Introduction

The completed projects below illustrate the variety of eligible Certified Local Government (CLG) grant activities. You may find a relevant example for your CLG Community.

National Register nomination

King’s Highway Historic District (1998-1999) 

The Municipality of Princeton, NJ was awarded Certified Local Government Grants totaling $37,866 to complete the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places Nomination of The Kings Highway Historic District.

Circa-1860 historical streetscape photo of an unpaved road, rows of mixed-height brick buildings, and carriages parked along the curb.
Inns along north side of Nassau Street, Princeton Borough, c.1860. King's Highway (Upper Road, Lincoln Highway), Mercer County, NJ Photo #1.
National Register Nomination

Adapted from the final NR-listed hardcopy, scanned and archived within the National Archives as part of their collection of 1964-2013 nominations from the National Park Service.

Cultural resources survey

Paterson Survey of Historic Mill Buildings (2012)

In 2012, Paterson City was awarded a $12,000 CLG Grant to fund a cultural resources survey of the city’s Historic Mill Buildings.

Figure 1.3 from Paterson Historic Mill Intensive-Level Survey 2012
Figure 1.3 from Paterson Historic Mill Intensive-Level Survey 2012, "Location of Surveyed Properties". Credit: Hunter Research Inc.
Paterson Mill Survey

Read about the survey project on the City of Paterson’s website.

Historic Structures Report

Burlington City Conditions Assessment for Locally Designated City Owned Buildings (2013)

A CLG Grant was awarded to Burlington City in the amount of $24,850 to conduct a conditions assessment of city owned buildings that were locally designated as historic resources.

Report Cover, Overall Conditions of Properties Report, City of Burlington, NJ. By Clarke Caton Hintz, 100 Barrack Street, Trenton, NJ. September 2013.
Conditions Assessment Report

Download our archived copy of the report, originally from Burlington City’s municipal website.

Design standards

Cape May Design Standards (2022)

The City of Cape May updated their Historic Preservation Commission Design Standards Document in 2022 with a CLG grant award of $44,700.

Report cover, Historic Design Standards, City of Cape May Historic Preservation Commission.
City of Cape May Historic Preservation Commission

Read the current version of the design standards on the HPC’s website.

Historic Preservation Element of Municipal Master Plans

Montclair Township (2015) Master Plan Element — Historic Preservation

Montclair Township updated their historic preservation element of the township’s master plan using a $23,500 Certified Local Government Grant awarded in 2015.

Report cover, Historic Preservation Element of the Township Master Plan, Township of Montclair, County of Essex, State of New Jersey. By Building Conservation Associates Inc.
Master Plan

Find the Historic Preservation Element on Montclair’s main Master Plan page.