Baldwin Cottage
Known Name(s)
Baldwin Cottage
Address
610 11th Ave. Belmar, NJ
Physical Status
Extant
Description
610 11th Avenue in the shore town of Belmar is located just east of Main Street, closer to the Shark River and the railroad tracks than to the Atlantic. The rectangular frame house with its deep front porch is extant, and appears to date from ca. 1920.
Detailed History
Baldwin Cottage was listed as a vacation resort in The Green Book from 1949 through 1962. The 1950 census reported that an African-American couple, Edward C. and Lorence Baldwin, lived at that address. Mr. Baldwin, who was born in New York in about 1903, was a waiter in a tavern, and Mrs. Baldwin, born around 1910 in Virginia, kept house.
Source: US census, 1950.
J. Shaffer
