Wood engraving: "One of the Scenes to be Witnessed on Any Fine Morning on the Rumson Road Near Seabright, Monmouth Co., N.J." by Clarence Gray-Parker. Clarence Gray-Parker was born November 1847 in Paris, died 20 January 1910 in Belmar. He was "stated to have been one of the world's greatest cartoonists." He was brought to the U.S. by publisher Frank Leslie and contributed art to Leslie's Weekly, and later, the satiric magazine Puck. Late in life he and his son lived at 710 Eighth Avenue in Belmar. The Rider and Driver was a prominent catalog/magazine at the height of the horse-drawn transportation era. Public Domain.[/caption]
Source: Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 184.
August 20, 1882
Bicentennial Hall, formerly Fisk Chapel, the African Methodist Episcopal Bethel Church of Fair Haven
Bicentennial Hall is the oldest building in Fair Haven. It was originally called Fisk Chapel, also known as the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Bethel Church. It is the oldest religious edifice still in use on the Rumson peninsula, and one
July 5, 1886
The Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club
On July 5, 1886, The Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club first opened, making it the oldest lawn tennis club in the U.S. Located in Rumson, the club was founded mainly for athletic purposes, but soon became a center of