Perth Amboy Historic Preservation

10/10/2021

Congratulations are in order for the team of architects who planned and supervised the more-than-two-year-long restoration project at Perth Amboy’s Proprietary House. The 2021 New Jersey Historic Preservation Award was given to CTS Group Architects for their exceptional work on the 18th century royal governor’s mansion. The award recognizes excellence in historic preservation. Read the details below:

CTS Group Architecture/Planning PA

01/25/2021

Walk the Perth Amboy section of the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail. Perth Amboy is at the northern end of the Trail—a series of natural and cultural landmarks that tell the story of the state’s maritime heritage.

The New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail starts at Perth Amboy and runs east along the edge of Raritan Bay to Sandy Hook. It continues south along the entire Atlantic Shore to Cape May Point, before bending north along the shores of Delaware Bay to end at Deepwater.

Locally, you can begin the Trail near the Old Ferry Slip. Continue past the Marina on Front Street before picking up the Harbor Walk behind the Raritan Yacht Club, and following the walkway along Water Street and then Sadowski Parkway. As you stroll along the waterfront, you will see a number of markers explaining parts of Perth Amboy’s maritime history.

01/14/2021

Terra cotta is a ceramic material prized in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for use in architectural ornamentation, as well as for objects such as tiles, bricks, statues, pottery, and grave markers. The clay that underlies Perth Amboy and several surrounding towns once supplied dozens of factories that produced terra cotta objects. Perth Amboy was the heart of this Middlesex County "clay district," and many buildings embellished with terra cotta tiles, carvings, and statuary can be seen in Perth Amboy today.

If you want to know more about Perth Amboy’s rich terra cotta heritage, take a look at the documentary, Perth Amboy Terra Cotta. Produced by Perth Amboy City Historian, John Kerry D**e, it explores the history of Perth Amboy's terra cotta industry.

In this documentary, we explore the history of Perth Amboy's terra cotta industry. Included in our film are many rare photographs, including those we copied...