< Back 54 BINGHAM AVENUE Year Built: 1893 Property Description Block: 30 Lot: 10 Year Built: 1893 Style: Early American Colonial Structure: Wood Frame Fenestration: Double Hung This structure is considered: Significant Comment: Home has been rehabilitated in the past. Windows and siding have been changed but in keeping with the original style of the house.

< Back 16 CENTER STREET Year Built: 1917 Property Description Block: 61 Lot: 4 Year Built: 1917 Style: Modified Early American Structure: Wood Frame Fenestration: Double Hung Comment: Rehabilitated using modern materials.

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< Back 3 RUMSON ROAD Year Built: 1904 Property Description Block: 147 Lot: 2 Year Built: 1904 Historic Name: The Packer House nicknamed Fort Packer Style: Home is essentially a Four Square design but the stone facing and round arches lend a Romanesque Revival look to the house. Built by: Peter Benson Structure: Masonry + Wood Frame Fenestration: Double Hung This structure is considered: Significant Comment: Rehabilitated recently with great respect for the original character of the house. See Rumson p 26; Shaping a Superlative Suburb p 133 for additional information.

< Back 80 AVENUE OF TWO RIVERS Year Built: 1922 Property Description Block: 62 Lot: 11 Year Built: 1922 Style: Colonial Foundation: Brick Structure: Wood Frame Fenestration: Double Hung Comment: Well maintained

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< Back 68 NAVESINK AVENUE Year Built: 1904 Property Description Block: 100 Lot: 26 Year Built: 1904 Style: Colonial with additions Comment: Rehabilitated using some modern and some authentic materials.

< Back 61 S. WARD AVENUE Year Built: 1895 Property Description Block: 141 Lot: 19 Year Built: 1895 Style: Modified Structure Structure: Wood Frame Fenestration: Double Hung Comment: Rehabilitated over time using some modern and some authentic materials.

< Back 16 NAVESINK AVENUE Year Built: 1893 Property Description Block: 72 Lot: 29 Year Built: 1893 Style: Modified Shingle Style Structure: Wood Frame / Carport Fenestration: Double Hung / Casement / Fixed This structure is considered: Significant Comment: Home has been rehabilitated over time with respect for the original style.

< Back 108 E. RIVER ROAD Year Built: 1922 Property Description Block: 52 Lot: 16 Year Built: 1922 Style: Colonial Foundation: Brick Structure: Wood Frame Comment: Well Maintained

< Back 26 E. RIVER ROAD Year Built: 1904 Property Description Block: 11 Lot: 10 Year Built: 1904 Style: Italianate Structure: Wood Frame This structure is considered: Significant Comment: Classic example of Italianate Style.

2d1af340-3090-479f-9005-86dddc1b16b3 < Back References The images of the postcards shown on this site are from a souvenir from the Rumson Centennial 1907-2007 and are reproductions of five vintage postcards circa 1900-1910 from the collection of Rumson Borough Historian George H. Moss, Jr. The postcards in the set depict the original Rumson Fire Company Firehouse, the original Oceanic Hook & Ladder Company No. 1 Firehouse, the original Rumson Country Club, a view facing west on Rumson Road on the easterly end (noted as Sea Bright, NJ on the postcard face and the Rumson Post Office (1908-1919) at the corner of Avenue of Two Rivers and Ridge Road adjoining Hintelmann’s Store. Reproductions of the original postcards were provided to the Borough of Rumson by Roy Press of Wanamassa, NJ. References in parenthesis found in the Property Inventory are from the following published books: (Rumson) ‐ Images of America: Rumson by Randall Gabrielan 1996 (Rumson Vol. II) ‐ Images of America: Rumson, Vol. II by Randall Gabrielan 1997 (Shaping a Superlative Suburb) ‐ The Making of America: Rumson, Shaping a Superlative Suburb by Randall Gabrielan 2003 History of Rumson1665-1944 .pdf Download PDF • 56.56MB The book is a collection of historical information by the students of the Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School, interested citizens of the community, and the School Faculty under the leadership of Dr. Charles A. Walbach, Supervising Principal. History-of-Rumson-1665-1965 .pdf Download PDF • 28.39MB Like the original edition in 1944, this three hundredth commemorative edition in 1965 is the result of the efforts of the citizens of the Borough of Rumson. (Legendary Locals) ‐ Legendary Locals of Rumson by Roberta Van Anda 2015 Old Rumson Road Cemetery Book of the Dead .pdf Download PDF • 7.78MB Rumson Settlers Deed (1665) .pdf Download PDF • 3.03MB Here are links to additional resources: Monmouth County Historical Commission Monmouth County Historical Association Secretary of Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties Destinations Past ‐ Historical Storytelling Site currently contains documentaries on Rumson Hill and Highland Beach (Sandy Hook)