News
February 2012
Greetings from New Jersey.
In October of 2011 The Signal ran a feature on the house.
January 17, 2011 Anne Mac Arthur and I filmed a segment with historic
preservationist/WZBN reporter Matt Metcalf. The subject and location
were the Wm Green House at TCNJ. It aired on Monday Jan 24.
The spot is
The segment focused on what TCNJ's mothballing of the house and on their effort to secure matching grants (two are sought at the moment) to develop a rehab plan (NJ HistoricTrust http://njht.org/) and for specific repairs (1772 Foundation http://www.1772foundation.org).
In the very near future The Friends will make a financial
contribution to the TCNJ Foundation, earmarked for the house. At
this point any contributions to us from members to augment that
monetary donation are greatly appreciated.
Restoration News: We are working with TCNJ Foundation, applying for grants and determining a purpose for the house. We meet with them regularly and our trustees meet quarterly. We plan to launch a fundraising campaign in the very near future.
Website News: The site is currently undergoing reconstruction. Our former site had over 15,000 noncompliant errors, due to changes in web design since its original inception. A major overhaul is in the works. One portion at a time, the content will be restored. Currently I am converting the genealogy pages and scanning and adding documents to the document page. Many remain in the former format. I will add missing images last. Bear with me this is a lot of work!
All the Best,
Bill O'Neal
Webmaster to the Friends of the Wm Green Farmhouse