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    Bgn. Cty purchases Darlington Schoolhouse

    		    
    By Mel Fabrikant    Friday, November 30 2007, 03:24 PM EST    Views: 414
    Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney today announced that the Township of Mahwah and the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference purchased the historic Darlington Schoolhouse in Mahwah with a $250,000 grant from the Bergen County Open Space Trust Fund and a $300,000 grant from the New Jersey Green Acres program.

    “Our partnership with this non-profit organization ensures that this important landmark is protected from development and maintained for residents to enjoy,” said McNerney. “These funds will enable the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference to establish a new headquarters and rehabilitate a site that has been vacant for more than 20 years.”

    The property was acquired for a purchase price of $550,000 from the Morris Land Conservancy. This a non-profit land conservation organization dedicated to preserving open space. They purchased the property in January 2007.

    Located at the intersection of Darlington Avenue and Route 202, this two-story fieldstone and shingle structure built in 1891 by Theodore A. Havemeyer, sits on 2.8 acres and covers approximately 4,744 square feet. It is adjacent to Continental Soldiers Field in Mahwah and the Ramapo Valley County Reservation.

    A major fundraising campaign has been organized by the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference in order to start rehabilitation. The Bergen County Open Space Trust Fund has provided a total of $209,000 for the preservation project. Renovations are likely to begin in 2008 and costs are estimated at over $1 million.

    The schoolhouse, also known as Havemeyer Hall, closed in 1944 and was placed on the Bergen County Historic Sites Inventory in 1984. The Darlington Brook, which is a tributary of the Ramapo River, runs along the property.

    “This is an example of what can be accomplished when county, state, and non-profit organizations collaborate on projects,” said McNerney. “Once the rehabilitation project is complete, residents will have a historic site they can visit within the New Jersey Highlands.”

    The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference is a non-profit educational organization made up of over 100 environmental and hiking groups and 10,000 individuals committed to maintaining and building marked hiking trails and protecting related open space in the region.
     
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