By Amy Byrnes
Who inhabited the area known as Little Silver before European settlers?
The Navesink, or Lenape, people were here long before the Hoboken-ites settled on the Little Silver's shores.
The memorial at the end of Harding Road, across from Red Bank Regional High School, honors:
Harding died in 1929 at his winter home in New York, reported the Red Bank Register, but took an "active part of civic affairs," like donating a playground in Sea Bright and serving on the board of Long Branch Hospital. Harding Road was named in his honor and the now-graffitied monument is covered by trees on the island at the corner where Harding Road swings around toward Rumson Road along the high school.
Before a fire tragically destroyed the building on the corner of Markham Place and Branch Avenue in May 1995, The Farm House was a busy restaurant that opened in 1974. What occupied the building before that?
The Roosevelt Tea Room was the spot in town for special occasions and reunions throughout the early 20th century.
According to the 2010 census, the median female income is what percent of the median male income in Little Silver?
Sadly, C.
What is the oldest-running retail establishment in Little Silver?
Little Silver Bottle Shop, formerly Little Silver Liquors, has been continuously in business since 1944 and is a testament to the resiliency of alcohol.
What was the Sugar Bar, which was in the same location along Prospect Avenue that is now Little Szechuan?
"Cher" and "promposal" should have been the giveaways.
Throughout history, what other paving material was used along Rumson Road in Little Silver?
Logs: This method of paving was called a corduroy road and kept travelers from getting stuck along swampy portions of the roadway. Diamonds were used further east along Rumson Road.
The 170-year-old building that houses Edie's on Rumson Road has seen a number of businesses come and go over the years, including:
Please select 2 correct answers
A&B because many things have been for sale in that building over the years, but Little Silver Lightning is not one of them.
Little Silver seems to like its businesses in multiples. Think: nail salons, pharmacies and banks. At one point, the town had 6 of these establishments, some right acrss the road from the others:
At one point, Little Silver was home to SIX gas stations in its 2.7 square miles.
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