The Polhemus house is a c. 1860 four-story brick and brownstone townhouse, built for Eliza Brodhead Heyer Polhemus, widow of the first minister of the North Reformed Dutch Church of Newark. It is the only mid-19^th century row house remaining in the James Street Commons Historic District. In 1906 the interior was redecorated by the Associated Artists, the decorative arts firm founded by Candace Wheeler and Louis Tiffany. 

The Museum recently acquired the property from the City of Newark.  The grant will assist the preparation of a Historic Structure Report, part of the Museum’s planning to save and rehabilitate the structure. Work to prevent the water infiltration is also underway, funded in part by an emergency grant from the Historic Trust.