Long Branch Pier: Boardwalk Fun & Games
The first ever Long Branch pier onto the Atlantic Ocean was built in 1828. Called the “Bath House Pier,” it was used mainly as...
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The first ever Long Branch pier onto the Atlantic Ocean was built in 1828. Called the “Bath House Pier,” it was used mainly as...
Yes, Monmouth Beach had a railroad and a railroad station — two stations in fact. The one below, the classic railroad depot, stood until...
Although seven American chief executives have visited Long Branch, I was only able to dig deep on two: Presidents Garfield and Grant. President James...
Great Old Homes in Town … A signature feature of Monmouth Beach heritage were the massive houses — called “Cottages” — built along the...
Technically, the borough is a barrier beach — narrow and long. Sea Bright, the land separating the Atlantic Ocean from the Shrewsbury River, is...
City schools through the years … The ultimate historical account of Long Branch — the 1940 bio-book Entertaining a Nation — gives “praise to...
Monmouth Beach was very likely home to the first formal golf course on the Jersey Shore.* Just before the turn of the century, investors...
Maps, letters, flyers, pictures, stories, ads, documents, signs, odd and unusual images of Monmouth Beach. I claim no ownership of the images — I...
The Church of the Precious Blood, the borough’s only Catholic house of worship, is located on Riverdale Avenue at the foot of Beach Road....
My physician-father called him a “true genius.” Dad also said that the two men practiced medicine together in Red Bank, NJ for about 25...