Recipient of a 2013 New Jersey State Historic Preservation Award
The History of Morris County, New Jersey:
It has just begun to be written.
"Is Iustus Exorsus Futurus Scriptum"
In 1986, The Morris County Heritage Commission, sponsored by the Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders conducted the first county-wide cultural resources survey.
Undertaken back then by the professional consulting firm known as Acroterion, each of the thirty-nine municipalities that make up Morris County was surveyed to locate and identify sites important historically and culturally both to Morris County and the United States.
As over twenty years have passed since The Acroterion's report, Morris County's Department of Planning and Development has begun taking stock of its historic and cultural features, primarily to:
If you know of any changes to a historic structure in Morris County, please fill out and submit the Public Report Form. This will help keep our database as up-to-date as possible.
