Down Jersey Heritage Research, LLC

02/18/2026

For old house owners and contractors who want to save their historic windows, and for those who are willing to consider it. Resources for guidance. The character of windows greatly impacts the authenticity and aesthetics of a building, so is at the top of the list for features to preserve.

This publication is the most comprehensive guide available on the preservation and rehabilitation of windows in historic buildings. Containing over 600 pages of valuable information, it covers appropriate window treatments and provides technical guidance for architects, building managers, contractor...

02/23/2023

Hear about Marshalltown's forgotten history and plans for preserving it!

02/16/2023

This summer field school is now open for applications. Undergraduate or college students or practitioners with an abiding interest in the buildings, places, and local history of African American life are invited to apply.

Washington College’s Center for Environment and Society and its Past is Present Initiative will partner with Bellevue Village, located on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in Talbot County, and the Bellevue Passage Museum, to conduct a field school aimed at using the venue’s cultural landscape to advan...

07/05/2022

Bellevue Field School has begun! Listen to these awesome students!

There is something extraordinary about the 4th of July beyond the parades and fireworks. While those events are the big draws, there are always a few random moments during the day, like a child waving an American flag or a family picnic in a public park, when you really sense the great love people h...

02/19/2022

Call for applications for this Field School to take place in July, 2022.

Washington College’s Center for Environment and Society and its Past is Present Initiative will partner with Bellevue Village, located on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in Talbot County, and the Bellevue Passage Museum, to conduct a field school aimed at using the venue’s cultural landscape to advan...

01/14/2022

My colleague Dr. Michael Chiarappa and I will be leading this field school this summer and next under a grant from the Mellon Foundation.

"Black Life in Bellevue: Documenting African American Cultural Landscape along the Chesapeake Bay"

During July 2022 and 2023, Washington College’s Center for Environment and Society will partner with the Village of Bellevue, Maryland to conduct field schools aimed at using the venue’s cultural landscape to advance historical understanding and cultural conservation of an African American commu...

07/28/2021

"Support Equitable Historical Preservation" at the Anti-Racism Daily. Think Salem, Marshalltown, and the numerous 19th century Black settlements in Salem County.

Earlier this month, the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NHPA) issued more than $3 million in grant funding to preserve forty Black American historic sites across the U.S (Saving Places). This funding is especially significant considering the vast racial disparity in historic sites deemed w

02/07/2021

There are numerous Black cemeteries in southern NJ that should be in this network! I'm sure many are yet to be surveyed.

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation that would better protect historic African American cemeteries. The measure also paves the way for the creation of an African American Burial Grounds Network.