Saving Our History Since 1974
"A NICE TOWN" "TODAY'S TOWN WITH YESTERDAY'S TOUCH"
The village of Marsh's Bog appeared long before the Revolutionary War, and it extended much further than the boundaries of current Farmingdale.
Researched and Drawn by Rick Geffken
Recent Map from Internet
The Lenni Lenape traveled these paths from inland to the ocean and back for hundreds of years. One of those paths became the main street through Farmingdale.
After the Monmouth Patent, the Patentees were required to bring families to settle on the land they possessed. Homes like these began to appear. 1 1/2-story homes constructed with mortise and tenon joints, held in place with pegs, created walls then lined them with cement blocks. Often the family members would make the bricks from clay pressed in wooden frames.
Original joints, still in Wainright House - Original peg, still in Wainright House - Brick-lined walls, still in Wainright House - Openings in end of house showing where the lean-to was once connected.
What original Wainright House may have looked like
23 MAIN STREET c. 1837 and NOW
Original front section Original back section current view 2 Goodenough Road
of Goodenough House c. 1752 corner of Main St. and Asbury Ave. moved Feb. 1957
