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  2. Monmouth University - Wikipedia

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    The school that would become Monmouth University was founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, a two-year junior college under Dean Edward G. Schlaefer. Created in New Jersey during the Great Depression, Monmouth Junior College was intended by Schlaefer to provide an opportunity for higher education to high school graduates in Monmouth County who could not afford to go away to college. [4]

  3. Wilson Brothers & Company - Wikipedia

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    In Beach Haven, New Jersey, it designed the Baldwin Hotel (1883, burned 1960), Holy Innocents Episcopal Church (1881–82), and a number of summer homes for company executives. In 1881, the PRR hired the firm to design its main passenger terminal at Broad and Filbert streets in Center City Philadelphia, directly west of Philadelphia City Hall.

  4. A.J. Holman and Company building - Wikipedia

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    The A.J. Holman and Company at 1224 Arch Street between N. 12th and N. 13th Streets in the Center City area of Philadelphia was built in 1881 and was designed by the Wilson Brothers, who also designed the nearby Reading Terminal. Andrew J. Holman founded the Bible-publishing business in 1872 and had this building constructed when their original ...

  5. Ethnic Renewal in Philadelphia's Chinatown - Wikipedia

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    Ethnic Renewal in Philadelphia’s Chinatown: Space, Place, and Struggle is a 2015 academic book by Kathryn Elizabeth Wilson, published by Temple University Press. It includes the history of Chinatown, Philadelphia. The book documents community resistance against urban renewal plans to destroy parts of Chinatown. [1]

  6. John H. & Wilson C. Ely - Wikipedia

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    John Holcomb Ely AIA (June 13, 1851 – April 21, 1932) was born in New Hope, Pennsylvania, to Matthias C. Ely, a carpenter and builder, and Keziah Ely, née Stackhouse.The family moved to New Jersey when he was young, and he was educated in the New Jersey public schools.

  7. Shadow Lawn (New Jersey) - Wikipedia

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    Shadow Lawn is a historic building on the campus of Monmouth University in West Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.Built in 1927 for Hubert T. Parson, president of the F.W. Woolworth Company, it is one of the last large estate houses to be built before the Great Depression.

  8. Smithereens inducted into NJ Hall of Fame: This week in ... - AOL

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    The Smithereens were among the New Jersey J Hall of Fame Class of 2018 inductees at a ceremony held on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park.

  9. Congress Hall - Wikipedia

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    The failure of the Pennsylvania government to protect Congress from a mob of angry mutineers caused the representatives to withdraw to Princeton, New Jersey. The national capital then moved to Annapolis, Maryland in November 1783, then to Trenton, New Jersey in November 1784 before finally moving to New York City in January 1785.