1995

• November 30, 1995- Julia Parker passed away, deeding 10 acres, her home and outbuildings to the Borough of Little Silver.
  
  

1995 - 2012

• Mayor Suzy Castleman led preservation efforts 
  • emptying/cataloging house contents
  • exterior of house painted
  • porch reconstructed
  • ADA bathrooms built
  • heating/ac installed
• Studies were made of the properties:
  • Historic Preservation Master Plan
  • Parker Homestead Cultural Landscape Assessment
  • Parker Homestead Management Study
  • National Historic Trust Feasibility Study​
    
    

2012

• February 2012  - Reorganization meeting of community committee
• ​September 2012 - Parker Homestead - 1665, Inc. officially incorporated
• Summer 2012 - Barns emptied; Longstreet Farm rangers help evaluate farm equipment; ice boat restored
• ​December 2012 - County grant for barn restoration $250,000 awarded to Borough of Little Silver (GRANT HISTORY?)
  • Placed on New Jersey Registry of Historic places
  • ​Placed on National Historic Site Registry
    
    

2013

• January 2013  - Preservation Grant interior preservation obtained by the Borough of Little silver
• April 2013 - inventory of house contents (currently in storage) begun​
• October 2013 - Homestead Restoration -Original fireplace uncovered; plaster removed from parlor ceiling exposing original stained beams
• December 2013 - First Open House - first chance for the public to see the homestead since it became borough property
  
  

2014

• June 2014 - First Summer Open House - dedication of Red Oak tree planted in commemoration of New Jersey's 350th Anniversary
• August 2014 -  Work begins on barn restoration
• December 2014 - First Holiday Open House
  
  

2015

• February 2015 - Burst pipes in Bates' storage house saturates boxes and boxes of stored paper and fabric possessions, many of which were dried and recovered
  • Parker Homestead-1665, Inc  leased the homestead and 4 acres from the Borough of Little Silver
  • The Trustees of the NJ Historic Trust with the Trustees of the 1772 Foundation, Inc awarded PH-1665 a $4,971 matching grant for preservation work on the house. (GRANT HISTORY?)
  • Interior restoration project begun September 28. Cooking fireplace and "T'uther End" entrance focus.
  • Negotiated 20 year lease with borough 2015
  • ​Managed porch stabilization project, interior restoration of cooking fireplace and back parlor

2016

• August 2016- Preservation work on the T'uther End completed 
• Summer 2016-Barn restoration completed
• October 2016- Ribbon cutting for the barns with many politicians (REWORD?)
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2017

• GRANT HISTORY-Grant to prepare three second floor rooms for use as a library and display space
• Cataloging and organizing of  house/barn contents, storage in trailers
• Tractor running!
• Keith, can you please add any more important information that has occurred only to the restoration of the homestead since this?

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