Spring Lake Historical Society
THE SPRING LAKE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC.

Historical Society House Tour – Thursday, June 2, 2011, 10:00 AM - 3:00PM. Once again, the Spring Lake Historical Society will hold its annual House Tour featuring several wonderful homes with beauty, character and charm. In addition, the Society will feature the historical St. Catharine's Roman Catholic Church, a Spring Lake Inn "The Johnson House", and the newly restored Patterson Building on Third Avenue along with other Third Avenue historic buildings. The Historical Society's Museum featuring its Changing Gallery exhibit entitled "Hidden Treasures of the Historical Society" will also be on the tour. House Tour Ticket donation is $25.00. Tickets will be available one month prior to tour. Tickets will be available on the day of the tour at the Spring Lake Inn, 104 Salem Avenue, Spring Lake.

For further information please call the museum @732-449-0772.

 

GENERAL
Over the years, the Society has chronicled our town's events and endeavored to enrich the community. The support of residents and friends from other communities has made possible our various programs, including the following:
  • Providing scholarships to Spring Lake high school seniors.
  • Researching and documenting the history of our houses.
  • Presenting programs at our elementary school that relate to the history and geography of Spring Lake.
  • Sponsoring public forums on topics of local and historical interest.
  • Conducting guided bus tours with lectures of historic Spring Lake for interested groups.
  • Staffing the museum with a professional part-time curator and maintaining the town's archives.
  • Publishing a newsletter with interesting articles and up-to-date activities of the Society and the town.
 
Purpose
The purpose of the Society is to bring together people interested in history and especially in collecting and preserving for study and research written records, artifacts, photographs and other historical materials concerning the Borough of Spring Lake and surrounding areas.
 
Function
The main function of the Society is to discover, collect and preserve any material that helps to illustrate the history of the Borough of Spring Lake and the surrounding areas. The Society preserves such materials, photographs and artifacts for research and study, and provides for access thereto as may be feasible.
 
Museum
The Museum exhibits the permanent collection of the Spring Lake Historical Society.
 
Changing Gallery
In addition to the permanent collection in the museum, the Society maintains a Changing Gallery in which the exhibits change approximately every two years. The current exhibit is entitled "Hidden Treasures of the Historical Society" and features a variety of interesting photographs and artifacts that have not previously been on display relating to homes, businesses, families, people, places and events of the past. For further information call the Museum 732-449-0772.
 

MAKE HISTORY
 part of your
Spring Lake Experience
 at the
Historical Society Museum

Let the Society's collection of historic photographs, memorabilia and other artifacts transport you through Spring Lake's fascinating history -- from Indian times through the Victorian era to the present day.

The museum is located at the corner of Warren and Fifth Avenues, on the top floor of Spring Lake's Borough Hall, which was built in 1897 as the town's first public school. Housed in an unusually elaborate space which served in the 1950's as a Masonic meeting room, the museum has an intimate, jewel-like quality. Its highly ornamented interior, rich with architectural detail, now plays host to the collections which form the heart of the Society's historical treasures.

Historical Museum
inside the museum
Starting Thursday, March 18 the Spring Lake Historical Museum will resume its regular open Hours which are:
Thursdays - 10 A.M. - 12 noon.
Sundays 1:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.
Or:
By Appointment - if our open times are not convenient. Call 732-974-1476 to set up an appointment

Please visit The Spring Lake Historical Society's online Walking Tour of Third Avenue Business District and Divine Park Nature Walk, compiled by Bonnie DuBois. Reproduced from the December 1997 Historical Society Newsletter.

SPRING LAKE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
President Liz Campanile
Vice President Bonnie DuBois
Treasurer Dorthy Lau
Corresponding Secretary Liz Finnerty
Recording Secretary Barbara Harrigan
Trustees Mary Jane St. Peter, Gil Robinson, Andrea Raffett

Membership Form