. Sea Bright, Rumson Road, Oceanic, Monmouth Beach, Atlantic Highlands, Leonardville Road, Navesink, Water Witch Club : concerning summer homes along the shores of Monmouth County, New Jersey . hree chains of the SandyHook peninsula, beginning on the south of Nauvoo fisheryand running north to the present life saving station near Nor-mandie-by-the-Sea. This was in 1869. Mr. Paul bought of Conover, who also owned Monmouth Beach, havingbougtfe-tli£ Harry Wardell estate. The price paid by Mr. Paulwas $5,000. Mr. Paul immediately transferred a one-third in-terest to Mr. W. W. Shippen and
. Sea Bright, Rumson Road, Oceanic, Monmouth Beach, Atlantic Highlands, Leonardville Road, Navesink, Water Witch Club : concerning summer homes along the shores of Monmouth County, New Jersey . hree chains of the SandyHook peninsula, beginning on the south of Nauvoo fisheryand running north to the present life saving station near Nor-mandie-by-the-Sea. This was in 1869. Mr. Paul bought of Conover, who also owned Monmouth Beach, havingbougtfe-tli£ Harry Wardell estate. The price paid by Mr. Paulwas $5,000. Mr. Paul immediately transferred a one-third in-terest to Mr. W. W. Shippen and another to Mr. Samuel , both of Hoboken. Not a house existed when the propertywas opened up for development in Mr. Pauls name and a saleof lots made. Five houses were built in 1869 by Mr. Shippen,Mr. Dod, Mrs. Edwin A. Stevens and Mr. Paul. Mr. Robert Emery built a hotel on the river side near thedepot about the same time. The railroad had just been com-pleted and a station was built while the cottages were came the Jumping Point Drawbridge, for the develop-ment of Rumson Road, completed in 1870. h>om that timeforward the rowth of !>ea Bricfht was constant. 19. Xauvoo, a sthe group of fishhuts and shantiesat Sea Bright wascalled, existedprior to M purchase asa s(iuatter settle-ment. Most ofthe fishermencame from inlandor distant homesfor the summerfish in o^. Captain JamesR. Minugh wasone of the earlycomers to Sear. right. He b o u g h t a tractsouth of the Paultract, including alarge part of thepresent southbusiness section,on which he soonl)egan to makeimprovements. Mr. George built theOctagon in 1875and opened it forguests in the sum-mer of 1876. Thish o t e 1 was verysuccessful fromthe beginning andstill continues un-der the same man-agement. Mr. Paul builtthe Peninsula 20 Hotel in 1879 on the river side. In i88r it was moved to itspresent site by tlie sea. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Dederer havebeen the proprietors of this hotel ever
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