Morris County Approves 30 Historic Preservation Grants
Samual Tuttle House
The Morris County Board of County Commissioners approved $2.65 million in grants from the county’s Preservation Trust Fund to help restore, preserve and further protect historic sites in the county, including five projects that sought funding for the first time.
The 30 grants will go toward 29 specific historic sites, with one – the Seward House in Mount Olive – being approved for two grants: one for partial restoration of the exterior of the historic 1860s farmhouse and another to complete construction planning for interior work. All of the projects were recommended by the Morris County Historic Preservation Trust Fund Review Board last month, with about 83 percent of the funding to be focused on construction work involving 15 projects.
The rest, 17 percent, will go toward 15 non-construction projects, including preservation planning, pre-construction planning and design work. In Hanover, the Samuel Tuttle House is a recipient of a grant.
Samuel Tuttle House in Hanover Township received a non-construction grant of $36,000. The c.1796 Samuel Tuttle House was constructed in the Federal Style by one of the early founding families of Whippany and was occupied by four generations of the Tuttle Family. The House is individually listed on the Historic Registers. The grant will assist with completion of construction documents related to exterior repairs, including building structure and clapboard siding, interior finish restoration and repair.
