150,000 (09) Vermeule-Mundy House (Dr. John Vermeule House)/Township of Green Brook $61,425 (09) Vermeule-Mundy House (Dr. John Vermeule House)/Township of Green Brook $266,486 (10) Vermeule-Mundy House (Dr. John Vermeule House)/Township of Green Brook $262,267 (11) Vermeule-Mundy House (Dr. John Vermeule House)/Township of Green Brook $224,857 (12) Vermeule-Mundy House (Dr. John Vermeule House)/Township of Green Brook $173,844 (15) Vermeule-Mundy House (Dr. John Vermeule House)/Township of Green Brook $124,785 (18) Vermeule-Mundy House (Dr. John Vermeule House)/Township of Green Brook $1,488,047.00 HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP $15,000 (01) Van der Veer-Harris House/Township of Hillsborough $130,000 (05) Van der Veer-Harris House/Township of Hillsborough $90,000 (06) Van der Veer-Harris House/Township of Hillsborough $50,000 (08) Van der Veer-Harris House/Township of Hillsborough $211,550 (12) Van der Veer-Harris House/Township of Hillsborough $293,938 (17) Van der Veer-Harris House/Township of Hillsborough $298,780 (19) Van der Veer-Harris House/Township of Hillsborough $125,000 (20) Van der Veer-Harris House/Township of Hillsborough $1,214,268.00 MILLSTONE BOROUGH $44,800 (00) Millstone Borough Hall/Borough of Millstone $37,000 (03) Millstone Borough Hall/Borough of Millstone $47,660 (06) Old Millstone Forge/Old Millstone Forge Association $135,500 (07) Old Millstone Forge/Old Millstone Forge Association $54,700 (08) Millstone Borough Hall/Borough of Millstone $11,000 (10) Millstone Borough Hall/Borough of Millstone $125,000 (16) Old Millstone Forge/Old Millstone Forge Association $455,660.00 MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP $75,742 (00) Dirck Gulick House/Van Harlingen Historical Society $25,000 (02) Dirck Gulick House/Van Harlingen Historical Society $71,500 (06) Maplewood/Township of Montgomery $67,688 (16) Stoutsburg-Sourland Mountain African-American Museum/Sourland
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