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Seabrook‐Wilson House stood alone on this stretch of the Bayshore, surround‐ ed by a farm of several hundred acres and salt marsh. With the development of steamboat service and the railroads in the mid‐1800s, the village of Port Monmouth grew up around the steamboat pier and commercial fishing, transforming the area into a bustling port. Tourists flocked to the area for its fresh air, sandy beaches and recreational fishing. By the early 1900s the old Seabrook‐Wilson farmhouse had become an inn for tourists, known first as "Bay Side Manor" and later as "The White House." After almost fifty years as a boarding house and tavern, the Seabrook‐Wilson House stood empty and in severe disrepair by the mid-1960s. Concerned Middletown residents convinced Township officials to purchase the site in 1967 and save the Bayshore landmark from destruction. The Middletown Township Historical Society and, later, the Spy House Museum Corporation, operated the house as a local history museum for over twenty years.
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1549:Village Inn
1351:Old Kentuck
1261:Allen House
1193:Fisk Chapel
1046:Shadow Lawn
933:was filmed)
845:NY Waterway
702:Poricy Park
580:River Plaza
525:Chapel Hill
284:section of
235:NJRHP
194: /
170:Coordinates
1667:Categories
1615:Structures
1564:The Towers
1489:Kovenhoven
1006:Camp Evans
707:Tatum Park
675:Sandy Hook
366:References
179:40°26′21″N
1647:See also:
1411:Buildings
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1158:Places of
1065:Districts
993:Landmarks
850:Seastreak
337:Spy House
278:Spy House
182:74°5′35″W
876:Route 36
871:Route 35
724:listings
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545:Lincroft
540:Leonardo
535:Fairview
349:See also
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159:Location
1160:worship
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300:History
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