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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]
Frederick Wilson Hall (February 22, 1908 – July 7, 1984) was an American judge and associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1959 to 1975. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Hall was born in Pittsburgh on February 22, 1908, the son of Peter B. Hall and Rachel (Crispin) Hall.
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.
The Wilson Building is located at 129 N. Broadway in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The building was built in 1926 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 1990. Renovation of the building began in 2009. [3]
New Jersey was the only British colony to permit the establishment of two colleges in the colonial period. Princeton University, chartered in 1746 as the College of New Jersey, and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, chartered on November 10, 1766, as Queen's College, were two of nine colleges founded before the American Revolution.
Camden City Hall is the house of government for the City of Camden and Camden County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. At 371 feet (113 m), it is the tallest building in Camden and the tallest building within the Philadelphia metropolitan area outside of Philadelphia .
In February 2011, a New Jersey Superior Court judge ruled that the city could acquire the building through eminent domain. [5] On June 11, 2012, Campbell Soup Company, whose corporate headquarters is nearby, purchased the building for about $3.5 million, with plans to demolish it. Campbell contended that uncertainty surrounding the building ...
1925 – Mutual Benefit Life Building, 300 Broadway, Newark, New Jersey [9] NRHP-listed. 1928 – Home Office Building, 10 Park Pl, Newark, New Jersey [9] NRHP-listed. 1929 – East Orange City Hall, 44 City Hall Plaza, East Orange, New Jersey [12] 1930 – American Insurance Company Building, 15 Washington St, Newark, New Jersey [9]