Farmstead Arts Honors and Awards

2011 New Jersey Historic Preservation Award

2010 Lorraine Passmore Historic Preservation Award from the Historic Society of Somerset Hills

Speaker at the New Jersey Historic Trust 2011 Annual Meeting – Preservation Looks Forward – Does it Have to be a House Museum?  Alternative Uses for Historic Treasures

Farmstead Arts  Grants

Eight Somerset County grants  from the Historic Preservation Grant Program totaling $722,215  (2001-2004 and 2006- 2008)

Two state grants from the Garden State Preservation Trust, including one for  $440,393 in 20—for initial preservation and restoration of the Farmhouse and one in 2011 for $176,000 for restoration of the interior of the English Barn

2011 Somerset County Historic Preservation Grant for improvements to the farmhouse, restoration of the ice house and well, and stabilization of the cow shed.

New Jersey State Council on the Arts through the Somerset County Cultural and Heritage Commission LAP Grant for arts programming and general operating support – 2011, 2012 and 2013

Somerset County Cultural and Heritage Commission for arts programming during History Weekend

New Jersey Council on the Humanities Grant 2013

Bonafides of Somerset Hills for exterior lighting at the Farmstead

Rotary Club of Bernardsville for the sign on King George Road and general operating support

Historical Society of Somerset Hills for general operating support

Future Goals: 

Completion of the preservation and restoration of the Farmstead is the top priority of the Friends, with the goal of preserving the Farmstead as an important part of the history of Somerset County and Bernards Township and making Farmstead Arts a premiere arts and cultural center that will benefit the entire community and surrounding areas of Somerset County and beyond.

 

General

• Continue grant requests and other funding opportunities
• Grow the Board of Trustees

Through grant funding awarded from the NJ State Historic Commission and the Somerset County Historic Grant Program, the Friends have made the following improvements to the Farmstead:

Farmhouse: 

• Water hook-up
• Interior paint analysis
• Interior lead paint removal
• Mold remediation
• Repair northeast corner post
• Window and door preservation
• Plaster repair or replacement as necessary
• Bath room installations – first and second floor
• Engineering assessment of second floor and stairs load-bearing capacity
• ADA study and plan
• Support dining room fireplace foundation
• Install architectural display framing & cover for selected wall & ceiling sites
• Preserve, repair and/or cover flooring
• Insulate attic space
• Assess need and, if necessary, install storm windows – interior or exterior
• Paint interior
• Kitchen – remove asbestos floor covering and redo floor, cabinets and fixtures
• Assess need for fire sprinkler system in all or part of the building

English Barn

• Engineering assessment of tie beams and implications of west end hay floor removal
• Install  flooring  
• Restore exterior

Wagon House

• Development of preservation/replacement plan ( future goal)

Cow Shed

• Development of preservation plan

Ice/Well House

• Archaeology study for foundation repair
• Rebuild foundation
• Install cedar shake roof
• New door and window insert

Well Cover

• Carpentry repairs as necessary and paint
• Install cedar shake roof