Welcome to the web site of the Morris County Trust for Historic Preservation. Our offices are at 14 Oak Street, Morristown, NJ 07960, or e-mail us at [email protected].

This site, like too much of Morris County, is continually under construction. Please bear with us.

4/10 We have just learned that our electronic mailbox has been suspended. We have resolved this problem, so if you've tried to e-mail us in the past and were unsuccessful, please do try again. Thank you.

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Morris County's Most Endangered Sites List, 2005 Edition

In 2001, four Morris County historic preservation groups, including the Morris County Trust for Historic Preservation, created a list of the county's Top 10 Most Endangered Historic Sites. Since then, there have been both successes and crushing losses among the various properties named to the list. The 2005 list has been released -- click here to see the sites currently considered "most endangered."

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Have a preservation issue in your town we should know about? E-mail us!.

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Looking for useful links to state and local preservation and historic organizations? Click here!

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Morris County voters overwhelmingly approve the use of Open Space tax money to fund historic preservation projects!

Morris County voters have approved a referendum asking to use tax money initially raised to purchase open space for historic preservation, rehabilitation projects, and the purchase of historic buildings. Nearly 30 historic and open space preservation groups, museums, and governing bodies had endorsed the concept, and voters agreed in the recent election by nearly a four-to-one margin. Now the county will be able to use between four and seven percent of its open space funds for historic preservation. That will make available between $730,000 and $1.5 million this year from the existing Open Space and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund, which currently brings in some $22 million a year through taxes.

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Preservation isn't just for mansions and monuments.

True, the Morris County Trust for Historic Preservation's annual "Ten Most Threatened" list spotlights significant sites in danger of disappearing. But the MCTHP has also fought to preserve modest homes, commercial buildings, mills, bridges, and other sites whose relevance is simply that they're an irreplaceable part of our past.

We work with individuals and with other local, county, and state historical and preservation organizations. We can provide advice, guidance, and even some funding as needed. Our mission includes researching, identifying, surveying, registering, restoring, protecting, and making available for the benefit of the public culturally, historically, or archaeologically significant structures, properties, and objects. We also provide counsel and education for stewards of historic resources.

Founded in 1978, the MCTHP has helped to save places like Craftsman Farms, Dover's Baker Opera House, and the Martin Berry House in Pequannock. These sites, large and small, make up the historic fabric of Morris County. Yet there's still so much to do, especially in the face of never-ending development. Your membership dollars and participation can help keep Morris County's past alive for future generations.

Your membership will help us

• advise owners who want to restore their houses and buildings
• advocate rehabilitation rather than new construction to solve the county's housing problems
• counsel local groups as they create commissions to protect local landmarks
• represent preservation interests at the local, state, and national level
• participate with other preservation and land conservation groups to protect our historic heritage
• help the state historic preservation office enforce the law with respect to public projects
• comment and consult on the design of public projects throughout the county
• advise local historic preservation commissions on their problems, their rights, and their important work
• produce public programs about historic buildings in Morris County
• offer scholarships to Drew University's Certificate in Historic Preservation program
• accept and administer donated easements on historic properties
• provide financial help to deserving projects through our revolving fund

Your tax-deductible membership in the Morris County Trust for Historic Preservation entitles you to

• a subscription to our periodic newsletter, Preservation Issues
• access to preservation resources
• advice on personal and public preservation issues
• and allows you to take an active role in the preservation of Morris County's cultural heritage.

Your membership contribution is tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law and eligible for corporate matching gift programs.

Click here to download a copy of our membership application. Become a part of the Morris County Trust for Historic Preservation and its valuable work today!

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Now available by mail! An Old Morristown Postcard Album, with 32 pages or black-and-white reprints of Morristown as captured by postcard artists around the turn of the last century. You'll see much that's still familiar, as well as much that's vanished. This paperback book is just $8 plus $2 for shipping and handling per copy. Click here to print out an order form.

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