The Asbury Park Historical Society will hold their annual reorganization meeting Thursday and one of the first items on their agenda will be the announcement of an initiative to see Convention Hall’s missing copper panels replaced. In March of 2012, the public discovered 27  — or six tons of — original, antique copper panels that […]

The Asbury Park Historical Society will hold its eighth annual “Art on the Boardwalk” show this Sunday, Aug. 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Asbury Park boardwalk between Sunset & Fifth avenues, just south of Convention Hall. Work from over a dozen sculptors, painters and photographers will be on display, according to a […]

The Asbury Park Historical Society has launched a major fundraising campaign to purchase and restore the historic Stephen Crane House in Asbury Park, according to a news release from the Historical Society. The house, located at 508 Fourth Avenue, was built in 1876 and is one of the oldest houses in Asbury Park. It is […]

A news cart that was used to deliver copies of the Asbury Park Evening Press and the Sunday Press to homes and business in Asbury Park around 1897 will soon be returned to the city it served over a century ago. Originally owned by J. Lyle Kinmouth, the publications later became the Asbury Park Press. […]

The Asbury Park Historical Society is trying its hand at online fundraising with its launch of an Indiegogo account to raise $30,000. The $30,000 is intended to offset costs associated with the society’s proposed purchase of the Stephen Crane House, which was built around 1877 and is likely the oldest building standing in the city, […]