Tag: Monmouth County Historical Association
Shrewsbury’s Historic Allen House To get A Facelift
The historic Allen House, sitting unobtrusively on one corner of the borough’s landmark crossing at Sycamore Avenue and Route 35, is getting a makeover.
Monmouth County Historical Association Offers Something for Everyone
Monmouth County is steeped in history and the Monmouth County Historical Association (MCHA) wants to help unpack all of it.
2012-2022: Sandy’s Legacy
It’s been almost 10 years since Super Storm Sandy swept ashore in New Jersey.
Food for the Soul
Few people associate the history of Monmouth County with slavery, nor the rest of the state for that matter, yet New Jersey was the last northern state to abolish the act.
Citizen Historians Invited to Document This Moment in Time
Jan Connolly, a writer and market consultant, contributed to the Monmouth County Historical Association’s Remembering COVID-19 project March 17. MCHA is...
Monmouth County Historical Association Kicks Off Oral History Project
Historians are seeking "more culturally diverse stories" to add to their collection.
The Life of Domestic Servants in Freehold
The impact of domestic servants in Monmouth County will be the subject of talk at Monmouth University, Dec. 19.
Historical Association Welcomes New Leader
Sharp Walton left her most recent position in Philadelphia as executive director of the mansion and estate Glen Foerd on the Delaware.
Care of Holmes-Hendrickson House To Be Transferred to Park System
By Rick Geffken |
HOLMDEL – Imagine for a moment that Garret Hendrickson, who died in 1801, reappeared inside his extant farmhouse in Holmdel. Hendrickson...
Freehold Newspaper From 1888 Is Now Digitized, Searchable
By Rick Geffken |
FREEHOLD - Ron Bennett of Jackson has traced his family back to the earliest days of Monmouth County when many of...