Allen House
c/o MCHA
70 Court St.
Freehold, NJ 07728
Location:400 Sycamore Ave.
at Route 35
Shrewsbury
(732) 462-1466
Fax: (732) 462-8346
URL: www.monmouth.com/ßmcha
Hours: May-September, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday, 1-4 p.m.;
Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Open to the public.
Admission: Members, free; adults, $2; seniors (62 and over), $1.50;
children 6 to 18, $1; children under 6, free.
Director: Lee Ellen Griffith
From the 1750s to the 1770s,
the Allen House served the community and travelers as the Blue
Ball Tavern. Today it is interpreted
to reflect tavern life of that period.
Covenhoven House
c/o MCHA
70 Court St.
Freehold, NJ 07728
Location: 150 W. Main St.
Freehold
(732) 462-1466
Fax: (732) 462-8346
Hours: May-September, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday, 1-4 p.m.;
Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Open to the public.
Admission: Members, free; adults, $2; seniors (62 and over), $1.50;
children 6 to 8, $1; children under 6, free.
Director: Lee Ellen Griffith
Built by William and Elizabeth
Covenhoven in 1752-3, this grand
house served as British General
Henry Clinton’s Headquarters just
prior to the Battle of Monmouth in
1778.
Cranbury History Center
6 S. Main St.
Cranbury, NJ 08512
(609) 860-1889
Hours: Monday and Thursday, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., or by appointment.
Admission: Donations accepted
Site Director: Betty Wagner
A restored gristmiller’s house, the Cranbury History Center contains society’s files on the history of Cranbury through vertical files, oral histories, genealogical records, house research, a large collection of photographs and maps, textile collection, and a collection
of books. Cranbury Press issues are indexed from 1900-1987 by
subject, name and event.
Gateway National Recreation Area
Sandy Hook Unit
PO Box 530
Fort Hancock, NJ 07732
(732) 872-5970
Fax: (732) 872-5915
Hours: Visitor center daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; museum on weekends, (daily July and August), 1-5
p.m.
Open to the public.
Admission: Summer beach parking fee, $8 weekdays, $10 weekends
and holidays, $60 season pass
Superintendent: Russ Wilson
Attractions include the Sandy
Hook visitor center, U.S. LifeSaving Service exhibit, Natural History exhibit, book store, Fort Hancock Museum and History House. Exhibits, dioramas highlight U.S.
Army/military life at Fort Hancock. Ranger-led tours on various
subjects occur during the year.
Tours of the Sandy Hook Lighthouse are conducted by the New
Jersey Lighthouse Society on
weekends in April through November. Call the park for further
information.
Historic Allaire Village
P.O. Box 220
Allaire, NJ 07727
Location: Allaire State Park, 4265 Atlantic Ave.
Route 524, Allaire, NJ
(732) 938-2253
Fax: (732) 938-3302
E-mail: [email protected]
URL: allairevillage.org
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (except for holidays).
Site hours: Weekends, May-October, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Memorial
Day-Labor Day, Wedneday – Sunday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Admission: $3 parking fee Memorial Day – Labor Day. Fees, if any
vary depending on the event.
Site Supervisor: John C. Curtis II, executive director
The original site, including 12 original structures, of James P. Allaire’s Howell Iron Works Company village in the 1830s, Historic Allaire Village is an outdoor, "living history" museum of 19th century industrial community life. Authentically costumed museum
interpreters and craft demonstrators, including blacksmiths and
carpenters, bring this once deserted village to life.
Holmes-Hendrickson House
c/o MCHA
70 Court St.
Freehold, NJ 07728
Location: 62 Longstreet Road
Holmdel, NJ
(732) 462-1466
Fax: (732) 462-8346
Hours: May-Sepember, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday, 1-4 p.m.;
Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Open to the public.
Admission: Members, free; adults,
$2; seniors 62 and over, $1.50;
children 6 to 18, $1; children under
6, free.
Director: Lee Ellen Griffith
Local Dutch traditions are illustrated in this farmhouse that
was built around 1754 by William
Holmes and later owned by his
cousin Garret Hendrickson. Spinning and weaving demonstrations
are periodically held at the house.
Longstreet Farm
805 Newman Springs Road
Lincroft, NJ 07738
Location: Longstreet Road
Holmdel, NJ
(732) 946-3758
Fax: (732) 946-0750
Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., seven days a week (extends to 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
summers). House museum: weekends and holidays, noon-3:30 p.m.
Open to the public.
Site supervisor: Sandra Byard
1890s living history farm
owned and operated by the Monmouth County Park System. Farm
animals, demonstrations of 1890s
agriculture and rural life skills, restored 18th- and 19th-century
barns, house museum.
Monmouth Battlefield State Park
347 Freehold Road
Manalapan, NJ 07726
(732) 462-9616
Fax: (732) 577-8816
E-mail: [email protected]
Hours: 8 a.m.-dusk
Open to the public.
Superintendent: Chuck Sary
Monmouth Battlefield State
Park is the site of one of the largest
battles of the American Revolution. The park offers visitors the
chance to tour the battlefield as
well as the opportunity to see several displays in the Visitor Center.
Also located in the park is the Craig House, a restored
18th-century house open seasonally from noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays.
Monmouth County Historical Association
Museum And Library
70 Court St.
Freehold, NJ 07728
(732) 462-1466
Fax: (732) 462-8346
Hours: May-September, museum, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.;
Sunday, 1-4 p.m.; Library, Wednesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4
p.m.
Open to the public.
Admission: Members, free; adults, $2; seniors 62 and over, $1.50;
children 6 to 18, $1; children under 6, free.
Director: Lee Ellen Griffith, Ph.D.
Founded in 1898, the Monmouth County Historical Association is headquartered in Freehold at its museum and library building, which was constructed in 1931.
The museum features changing exhibitions from the Association’s
outstanding collections of decorative arts, fine arts, and historical
objects, much of which was owned or made in New Jersey.
The Monmouth Museum
PO Box 359
Lincroft, NJ 07738
Location: Newman Springs Road
on the campus of Brookdale Community College
(732) 747-2266
Fax: (732) 747-8592
Director: Dorothy Morehouse
Hours: Please call the musuem for public hours.
Admission: $4; children under 2 and members free.
The Monmouth Museum
founded in 1963 offers changing
exhibitions on art, science, nature
and cultural history. The Becker
Children’s Wing currently features
"Buried Treasure: The Search for
the Missing Tomb." Hands-on activites suitable to school age children liven the experience. The new
WonderWing is a place for innovative play and learning opportunities for children six and under.
United States Army
Communications-Electronics Museum
Building 275
Kaplan Hall
Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5103
(732)532-4390
Hours: Monday to Friday, noon – 4 p.m.
Open to the public.
Admission: Free
Museum Curator: Mindy Rosewitz
The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Museum tells the
history of Fort Monmouth from
1917 to the present. Many photos
and artifacts including heliographs,
WWI air-to-ground equipment and
rare vacuum tubes. Outdoor exhibits include a tank, satellite dishes,
and radar sets. Also on display are hero pigeons, and battlefield sensors.
