“Galilee” of Monmouth Beach Images
The borough area known as “Galilee” — located roughly from Central Road to the Sea Bright border — is a spot rich in history and imagery. The name derives from a biblical city in Israel.
This seaside spot in Monmouth Beach includes a once thriving commercial fishing village, railroad line and station, the US Life-Saving Service, US Coast Guard, NJ Marine Police, the grand building that housed them (now the MB Cultural Center), and the St. Peter’s Church at Galilee. Throw in the shipwrecks, storms and seafood and the area has a real charm to it.
Following are some area images I’ve located — and I’m always looking for more. My e-mail.
St. Peter’s Church of Galilee fire, 1955.
US Coast Guard storage garages, 1990s.
Ocean Avenue flooding in Galilee, 1950s.
Ocean Avenue seawall in Galilee, 1950s.
NJ State Marine Police station, 1992.
NJ State Marine Police station, 1997.
US Life-Saving Station #4 surfmen in MB, early 1900s.
Lockwood’s Seafood Market front, 1920s.
Lockwood’s Seafood Market beach side, 1920s.
US Coast Guard Station area, 1920s.
MB Cultural Center sketch proposal by Albert Benoist, 1999.
MB Cultural Center dedication plaque, 2000.
US Life-Saving Service boat, Early 1900s.
Alfred Thompson Bricher painting of MB, Early 1900s.
US Life-Saving Station, 1908.
US Life-Saving Station, 1906.
Ship’s Bell from The Flottbek.
The Flottbek, a German three-master shipwrecked at MB, November 1901.
US LIfe-Saving Service Station, 1919.
Pound boat Swan coming shore in MB, 1930s.
Damage from Storm of 1913-14 to Ocean Avenue home in Galilee.
Damage from Storm of 1913-14 to Ocean Avenue home in Galilee.
Damage from Storm of 1913-14 to Ocean Avenue home in Galilee.
Damage from Storm of 1913-14 to Ocean Avenue home in Galilee.
US Coast Guard Station, 1940s.
Surfmen from US Life-Saving Service on “A Wild Night” (Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper), Jan. 1883.
Francis A. Silva oil painting of Galilee, 1880.
The Shrewsbury River viewed from Galilee, 2017.
Peterson ice and storage buildings off Park Road, 1980s.
US Coast Guard Station, 1940s.
Lobster pots from Galilee fishermen, 1980s.
Pound fishing boat from Galilee, 1940s.
St. Peter’s of Galilee Church on Ocean Avenue, early 1900s.
St. Peter’s of Galilee Church being moved across Ocean Avenue, 1937.
MB Cultural Center, early 2000s.
US Coast Guard Station, 1940s.
Shrewsbury Fishermen barn on Seaview Avenue, 1971.
St. Peter’s of Galilee Church on fire, May 1955.
St. Peter’s of Galilee Church on fire, May 1955.
MB Cultural Center tower, 2016.
US Coast Guard Station, 1940s.
Galilee fishing boats on the beach, 1930s.
The Green Inn in Galilee, 1880s.
The Green Inn in Galilee, 1880s.
US Life-Saving Station, 1910.
Anna Marie pound boat coming ashore in Galilee, 1940s.
MB Cultural Center, 2010s.
US Coast Guard Station, 1940s.
US Life-Saving Station, 1930s.
Fisherman at St. Peter’s Church of Galilee,1925.
MB Cultural Center, 2010s.
O. Peterson family seafood truck, 1940s
Galilee fishermen, early 1900s.
Galilee pound boat, Dixie, 1950s.
Galilee fishermen with pound boat, 1950s.
Galilee fishermen coming ashore, 1950s.
MB Cultural Center yard sale, 2010s.
Aerial image near the Monmouth Beach-Sea Bright border, 1908.
Memorial Day services at MB Cultural Center re-opening, 2018.
US Coast Guard station, 1940s.
Boat at Galilee, 1940s.
St. Peter’s Church of Galilee, 1920s.
First US Life-Saving station on the beach, 1874.
Flottbek shipwreck at Monmouth Beach, 1901.
US Life-Saving Service crew in action off MB, late 1880s.
US Coast Guard Station, 1960s.
Lockwood Sea Food Market on Ocean Avenue, 1978.
US Life-Saving Service Station, 1910.
US Life-Saving Service members, early 1900s.
Ocean Avenue looking north, 1938.
MB School ’74 classmates of Mark Anthony celebrate his life at MB Cultural Center, 2016.
St. Peter’s Church of Galilee, 1930s.
Storm damage on Ocean Avenue, 1920s.
Storm damage on Ocean Avenue, 1920s.
US Coast Guard crew at MB Station, 1930s.
US Coast Guard Station, 1930s.
MB Cultural Center getting restored, late-1990s.
Sunset at MB Cultural Center, 2017.
Galilee fishermen bring in the day’s catch, 1920s.
Galilee fishermen loading dock on Ice House Road, 1920s.
Lockwood Family memorial at MB Cultural Center, 2017
St. Peter’s of Galilee Church on Ocean Avenue, 1921.
First US Life Saving Station on the beach at Galilee, late 1800s.
Storm waves crest the MB seawall along Ocean Avenue, 1930s.
Storm damage along northern Ocean Avenue area, 1927.
MB Cultural Center on Ocean Avenue, 2011.
Aerial view of US Coast Guard Station, 1940s.
Shipwrecked schooner Charles K. Buckley off MB, 1914.
Monmouth Beach coast, 2017.
US Coast Guard station, 1958.
St. Peter’s Church of Galilee before its move across Ocean Avenue, 1937.
Storm damage to old Ocean Avenue seawall, 1953.
Galilee fishermen with their daily catch, 1930s.
Galilee fishermen and Swan pound boat fight the waves, 1955.
St. Peter’s Church of Galilee fire, May 1955.
Fishermen gather at pound boat in Galilee, 1940s.
Large pound boats at Galilee, 1930s.
A collection of fishermen’s traps at Galilee, 1940s.
E.O. Peterson, Sr. in his enterprises office in Galilee, 1950s.
People line-up to buy fish from pound boats on beach in Galilee, 1930s.
Abandoned fisherman’s shack at Galilee.
US Life-Saving Station #4 in Monmouth Beach, 1870s.
St. Peter’s Church of Galilee, 1920s.
The Riker House being floated from Monmouth Beach (perhaps to Rumson?).
Lockwood’s Sea Food Market (l) on west side of Ocean Avenue, 1958.
US Coast Guard Station, 1930s.
Surfmen from US Life-Saving Station #4 in MB.
Lockwood’s Sea Food Market on Ocean Avenue, 1920s.
Old Peterson Enterprises property in Galilee, 1974.
Galilee fishermen repairing nets, 1920s.
Lockwood’s Sea Food Market on Ocean Avenue, 1943.
Fish baskets at Galilee, 1920s.
Storm damage along Ocean Avenue, 1960s.
Galilee pound boat ashore, 1940s.
Peterson Enterprises shrimp trucks, 1970s.
Storm flooding along Ocean Avenue, 1930s.
Aerial photo of of Galilee area looking north, 1927.
Aerial photo of of US Coast Guard Station, 1950s.
Aerial photo of Monmouth Beach looking south from Sea Bright, 2017.
The Flottbek, a German three-master shipwrecked at Monmouth Beach, November 1901.
Marketing photo of Peterson’s Enterprises facility in Galilee, 1960s.
Yacht Bar in the Marine Room at Vivian Johnson’s Nightclub on Ocean Ave, 1930s.
