Bradley Beach in Monmouth County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Bradley Beach World War I Monument
Photographed By R. C.
1. Primary Monument Plaque Over Army Air Corps Branch Insignia
The citizens of Bradley Beach
greatfully erected this monument
in memory of its noble heroes
who made the supreme sacrifice
in the World War
and also in honor of its valiant sons
who so courageously served in it.
Monument Committee
Mayor Frank C. Borden, Jr., Chairman
Com. Bernard V. Poland · Rev. R.A Conover
Com. John Rogers · Rev John J. O'Hara
Clarence W. Smith, Sec'y · Rev John W. Lynch
Wm. E. MacDonald · Prof. E.S. Wood
A.T. Rogers
Erected by Citizens of Bradley Beach.
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
Location. 40° 12.218′ N, 74° 1.09′ W. Marker is in Bradley Beach, New Jersey, in Monmouth County. Memorial is on Main Street (New Jersey Route 71) near Lareine Avenue. Marker is on the public plaza next to the Bradley Beach Borough Hall on Main Street (Rt 71) between Lareine Ave and Brinley Ave. It is also close to the Historic Bradley Beach NJ Transit
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Honey Suckle Rose (approx. 0.8 miles away); President Wilson’s Asbury Park Executive Offices (approx. one mile away); Soldiers’ Monument (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Spirit of the American Doughboy (approx. 1.6 miles away); Shark River Salt Works (approx. 1.6 miles away); Breslin War Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away); S.S. Morro Castle Disaster (approx. 1.7 miles away); Malta Shipwreck (approx. 1.7 miles away).
Photographed By R. C.
2. Plaque of Veterans' Names over Army Infantry Branch Insignia
Photographed By R. C.
3. Plaque of Veterans' Names over Navy Insignia
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4. Plaque of Veterans' Names Over Army Field Artillery Branch Insignia
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5. View of WW I Monument on Community Plaza
The U.S. Army Field Artillery and U.S. Army Air Corps branch insignia can be seen from this angle.
Photographed By R. C.
6. Nearby Bradley Beach Historic Train Station
This historic train station is within hand grenade throwing range of the World War I monument. It is a working NJ Rail station and the former inside waiting room has been converted into a coffee shop.
Photographed By R. C.
7. (Not Quite Historical Marker Data Base Worthy) Plaque on Station Wall
Bradley Beach Station was built by the Central Railroad of New Jersey in 1912 and was designed in the Renaissance Revival style by Joseph O. Osgood, Chief Engineer for the railroad. The station is elegantly proportioned with arched openings, strong horizontals in design and weighty massing of the brick construction. The canopies at Bradley Beach Station are honest expressions of modern materials and well integrated with the overall composition of the station.
Bradley Beach Station is located on the C.N.J.'S Long Branch Division, originally organized as the New York and Long Branch Railroad in 1873. The N.Y. & L.B. was chartered to build from Perth Amboy to Long Branch and, in connection with the New Egypt and Farmingdale Railroad, from Long Branch to Belmar.
The N.Y. & L.B. was jointly used by the C.N.J. and the Pennsylvania Railroad through long term lease arrangements and trackage rights agreements from 1882 to the 1970s. Bradley Beach Station is one of NJ Transit's fifty-five rail stations listed on both the State and National Registers of Historic Places in 1984.
Photo Credit; Railroadians of America
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 22, 2008, by R. C. of College Station, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,547 times since then and 73 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on February 22, 2008, by R. C. of College Station, Texas. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
