Grant

Hayes

Garfield

Arthur

Harrison

McKinley

Wilson

 

Save the Date!

 

Thursday, August 20, 2009

 

The Seventh Annual

Cocktail Party Fundraiser 

to benefit

Church of the Presidents

Preservation

 

6:30-9:30 p.m.

Ocean Beach Club
1035 Ocean Avenue, Elberon
(One of the few remaining

Grand Victorian

Seaside Estates

 of the Gilded Age).

 

All proceeds will benefit
The Church of the Presidents Restoration Project

 

 

Web Site Contents:

About the church

About the Long Branch Historical Museum Association

Preservation Plan

LBHMA mission

LBHMA news

What you can do

Gallery

Email

 

 

 

 

The Church of the Presidents

is a

Save America’s Treasures project.

 




The Church of the Presidents

Long Branch, N.J.

 

The Last Remaining Structure Associated with

All Seven Presidents

Who Vacationed in Long Branch

 

New Jersey Historic Trust Grant

will help complete exterior restoration

 

 

Completed Repairs/Restoration:

      ·    A new roof

      ·   Wood-frame structural reinforcement

      ·   Repairs to the crenellated tower and roof

 

 

Grants from the Monmouth County Historical Commission

have helped to restore both portico porches

 

Previous grants from the MCHC have been used to install rain gutters, and to restore the Garfield Hut and the church bell and belfry.

 

Siperstein’s is donating all the paint for the Church of the Presidents restoration.

 

 

Funding is needed to repair the masonry foundation of the building.

 

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More Presidents Worshipped at St. James Chapel than at

Any Church Outside of Washington, D.C.

 

Ø     Deconsecrated in 1953, the building is known as the Long Branch Historical Museum, and is owned by the Long Branch Historical Museum Association, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.

 

Ø     The museum was closed in 1999 due to instability and stabilized in 2003 with private donations.  Artifacts and windows were removed until restoration is completed.

 

Ø     The Church of the Presidents is listed on both the State of New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places.