Morgan Mystery – Where Was Bay View Manor? – Part Deux
- Map Showing the Actual Location of Bayview Manor Superimposed with Today’s Street Grid. Wessco Realty Company, Section Three, July 1918. Map Courtesy of Joe Grabas, State of New Jersey Certified Title Professional.
All right, I know everyone wanted to know the answer to this question from the April 24, 2010 posting. Well, if it had not been for Hurricane Irene, I would have blabbed it at Teddy’s Bar on August 27, 2011 during our Visual Presentation and Dinner. So here it is now!
As I said in the November 25, 2011 posting, many thanks to my school friends Joe and Frank for providing various tidbits which, when tied together, revealed the answer.
I was so looking forward to telling everyone in Teddy’s Bar that Bayview Manor was located a mere 700 feet away from where we all were that night!
Note that now that location contains private residences on private property. I have to say that I was very much expecting for it to have been located right near Christ Church Cemetery as opposed to being so close to Selover School. Having said (or written that), I always remember that this portion of Woodland Avenue always felt higher up than the surrounding area. Guess I always knew where it was but didn’t listen to my inside voice.
December 12th, 2011 at 3:35 pm
Thanks Verne for all your good work on this website. I enjoy and look forward to every installment. And thanks to Joe for the map of Bay View Manor. I actually grew up at 140 Madison St on what is labeled plots 855,856, and 857 of the Map. My Dad and Mom built our house starting about 1949 and lived there to about 1990 when they moved to TN. I can still remember when Madison St was a dirt road, and our play ground was “The Woods”. It’s amazing how much history is contained in that little area known as Morgan. Thanks again.
Bert Buehler, Pleasant Hill, CA