A history of Beach Haven,
since 1890
Postcards, papers and photographs of Beach Haven from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Beach Haven, known as the "Queen City," is a late 19th-century beachfront resort originally established in 1873 to house wealthy summer residents from Philadelphia. Although some of the major structures, including several hotels and a boardwalk, were lost to storms in the 1940s including the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944, a large portion of the town retains its Victorian and Edwardian character. The Beach Haven Historic District listed in the New Jersey and the National Register of Historic Places in the early 1980s, encompasses the most intact buildings at the core of the resort.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Beach Haven’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
4 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBeach Haven, Long Beach Island, N…, 1935: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Beach Haven
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Beach Haven, decade by decade
1990s
4 historic places in Beach Haven
Beach Haven has 4 listings on the National Register, and they protect 228 historic buildings, because Beach Haven Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) alone counts 149.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1983Beach Haven Historic District
Listed 1983Converse Cottage
Listed 1983Dr. Edward H. Williams HouseListed 2014Beach Haven Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation)Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as On the Bay, Beach Haven, N. J (1898) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (9) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.