9/11 MEMORIAL AT MOUNT
MITCHILL SCENIC OVERLOOK Q3
460 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Highlands
732-872-0336
www.monmouthcountyparks.com
The memorial, honoring the 147 county
residents who lost their lives, has a timeline
walkway of the day’s events and a sculpture
with a beam from one of the towers.
Ground Zero is visible from the overlook.
ALLAIRE STATE PARK & HISTORIC
ALLAIRE VILLAGE M11
Route 524 / 4265 Atlantic Ave., Wall
Park: 732-938-2371
www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests
Village: 732-919-3500
www.allairevillage.org
3,199 acres for picnicking, canoeing, hiking,
horseback riding, camping, hunting and
fishing. Historic Allaire Village was the site
of a forge from the late 1700s. Living history
demonstrations and events are held in the
village buildings.
CAMP EVANS O10
2201 Marconi Rd., Wall
732-280-3000 www.infoage.org
Site of the Belmar Station built in 1913–14 by
the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company;
advances developed here, including
transatlantic radio, radar, satellites, LEDs and
night-vision goggles, have been used by the
US military since WWII. The site is home to
InfoAge: A Science/History Learning Center
and Museum, the National Broadcasters Hall
of Fame, the NJ Antique Radio Club Museum,
and a WWII Living Memorial.
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THE GREAT HALL AT
SHADOW LAWN P7
Monmouth University, 400 Cedar Ave.,
West Long Branch
www.monmouth.edu/about/great-hall
This ornate 130-room mansion, designed by
Horace Trumbauer and Julian Abele (the first
African-American professional architect) and
built in 1929, is a national historic landmark.
It now serves as the administrative building of
Monmouth University and was the set of the
Warbucks mansion in the 1980 film “Annie.”
HEATH FARM M3
219 Harmony Road
(off Highway 35), Middletown
732-639-8003
facebook.com/HistoricHeathFarm
A unique reminder of the African-American
legacy in NJ, Heath Farm was founded by
a former slave after the Civil War and offers
historic exhibits on 19th-century farming and
history, including the Gertrude Neidlinger Spy
House Collection.
HISTORIC WALNFORD B12
78 Walnford Rd., Upper Freehold
732-842-4000
www.monmouthcountyparks.com
This estate and former mill village includes
a large 1774 home, an 1879 carriage house,
and a late-19th-century gristmill. Crosswicks
Creek Greenway encompasses the 36-acre
historic district in its 1,000+ acres.
JEWISH HERITAGE MUSEUM OF
MONMOUTH COUNTY I8
310 Mounts Corner Dr., Freehold
732-252-6990 www.jhmomc.org
This nonprofit museum in the historic Levi
Solomon Barn highlights the county’s rich
and diverse Jewish heritage.
KEYPORT FIRE MUSEUM &
EDUCATION CENTER K2
86 Broad St., 732-739-KFMA
www.keyportfiremuseum.org
Originally Raritan Hose Company No. 2, the
building served as a firehouse from 1900
to1969 and is now Monmouth County’s only
fire museum, with artifacts ranging from 19thcentury
equipment to a section of steel from
the World Trade Center.
KEYPORT HISTORICAL
MUSEUM K2
34 Main St., 732-739-6390
www.keyporthistoricalsociety.com
The Keyport Historical Society relocated its
headquarters to this renovated historic home
in 2017.
LONGSTREET FARM L4
44 Longstreet Rd., Holmdel
(in Holmdel Park)
732-946-3758 or 732-842-4000
www.monmouthcountyparks.com
A restored “living history” slice of Monmouth
County’s late-19th-century agricultural
heritage. Historical interpreters in period
dress plow the fields, feed the animals and
keep the 14-room farmhouse as it was in the
1890s.
Cross Section of American Life
Photo by Ken Braswell, Shore Grafx
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