OFFICE OF CULTURAL AND HERITAGE AFFAIRS

LONGPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Phone Number:  (609) 822-3770 or 823-1115

Hours:  Memorial Day to Labor Day: Saturday 9 am - 12 noon.

Address:  2301 Atlantic Avenue, 
Longport, NJ 08403

Meetings: 

Museum:  Located in a 1939 Coast Guard Station, the museum features pictures and artifacts since the days when the first Philadelphians arrived to establish their summer cottages.

Collection: Items range from the footboard of a bed given to Abraham Lincoln, to a jail cell used in the 1950s when the Borough police department used the building.

Specialty:  Sponsors an annual Art Show, Treasure Day by the Bay, a Labor Day weekend fireworks celebration, and three community concerts. Video: "Longport - The Way We Were"

Produced in cooperation with the Atlantic Heritage Center.
This list was updated on Monday, July 13, 2009.