Memorable House, Memorable Families
Toy King … Confederate Yankee … Knighted Doctor … Master Pattern Maker all under one roof — If you’re even moderately familiar with Monmouth...
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Toy King … Confederate Yankee … Knighted Doctor … Master Pattern Maker all under one roof — If you’re even moderately familiar with Monmouth...
While researching Monmouth Beach history, I’m often amazed by the caliber of people who have called this small seashore community home. One former borough...
Sea Bright’s magnificent 19th century oceanfront mansions … A classic part of town heritage were the massive “cottages” — seashore castles made of wood...
Pharmacist, Doctor, Mayor — All in North End The city’s longest operating pharmacy was started in North Long Branch more than 125 years ago....
The city’s oldest eating establishment … So the food tale is … Max Altman opened the “first refreshment stand of any description” in Summer...
Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra and other New York Yankee baseball greats hanging out in Monmouth Beach? Yes, it happened. Most shore area...
Hospitals were sacred territory to my physician-father. Life transforming and medically heroic at their best; clean and caring at a minimum. He spent the...
Learning in the Past … With few dollars and even fewer students, Sea Bright public education efforts started humbly. Total annual town spending on...
It has survived fires and floods. Withstood decades of storms, salt air and wicked winds. Abandoned, it sat rotting for eight years — unused...
My physician-father called him a “true genius.” Dad also said that the two men practiced medicine together in Red Bank, NJ for the better...
Happy 120th Birthday! — Borough of Monmouth Beach, NJ On March 9, 1906, Monmouth Beach was officially incorporated as an independent borough. Although known...
On Long Branch and a presidential assassin … John Wilkes Booth’s place in American infamy is secure forever. History records that JWB certainly visited...
Monmouth Beach residents have long known they live in near paradise — all beginning as “Wardell’s Beach” some 350+ years ago. The founder and...
Good Guys in Blue … A main reason why Monmouth Beach is such an outstanding community is because residents trust that they live in...
Maps, letters, flyers, pictures, stories, ads, documents, signs, odd and unusual images of Monmouth Beach. I claim no ownership of the images — I...
Many seasoned borough residents know that a train once ran through town. Monmouth Beach also had a railroad station — two in fact. The...