![]() Wall Township was formed in 1851, from portions of Howell Township. The Blansingburg schoolhouse at Sea Girt Avenue opened in 1855 The building was relocated in 1999 to the Allgor-Barkalow Homestead Museum property for refurbishing. The building now houses the museum of the Old Wall Historical Society. The Allgor-Barkalow Homestead at 1701 New Bedford Road was constructed in 1840, although some accounts indicate construction of part of the building began in the 18th century. Allaire Village Inc., a non-profit organization, is licensed by the State of New Jersey to operate the site now known as "The Historic Village at Allaire." The Brisbane family donated the property to the State of New Jersey to establish Allaire State Park and the Historic Village at Allaire. ![]() The village and surrounding acres were later preserved and gifted to the State of New Jersey to form Allaire State Park as a memorial to Hearst editor Arthur Brisbane, the last private owner of the site, who purchased the land in 1907 and built a palatial residence on that property that would later serve as the Arthur Brisbane Child Treatment Center. Allaire purchased what became known as the Howell Works in Wall, and though it was the largest producing bog iron manufacturing site in New Jersey by 1836, the ironworks were shut down in 1846. The original structure of the Glendola Protestant Bible Church was built in 1776 The congregation dedicated a new church in 1964.Īllaire Village dates back to 1822, when James P. ![]() The Greenville Cemetery was established in 1734, when a casualty of the French and Indian War was buried there.
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