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Grants and Funding

A Revolutionary War period farmstead, The Frazee House, is a Union County landmark made famous by its sheer survival for more than 230 years and by the tale of Elizabeth "Aunt Betty" Frazee's legendary confrontation with a British general during the battle of Short Hills in 1777.

The house was constructed by Gershom Frazee, a prolific and well-documented 18th-century carpenter and joiner. The house is a typical and rare example of eighteenth-century domestic vernacular architecture.

The restoration has relied upon several different sources of funding including those listed below.

Funding Sources, 2005-Current

2005

$850 Union County Heart Grant

2006

$2,900 Union County History Grant

2007

$3,500 Union County History Grant

$2,500 Fanwood Foundation Grant

$5,000 Union Trust Grant

$15,000 Union County Dev Block Grant

2008

$22,824 NJ Historic Trust - Historic Site Mgmt Grant

$8,375 Preserver Union County Grant

$17,500 Union County Dev Block Grant

2010

$29,126 NJ Historic Trust - Historic Mgmt Site

2012

$32.500 Public Service Electric & Gas

$50,000 NJ Historic Trust - Historic Mgmt Site

2016

$25,000 Union County Open Space, Recreation & Historic Preservation Trust Grant

$1,000 Union County History Grant - General Operating Support

2017

$13,310 1772 Foundation Grant

$43,320 Preserver Union County Grant

$1,500 Union County History Grant - General Operation Support

$257,000 NJHT - Preserver New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund -Level II

$500 Investors Bank Foundation Grant

$257,000 Township of Scotch Plains

2018

$1,500 Union County Historic Grant - General Operating Support

2019

$85,000 Preserver Union County Grant

$2,500 Union County History Grant - General Operating Support

$25,000 Checchio Family Trust

2020

$2,500 Union County History Grant - General Operating Support

$10,000 John Ben Snow Foundation Grant

PENDING

$337,161 NJHT - Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund - Level II

2021

$10,000 The Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Club

2022

Coming soon

2023