Mission

Founded in 2002, Bernardsville's Historic Preservation Advisory Committee is dedicated to the promotion of historic preservation through planning, outreach, conservation, education, public programs and events.

Appointments

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Ongoing Initiatives

• Identification of more than 100 historic structures in Bernardsville
• Assisted the 2009 registration of the Olcott Avenue Historic District
• Identified the SHSD Olcott Building roof replacement to be eligible for a $377,000 grant from the Somerset County Historic Preservation Grant Program in 2009
• Prepared a walking tour brochure of the Olcott Avenue Historic District in 2015, available on-line at this website
• Identified Dunster-Squibb Property as a historic resource; supported its purchase by the Borough in 2008. Arranged for nomination of the property to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places in 2013.
• HPAC has applied for annual grants since 2010, to the Somerset County Cultural and Heritage Commission, Historic Preservation Grant Program. This effort has raised almost $800,000, towards the rehabilitation of the Dunster-Squibb Property Buildings.
• Helped establish the Friends of Historic Bernardsville Inc., a non-profit 501(C)(3) which is responsible for alternate fund-raising for the Dunster-Squibb Property. A lease of the property is anticipated.
• Assisted with arranging Borough funding for a thematic, multiple property nomination to the NJ and National Register of Historic Places called "Somerset Hills Country Place Era" 1870-1940.
• Prepared a well-attended exhibit in May of 2016, of the Bernardsville downtown district and held at the Bernardsville Library.
• Currently working on development of a Bernardsville Downtown Historic District Walking tour brochure.
• HPAC regularly comments about historic preservation issues on local development applications for the Planning and Zoning Boards.
• HPAC collaborates with the Bernardsville Library History Room and local residents' interest in historical issues.

Meetings

The Committee meets the third Thursday of the month in the Olcott Building, 25 Olcott Avenue, Bernardsville, NJ 07924 at 5pm Daniel Lincoln, RA., chair, can be reached via email here.

• Mayor Sooy
• Council President DeLeo
• Councilman O'Dea, Jr.
• Councilwoman Zamarra
• Councilman Donahue
• Councilman Schmidt
• Councilman Sullivan

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