Renovations are underway at Barnegat Township’s historic Cox House, which became part of the Ocean County Parks and Recreation Department at the beginning of 2018. An ordinance adopted by the township committee in 2017 approved the transfer to the county, noting thatthe county has better resources for maintaining and improving the historic site.

A study performed more than 20 years ago by Margaret Westfield, an architect specializing in historic preservation, said the original portion of the…