Channel Club Tower: Shrewsbury Sentinel
The Channel Club Tower, a private high-rise condo, is quite photogenic — as it lords over the Shrewsbury River marinafront in Monmouth Beach. At...
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Monmouth Beach Life Photo Collection
MB by the Picture — I’ve worked to make this a visual pleasing website. And above all, educational. I’ve received plenty of encouragement and...
Dr. George A. Sheehan, Sr. — the Doctor’s Doctor
By Michael Sheehan Note: Six of Dr. Sheehan’s children were Monmouth Beach homeowners: Joan, Anne, Pat, Liz, Skip, and Mike. I picked up a...
Jay W. Ross: MB’s Ultimate Philanthropist
Ironically, the main objector to Henry Mihm’s plans to develop the Shrewsbury River boat-basin area in the 1940s was Jay W. Ross, who would...
Images of Long Branch …
Dedicated to Tom Booth of Long Branch (1951-2019). Rich in historic imagery, as a place offering shore sun and fun Long Branch has had...
“Wooden Palaces” of Monmouth Beach
Great Old Homes of Monmouth Beach … A signature feature of Monmouth Beach heritage were the massive houses — called “Cottages” — built along...
The Monmouth Beach Inn
Resting along the banks of Manahasset Creek was the legendary Monmouth Beach Inn. A sometimes-raucous boarding house and bar, locals called it the “MBI.”...
Sea Bright School — Learning in the Past
Sea Bright School History The four-story, brick building on River Street was opened in 1892. The builder was C. Hennessey and the SB school...
Monmouth Beach: 19th Land of the Rich & Famous
Gilded Age Glory at the Jersey Shore. Beginning back in the late-1800s — thanks to the advent of a shore-area railroad system and a...
MB’s First Residents: The Lenape
12,000 Years of Jersey Shore History … There are people who called out NJ coastal area home a real long time before the folks...
Eliakim Wardell: Monmouth Beach Founder
The founder and first settler of the New Jersey coast area today known as Monmouth Beach (other than the true first settlers, Native American...
