These criteria outline qualities for which a property may be considered significant at the local, state, and national levels. Those significant properties or districts that retain integrity of design, feeling or association are considered historic. Rutgers University, Department of Urban Planning and Policy Development has been retained to assist the HPO with system design and data development. The New Jersey Women's Heritage Trail Project is an exciting new initiative sponsored by the HPO and the Alice Paul Centennial Foundation to identify and document New Jersey's historic sites significant because of their association with women. This groundbreaking project will contribute to an increased historical understanding of political, social, economic, and cultural ideas and forces that shaped the history of New Jersey, the United States and the world.
New Jersey is the first state in the country to take on such a comprehensive project.
Revolutionary War Initiatives New Jersey played a central role in the American war for independence. Battles fought at Trenton, Princeton and Monmouth are among the many Revolutionary War battles and skirmishes that took place in New Jersey, more than in any other state. Remarkably, much of the state's landscape over which Washington's Army traveled remains as open space, and a variety of initiatives are underway to ensure preservation and interpretation of New Jersey's Revolutionary war heritage. Two such initiatives, Crossroads of the American Revolution and the celebration of the 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution , are now online.