What’s New in Pluckemin Artillery Park State and National Register Nomination
November 15, 2007 Update
The Pluckemin Artillery Park is now
on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places!
Being on the state Register means that the Artillery Park site, located in the middle of The Hills development, will be forever protected from any undertaking that would adversely affect the property. The actual site is owned by the Township of Bedminster. 
The state Review Board for Historic Sites, meeting in Trernton, nominated the site for listing on Oct. 30 and will be forwarding the nomination to the National Park Service for its review so that the Artillery Park can get on the National Register of Historic Places. Listing on the state register does not guarantee listing on the National Register, although it increases an application’s chances for listing.
National Park Service officials will make their decision by the end of February. The application to the state and national Registers was made on behalf of Bedminster Township, with the Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House taking an active interest. Dr. Ian Burrow of Hunter Research in Trenton, who has done extensive archeological work at the Jacobus Vanderveer House, defended the site application before the state Review Board. Before listing the Artillery Park site the state Review Board asked Dr. Burrow to make a few changes in the site application, which he did.
For additional information and details NJ Historic Preservation Office, please visithttp://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/
For additional information, please visit the National Park Service at http://www.nps.gov/nr/
September 30, 2007 Press Release
What’s New in Pluckemin Artillery Park State and National Register Nomination
The state’s Historic Preservation Office has scheduled the review of the Pluckemin Artillery Park nomination for Oct. 30.
Speaking on behalf of the application will be Dr. Ian Burrow of Hunter Research in Trenton, who has done extensive archeological work at the Jacobus Vanderveer House and is very well acquainted with the Artillery Park site.
At that time, the state’s Historic Sites Committee will decide whether or not to recommend the site for listing on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places. New Jersey will then send the nomination to the federal government for its review. Listing on the state register does not guarantee listing on the National Register, although it increases an application’s chances for listing.
If the site gets the state imprimatur, National Register officials will make their decision by the end of February 2008.
For additional information and details NJ Historic Preservation Office, please visit http://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/
For additional information, please visit the National Park Service at http://www.nps.gov/nr/
Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House
PO Box 723
Bedminster, NJ 07921
Tel: 908-212-7000 ext. 611
Submitted: September 30, 2007
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