We are proud and privileged to be the recipient of two of the state’s 29th Annual New Jersey Historic Preservation Awards announced last Friday, February 19, in a virtual ceremony streamed live to the region’s preservation community.
One award was for archaeological mitigation performed on the site of the recently completed Honors Living-Learning Center at Rutgers Newark. This project entailed the excavation, analysis and reinterment of more than 300 sets of human skeletal remains recovered from the former Halsey Street Methodist Episcopal Cemetery in downtown Newark. Joining us as part of the winning team were Rutgers, RBH Group, and Monmouth University anthropologist Hillary DelPrete. More information about this project can be found in a previous news post here.
The other award was for Hunter Research’s participation in a team led by architects Clarke Caton Hintz and heritage tourism consultant Cheryl Hargrove, which conducted a statewide visitor readiness study of Revolutionary War sites in New Jersey for the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area. The study was undertaken in preparation for the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and involved analysis of 150 historic sites. The full report can be downloaded here.
A full list of Hunter Research’s past awards can be found here.
