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• 1974 - Starting in 1974, AT&T moved 6,300 employees to two large corporate parks, one in Bedminster at the foothills of Schley Mountain and another less than a mile away in Bernards.
• 1887 - Evander H. Schley's brother, Grant, and his wife, Elizabeth, came by horse-drawn carriage to see Evander's farms in Bernards and Bedminster. Elizabeth is said to have remarked on the beautiful vista of "far hills," thus giving name to the place where there was yet no village.

Nomination Process for Historic Preservation Awards in the Somerset Hills.

It's never too early to start thinking who's worthy of this coveted award!

The next nomination cycle for the Historic Preservation Awards will be for 2010.

In 2003, the Historic Preservation Committee of the Historical Society of the Somerset Hills was created to carry out informational and educational efforts to promote historic preservation in the Somerset Hills. The committee works to actively involve residents in preserving historic buildings and enhancing neighborhood character.

The committee is pleased to announce the commencement of the sixth Historic Preservation Awards (HPA) to recognize local historic preservation projects through out the Somerset Hills area.

The program will again include projects anywhere within the Somerset Hills towns of Far Hills, Peapack-Gladstone, Bedminster, Bernardsville and Bernards Township.

Over the years, awards have been given to a wide variety of realistic and practical preservation projects that have successfully preserved and adapted familiar landmarks throughout the five Somerset Hills communities. If you'd like to see some of the previous winners of THSSH's award winners - Click Here.

Nomination forms with guidelines are available for download and must be submitted by March 15, 2010 for consideration. Download the Form

Award Categories

The Historical Society of Somerset Hills presents its winners for the prestigious Historic Preservation awards normally during historic preservation month in May. The award recognizes accomplishments in selected categories to nominees presenting historic preservation efforts from around the Somerset Hills area.

The five award categories are:

• Preservation
• Restoration
• Adaptive Re-use
• Compatible New Construction
• Streetscape

History of THSSH Historic Preservation Awards

In 2006, the Historical Society introduced the Historic Preservation Achievement Award, to recognize personal effort and achievement. Bea Dreesen of Bernardsville, a past Chairman of the Historical Society and a long time passionate advocate of historic preservation, was selected to be the first recipient of this award. Please welcome our new Historic Preservation Award winners, and take a look back at the winners from previous years as well. Click Here