'(^Q^nM/ 
 
If / 
 
 a- 1 ' ' 
 
 
 \\- 'Mm:' 
 
 
 Llf&i"';.'/ ,- ' /) 
 
 K'lS/, If 
 
CHARMINGLY SITUATED AT JUNCTURE OF SHARK RIVER AND OCEAN, 
 
 FIVE iMILES SOUTH OE LONG BRANCH, 
 
 IMIDWAY BETWEEN NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, ON THE NEW 
 YORK AND LONG BRANCH RAILROAD. 
 
 plneij ©Y^ooiU) ancj ©eean (^omSineil, 
 
 ARTESIAN WELL WATER FROM A DEPTH OF FIVE 
 HUNDRED FEET. 
 
 chfeafrnfuf! Ro Mafaria ! Ro Mol)quiroe^ 
 
 CoiYRiGHT, 1885, By B. H, Yard. 
 
 NEW YORK: 
 
 GILLISS BROTHERS & TURNURE, ART AGE PRESS, 
 
 75-79 FULTON STREET. 
 
J\t 0j\N5on Snn 
 
 
 Hofi- Vffi^'^' 
 
 |if:t^^Ei, HE handsomest hotel, architecturally, without ex- 
 .-- JmJr;-. ception, and most complete as to its internal 
 arrangements on the Atlantic coast. Located 
 ^r—' rifi directly on the Ocean edge, at the juncture of 
 
 Shark River and the Ocean, facing east and south, 
 with nothing intervening to prevent a full sweep of the prevailing 
 southeast Ocean breezes, it is the most delightful spot that can be 
 Hiiagmed. The views from its magnificent verandas, balconies and 
 towers are unsurpassed. It takes in the full extent from the High- 
 lands on the north, to Barnegat on the south. Every room in the 
 
AT AVON INN. 
 
 house has an ocean exposure. Rooms facin< 
 
 south look out on both 
 
 Ocean and River. No land rooms — all look oceanward. The house 
 is a grand structure, with wide piazzas about it, and contains every 
 convenience known in modern hotel keeping. Passenger elevator, 
 a speaking tube from every room to the office, gas throughout, hot 
 and cold salt and fresh water baths on the three principal floors, 
 (these baths are a feature and will be made very attractive,) large 
 
 open fire-places in parlor 
 and office^ and steam radia- 
 tors through the halls and 
 in every room, will render the hotel very pleasant during the preva- 
 lence of cold storms. Discomfort can never be experienced in such 
 a house, as to temperature. 
 
 The plumbing and sanitary arrangements throughout the house 
 are of the highest standard and latest invention. They are endorsed 
 and considered perfect by the State Board of Health. 
 
 The furnishing of the hotel is in harmony with its appearance, 
 and is of the best. No expense has been spared to take a step of 
 
AT AVON INN. 
 
 Stable accommoda- 
 tions will be near 
 at hand, and under 
 
 
 progress in the selection of furni- 
 ture, luxurious beds, and general 
 modern furnishing. Rugs through- 
 out the house (including bed- 
 \\ rooms), and polished floors will 
 insure a cleanliness of apartment 
 and a purity of air which once 
 1^7 experienced will be greatly ap- 
 preciated. Select amusements and 
 entertainments will be arranged 
 during the season. Also Music 
 of a superior character provided. 
 A fine Livery and complete 
 
 the control of the hotel. A Billiard-room in the ^^\^''j)s.^^ 
 house and a Bowling-alley within the grounds. 
 
AT AVON INN. 
 
8 
 
 AT AVON INN. 
 
 As to the cuisine, the host begs leave to state 
 that its supreme importance as the leading 
 feature of a first-class hotel is fully appreciated 
 
 by him, and he hopes his entire hotel experience, 
 gained in one noted house, and under the tute- 
 lage of one of the best known, experienced and successful hotel 
 men of this country, will be a sufficient guarantee as to its 
 excellence. 
 
 f Hi;/ ^ 
 
 p<f^ 
 
• oKt y^e^ Gax^t 5i)eacfi 
 
 ;^\l/^ 
 ■^/l^ 
 
 THE most charmingly situated spot on 
 the Jersey coast. Near Asbury 
 Park, and opposite Ocean 
 Beach, the famous Shark River being 
 between, with its fine oysters, soft- i 
 shell crabs, and salt water fish. The 
 boundaries of Key East Beach are . 
 On the north by Sylvan Lake, on 
 the west and south by the salt waters 
 of Shark River and Bay, and on — "^ 
 the east by the Atlantic ocean. ^J 
 
 It contains several hundred 
 acres, a good portion of which J^^g" 
 is piney woods, with its life- <^^ 
 giving resinous aroma filling the "^^ 
 air and combining with the salt 
 atmosphere of the ocean. The 
 drinking water is piire, 
 cold and soft, and 
 comes in 
 
 great abund- 
 anc e • - 
 from 
 
 '-^^S/^V-T- 
 
 five hundred 
 
 an artesian well 
 feet in depth. 
 
 The attractions of Key East 
 Beach are numerous. Space for- 
 bids mentioning all. Begin with 
 the grand old ocean in front, with 
 its excellent and safe bathing 
 grounds, and facilities for bath- 
 ing unsurpassed anywhere. The 
 United States Life-saving Station 
 is located near the bathing ground, 
 with its surf-boats and crew, which 
 
AT KEY EAST BEACH. 
 
 makes bathing still safer and more 
 attractive for ladies and children. 
 The beautiful Sylvan Lake, with its 
 safe boating for children. The 
 famous Shark River and Bay, with 
 its oysters, fish, crabs, boating, 
 yachting and 
 still-water bath- 
 ing, is the great- 
 
 est sea-side feature on ^ ,_ ^^^1_. 
 
 the Atlantic coast; visi- "' "^^ -" T^ 
 
 tors at other resorts along 
 the shore come for miles to revel in the 
 sports and pleasures of this large and ' -- 
 
 remarkable body of water, fringed on all sides with beautiful villas, 
 hills and picturesque farming lands. The ocean tides flowing in and 
 out of Shark River Inlet twice daily keeps the atmosphere always 
 cool and pleasant, no matter from what quarter the breeze comes, 
 nor how warm the day, with or without a breeze blowing. Several 
 hundred acres of i)iney woods, with its delightful odors, walks 
 and seats. Good, hard roads leading in all directions into the excel- 
 lent farming lands of the neighborhood, affording beautiful drives 
 and delightful rambles through a rich agricultural country and 
 
AT KEY EAST BEACH. 
 
 among pleasant towns and villages, in- 
 cluding Long Branch, Elberon, Asbury 
 Park and Ocean Grove on the north, and 
 Ocean Beach, Lake 
 Como, Spring Lake '^ 
 
 Beach, Sea-Girt and ^i'^- 
 
 Point Pleasant on the ^"^.T 
 south. All these places 
 are within a circumfer- 
 ence of five miles from 
 Key East Beach. 
 
 The railroad facilities 
 for reaching Key East 
 Beach cannot be equalled 
 in this country. The lo- 
 cation is midway between 
 New York and Philadel- 
 phia, on the line of the 
 New York &" Long 
 Branch railroad, which 
 is operated in common 
 by the Pennsylvania and 
 the Philadelphia 6^ Read- 
 ing railroad companies. 
 The time by fast lines 
 through the summer 
 season is less than two 
 hours from both New 
 York and Philadelphia. 
 From New York, passen- 
 gers take the Philadel- 
 phia c^ Reading railroad, 
 foot of Liberty street, or 
 the Pennsylvafiia rail- 
 
AT KEY EAST BEACH. 
 
 road, foot of Cortlandt street, and run without change of cars direct 
 to Key East Beach. New York passengers can also take the splen- 
 
 did boats of the iWay "' - 
 Jersey Southern rail- 
 road from the Long Branch .. ^...._ 
 pier, North River, and enjoy ■" 
 a most charming cooling-off sail down the Bay 
 and through the Narrows to Sandy Hook ; 
 thence by cars direct to Key East Beach 
 without change, in almost same time as 
 by "all rail." Over twenty trains a day 
 each way during the 
 season, from and to 
 New York, and over 
 sixty trains 
 a day pass 
 
 '^^>H° 
 
 Key East sta- 
 '' tion north and 
 
 south. The ride is a most 
 delightful one. The road 
 
AT KEY EAST BEACH. 
 
 13 
 
 skirts the river, bay and ocean all the way. The cars are new 
 and elaborate, and the accommodations are the finest in the 
 world. Luxurious parlor cars on all fast lines. Philadelphia 
 passengers take the cars of the Pennsylvania railroad at the 
 Broad street depot, and run through to the shore with but one 
 
 stop ; or from foot of Market street by their new seaside road, 
 which runs along the ocean edge from a point opposite Tom's 
 River to Long Branch. Philadelphia passengers can also go 
 by the North Pennsylvania railroad (Bound Brook route), at the 
 station at Ninth and Green streets, and go direct to Key East with- 
 
14 
 
 AT KEY EAST BEACH. 
 
 out change of cars. Direct com- 
 munication between Baltimore, 
 Washington and the West, via the 
 great Pennsylvania Railroad and 
 
 connections. Through parlor cars 
 to and from Saratoga Springs, Cats- 
 kill Mountains and Lake George 
 to Key East without change. All 
 railroad communication with' Key 
 East is first-class with reduced 
 fares. 
 
 
AT KEY EAST BEACH. 
 
 15 
 
m 
 
 g 
 
LIBRPRY OF CONGRESS 
 
 014 206 938 6 
 
 \/