In 1909, the Stone Harbor Yacht Club was organized and formally incorporated to begin what would be considered a long and exciting history of promoting sail boating and motor boating in the new seashore resort called Stone Harbor, New Jersey. We start this brief account with the 1909 photo shown above depicting the Stone Harbor...
Shown here is the newly built beachfront pavilion in 1911 that Johnson Hughes who lived at 128 Rochelle Avenue in Wissahickon, Pa. was able to develop as a result of receiving free land under the Stone Harbor Bond Plan. The image above is compliments of the Stone Harbor Museum archives and it is with great...
This attractive linen type color post card was published sometime in the early 1940s and is an aerial view of a portion of the Stone Harbor beachfront captured from the town water tower. This image looking east and southward principally embraces the area between 96th to 98th Streets as well as encompasses Second and First...
Also known as “The Fairview”, this large 3-story building served as both a store on the first floor and apartments for rent on the second and third floors. This vintage post card depicts a popular location ideally suited for shoppers as well as renters. Situated at 87th Street and Second Avenue, this building was directly...
Reproduced here is the back cover of a 64-page booklet issued by the South Jersey Realty Company in 1917. The title of the booklet is “STONE HARBOR, N. J.: THE WONDER CITY BY THE SEA” and it provides information about a whopping total of 121 specific properties, notably “Summer Homes For Sale and Rent”. Such...
In 1917, the building shown above was originally a large hotel known as “The Big Stick”. While I am not aware of the reason why this hotel was called Big Stick, the somewhat scant promotional materials that we have do tell us a bit about this large structure. This image is part of the Stone...
The Shelter Haven Hotel was situated at the intersection of 96th Street and Third Avenue and overlooking the Shelter Haven Basin. This was a prime location as the hotel was on the main thoroughfare (entryway linking Stone Harbor and the mainland) in what was becoming the very center of the town’s main business district. The...
Under the management of Edwin Belcher in 1917, the prestigious Harbor Inn was owned and operated by the founding Risley brothers organization known as the South Jersey Realty Company. This hotel was a favorite and most popular retreat for prospective investors seeking to buy land and build cottages in Stone Harbor in the early days. ...
This particular 3-story apartment house played an important role in providing needed lodging for many of the workmen who over the early years of development played a part in the actual building and construction of Stone Harbor. This image was discovered at the Stone Harbor Museum archives. We are most fortunate to have access to...
