Highland Beach — Playground from the Past
“Sandy Hook’s historic resort paradise” The beginnings of Highland Beach as a seashore resort date back to “Gilded Age” times. This iconic location —...
Category: Sea Bright
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Images
A link between two distinct communities … A total of five bridges have connected the boroughs of Sea Bright and Rumson over the past...
The Octagon — Sea Bright’s Grandest Hotel
Few more magnificent structures have ever graced the Jersey Shore. The Octagon Hotel in Sea Bright began as a private cottage built by Mifflin...
Sea Bright Education History
Learning in the Past … The first-ever Sea Bright public school was opened in 1874, according to the Long Branch Daily Record. The town’s...
Sea Bright: Boro of Beach Clubs
It’s the ultimate beach town. Folks have been coming to Sea Bright for the sand, sea and sun for over a century. Young and...
Images of Sea Bright …
Classic photos of a seaside borough … (Page dedicated to the Sea Bright Historical Society) Monmouth Beach and Sea Bright have a lot in...
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge Images
Photos of a major shore crossing … Since the first bridge was opened in 1872, a total of four fixed crossings have connected northern...
Nauvoo — Start of Sea Bright
Sea Bright beginnings … It was first called “Nauvoo.” The area’s original settlers — Nathan Woolley, William Giles, and Johnty Smith — probably arrived...
Sea Bright … Shore Shots
Technically, the borough is a barrier beach — narrow and long. Sea Bright, the land separating the Atlantic Ocean from the Shrewsbury River, is...
“Bishop” of Sea Bright
Sea Bright Characters: My physician-father had his share of “famous patients.” Including one reputed New Jersey mobster boss, who when asked by dad what...
A Building Grows in Sea Bright …
“The Break” coming to “The Neighborhood” The first residential high-rise in downtown Sea Bright is coming together smartly (the image below is a model)....
Normandie Hotel — Sea Bright’s Wooden Palace
The magnificent Normandie-by-the-Sea Hotel in Sea Bright was “exclusive and expensive” in its all-too-brief prime. It had a lot to live up to. The...
Peninsula House: Shore Splendor
Known by locals as the “P House” — the iconic seashore structure dates back to Sea Bright’s late 19th century resort glory days. The...
“Sea Bright’s Only Motel”
It’s had multiple identities over the past 65 years — only the geography is unchanged. In recent times, the spot has undergone a glorious...
Shore Palaces of Sea Bright
Sea Bright’s magnificent 19th century oceanfront mansions. A classic part of town heritage were the massive “cottages” — seashore castles of wood — that...
Some Sea Bright Civics
Forever complicated, Sea Bright — in fact, has two birthdays. On March 20, 1889, voters of Sea Bright (then part of Ocean Township) went...
