Bus tour will visit Beach Haven landmark sites in July and August

Like much of Long Beach Island, Beach Haven is chock full of exceptional history. The Long Beach Island Historical Association will rediscover times past through a “Discover the History of Beach Haven Through a Unique Bus Tour,” held Wednesdays July 16 and Aug. 13 from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

Photo via LBI Views
Pieces of the Lucy Evelyn schooner, which caught fire
February 1972, can be seen at the wharf in Beach Haven.

Beach Haven historian Jeanette Lloyd will lead the excursion through the major streets of town, narrating historical information about the many different sites.

“I’ve gotten some very, very old photographs, and I’ve blown them up into posters, 18-by-24, so as we travel through historic Beach Haven we’ll be able to go back in time by looking at the photographs about what it used to be like back then. We have 24 of them,” explained Lloyd, who is also a trustee of the LBI Historical Association.

The tour will highlight some of the area’s notable locations, from Ostendorff’s Garage and Walsh’s Baseball Grandstand on Bay Avenue to the Public Wharf, Acme Hotel and Morrison’s Restaurant on Dock Road. The Seven Sisters Houses built by Floyd Cranmer will also be highlighted, as well as the Baldwin and Engleside hotels, John Crozier Cottages and the site of the schooner Lucy Evelyn, among others.

Seating on the Beach Haven School bus is limited to 45 people. Boarding will take place at the Long Beach Island Museum, located at Engleside and Beach avenues in Beach Haven, at 10:15 a.m.

Interested participants must reserve their spot on the bus by purchasing tickets at the LBI Museum, prior to the tour. Tickets cost $20 per person.

For more information, call 609-492-0700.

— Kelley Anne Essinger

This article was published in The SandPaper.