Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel Images …
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel images:
The once spectacular Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel — situated around the Beach Road, River Avenue and Club Circle area –- emerged from the original late-1700s farmhouse built by the Wardell family (who first settled the area in the 1660s). In the late-1800s as “Monmouth Beach” became an exclusive shore getaway for the wealthy, the massive hotel was at the center of the action. Long gone now, sadly, the facility was mostly burned during a spectacular fire the day after Christmas 1929. And yet its fabulous imagery remains a hallmark of Monmouth Beach history.
More:
• A Once Fabulous Hotel — HERE
• The “Summer White House” — HERE
• Monmouth Beach: Rich & Famous Era — HERE
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Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel on Beach Road, early 1900s. Front side view.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel, early 1900s. Back side view.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel (l) looking east, early 1900s.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel, early 1900s.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel, 1910. Matthew Houghton – the man who “made Monmouth Beach what it is,” according to the Long Branch Daily Record — bought the clubhouse operations in 1872 paying $15,000. He’d run it for a quarter century during town glory years — hosting at least two US Presidents, the son of another, a Vice President and US House Speaker. The son of a Massachusetts farmer, Houghton died in September 1907.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel, early 1900s. “One of the most popular hotels on the Jersey coast” in its day, according to Red Bank Daily Register — it could accommodate up to 200 guests.
The Layout — Map of the Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel area when a president was visiting, Sanborn, 1890.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel, early 1900s.
Monmouth Clubhouse Hotel, 1907. A postcard, it reads: “Long Branch, NJ.”
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel, early 1900s. In 1891, the hotel was re-designed by Romeyn & Stiver and rebuild by C.N. Wilson at a cost of $40,000.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel, early 1900s. John Kenny bought the hotel in 1929 paying $83,000. It had been owned by The Strand Corporation since 1919.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel, 1905. Bernard Winfield acquired the property in April 1919 paying $30,000. An Austria native, he was hotel owner until a fire took it all a decade later.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel, early 1900s.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel burned down, December 1929.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel, early 1900s.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel remains on Beach Road, 2010s.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel remains on Beach Road, 2020s.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel sketch, 1990s.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel, early 1900s.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel, early 1900s.
Monmouth Beach Inn, 1920s.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel, 1905.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel, Sanborn Map, 1907.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel, early 1900s.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel, 1908.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel (l) and John Torrey house (r), 1910.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel, early 1900s.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel, early 1900s.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel tennis courts, early 1900s.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel, early 1900s.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel interiors, early 1900s.
View from Ocean Avenue looking west up Beach Road, early 1900s. The Monmouth Beach Casino is on the right.
View from the clubhouse hotel looking west at the church, early 1900s.
View from the clubhouse hotel looking east at the ocean, early 1900s.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel ad, early 1900s.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel ad, early 1900s.
Monmouth Beach Inn ad, 1910s.
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel ad, early 1900s.
“Monmouth Beach Inn” ad, early 1900s.
The Neighborhood — Hotel surroundings, early 1900s.
In the Beginning — Original Beach Road structure built by the Wardell family, late 1800s.
