National Register of Historic Places

Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association District

Ocean Grove, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Listed
April 11, 1976
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
76001170

About this property

Ocean Grove is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) that is part of Neptune Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It had a population of 3,057 at the 2020 census, down from 3,342 in 2010. It is located on the Atlantic Ocean's Jersey Shore, between Asbury Park to the north and Bradley Beach to the south. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Ocean Grove is noted for its abundant examples of Victorian architecture and for the Great Auditorium, acclaimed as "the state's most wondrous wooden structure, soaring and sweeping, alive with the sound of music." Another building, a former high school, is now the Jersey Shore Arts Center. Ocean Grove was founded in 1869 as an outgrowth of the camp meeting movement in the United States, when a group of Methodist clergymen, led by William B. Osborn and Ellwood H. Stokes, formed the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association to develop and operate a summer camp meeting site on the New Jersey seashore. By the early 20th century, the popular Christian meeting ground became known as the "Queen of Religious Resorts". The community's land is still owned by the Camp Meeting Association and leased to individual homeowners and businesses. Ocean Grove remains the longest-active camp meeting site in the United States.

Location

Ocean Grove, Monmouth County, New Jersey
40.21044, -74.01124

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTARCHITECTURERELIGION
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association District listed on the National Register?

Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 11, 1976.

What type of historic resource is Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association District?

Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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