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New Jersey Comprehensive Statewide Historic Preservation Plan 2013 - 2019 Table of Contents Our Shared Vision 2013 - 2019 New Jersey Comprehensive Statewide Historic Preservation Plan 2013 - 2019 Table of Contents Our Shared Vision.......................................................................................................... 3 New Jersey Introduction................................................................................................................... 4 Comprehensive The Planning Process...................................................................................................... 5 Snapshot of Preservation in New Jersey........................................................................... 8 Statewide What We Heard.............................................................................................................. 12 Historic What We Are Trying to Preserve..................................................................................... 15 Success Stories................................................................................................................ 24 Preservation Goals.............................................................................................................................. 29 Working Together: What You Can Do ............................................................................ 33 Plan Select Bibliography......................................................................................................... 36 Appendices Appendix A: New Jersey Historic Preservation Plan Advisors....................................... 40 Appendix B: Summary of Survey Results................................................................... 43 Appendix C: Preservation Related Agencies and Organizations in New Jersey................. 45 Appendix D: Local Government: How to Get Involved................................................ 48 Cover: Reeves Reed Arboretum, Summit City, Union County Gothic Revival Stoop, Bordentown City, Burlington County Window Detail, George Washington’s 2 Headquarters, Morristown, Morris County Our Shared New Jersey’s historic resources are the physical embodiment of our state’s diverse population and rich history. They help tell the stories of our collective past while holding the promise Vision of an economically and environmentally sustainable future. We, in New Jersey, see historic preservation as both a tool for building economically and environmentally sustainable communities and a means of understanding how our past has shaped who we are today and who we will be tomorrow. By recognizing the environmental community as our partners in preserving the State’s critical resources, we can work together to protect the historic resources that are vital to retaining a unique sense of place and maintaining and improving a quality of life that will make the Garden State a desirable place to live and work. Brandywine Shoal Light, Lenticular Truss Bridge, Neshanic Station, Hillsborough & Octagon House, 650 Washington Street, Hackettstown, Delaware River Bay, Cape Branchburg Townships, Somerset County Warren County May County 3 This New Jersey Comprehensive Statewide Historic Preservation Plan (Plan) is the result of a statewide dialogue Introduction about historic preservation. New Jerseyans believe that historic preservation plays an important role in improving the quality of life, while encouraging the growth and development of New Jersey’s communities. They care very deeply about the places, cultures, and traditions that make up our broad and storied past, and are proud of our history of innovation, diversity and liberty. This Plan was prepared as the New Jersey State Planning Commission was completing public comment on the Draft Final State Strategic Plan. The Final Draft of the State Strategic Plan recognizes historic properties as assets that are critical state resources. The Strategic Plan calls for preservation and enhancement of those critical resources as part of the State’s economic growth strategy. The Strategic Plan presents a set of Garden State Values. This Plan aligns with those values. These values include the preservation of historic properties as part of a strategy of creating a high quality of living which will attract economic growth. The Strategic Plan calls out the value of our cultural heritage, notably the nationally significant resources that reflect New Jersey’s role as the Crossroads of the American Revolution. This Plan also draws on two significant preservation planning efforts: the New Jersey Heritage Tourism Master Plan, and the Crossroads of the American Revolution Heritage Area Management Plan. The Heritage Tourism Master Plan provides guidance to the State, counties, and municipalities for capitalizing on opportunities for heritage tourism. The Tourism Master Plan surveyed historic sites to ensure that they are visitor-ready, and encouraged the establishment of signage and linkages between historic sites. Implementation of the Tourism Master Plan will help boost our economy, while telling the varied and diverse stories of New Jersey’s people and places. The Crossroads of the American Revolution Heritage Area Master Plan addresses organization of the heritage area’s management and partnerships. It lays out interpretive themes, addresses ways to enhance the heritage area’s sites and communities, while conserving important historic, natural, and cultural resources. Both of these plans highlight the importance of connecting historic sites to each other – creating a community of sites, and on the need to move beyond physical preservation to more Drumthwacket, Princeton Township, Mercer County active engagement with visitors so that they understand and appreciate our history. Both plans highlight the extent to which New Jersey has under-marketed its historic sites. Technology is rapidly transforming our communities. New Jersey must continue to identify and protect its historic resources, using new technologies to enhance both collection and dissemination of information. The new technologies create opportunities and new challenges. New Jerseyans recognize that historic preservation is green and sustainable; that the greenest building is often the one that is already built. Local historic preservation commissions are grappling with how to accommodate solar panels and wind turbines while preserving historic character. This Plan is intended to inform the actions of the many public and non-profit agencies, as well as individual citizens, and organizations that are involved in historic preservation in New Jersey. It provides clear goals and objectives. The Plan 4 represents a renewed vision for all involved in historic preservation in New Jersey. This Plan is the product of a multi-year professional constituencies within the state. At the State The Planning effort, led by the Department of Environmental level, historic preservation goes beyond the activities of Protection’s State Historic Preservation Office (HPO) HPO. Both the New Jersey Department of Community Process and Preservation New Jersey (PNJ) to bring together Affairs’ New Jersey Historic Trust (NJHT) and the agencies, organizations, and individuals from across the Department of State’s New Jersey Historical Commission state to talk about how preservation can contribute to (NJHC) play a crucial role in preservation in New the quality of life of the citizens of New Jersey. This plan Jersey. County governments are frequently engaged is not intended for any one agency or organization only, in historic preservation through grant programs, the but is intended instead to enlist the support of everyone operation of historic sites, and regional planning efforts. in the state who believes historic preservation should Local historic preservation commissions and historical play an important role in the growth and development of societies also provide essential support and information New Jersey’s communities. necessary to preserving our built past. Non-profit organizations and individual citizens at every level are The planning process established by the also significant partners. National Park Service requires inclusion broad-based public and professional involvement throughout the At the start of the planning process, HPO state. This includes not only those individuals and worked with PNJ to gather input from the preservation organizations interested in historic preservation, but also and history communities, historic preservation those individuals and organizations who make decisions professionals, cultural resource management about the management, treatment, use, and future of consultants, and the general public, through a survey historic properties throughout the state. Because of followed by public meetings. The methodology for the plan’s broad reach, an integral part of the planning public input was designed to build on the last plan, process is the participation and input of public and New Jersey Partners for Preservation: a Blueprint for Women’s Heritage Trail: The Preservation New Jersey tour of Wildwood Darlington Schoolhouse, Mahwah Township, Bergen Shakespeare Garden, Plainfield City, Crest, Cape May County County Union County 5 Building Historic the last revision of the plan and helped to establish Preservation future goals and priorities. In total, about 175 people into New Jersey’s responded to the public opinion survey (see Appendix B Future. This for a summary of the survey results). process allowed a full examination The Plan Advisor Group (Advisors) consisted of current issues in of preservation-related professionals, representatives preservation
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