Mrs. Minyard Tourist Home
Known Name(s)
Mrs. Minyard Tourist Home
Address
1106 Adams Ave. Asbury Park, NJ
Establishment Type(s)
Tourist Home
Physical Status
Demolished
Description
1106 Adams was one of a number of tourist homes located close to Springwood Avenue, Asbury Park’s main artery on the West Side. The 1930 Sanborn insurance map labeled the structure at 1106-1108 Adams as “The Minyard.” One block south of Springwood, near the corner of Sylvan, The Minyard, according to the Sanborn map, was a large, two-story frame house with a one-story front porch. The house, typical for this residential neighborhood on the predominantly African-American West Side, no longer exists; the address today is part of an apartment complex.
Sources: Sanborn Map Co., Insurance Maps of New Jersey Coast, New Jersey, Vol. 2 (1930), sheet 202.
Detailed History
1106 Adams, on Asbury Park’s West Side, was home to the Minyards, an African-American family. William H. Minyard was born in Georgia around 1866 and moved to Asbury in the 1890s. His wife, Anna, died in 1936. Their son, Dr. William H. Minyard, Jr., was a dentist. When Dr. Minyard, who attended Howard University, died in 1948, he was survived by his wife, Elizabeth B. Minyard.
The tourist home, which was listed in The Green Book from 1938 through 1940, predates the publication. The 1930 census indicated that Dr. Minyard’s parents took lodgers. In November of 1939, the elder Mr. Minyard was granted a permit by the city to move the house across the street to 1115 Adams, as the side of the block on which 1106 stood was slated for a housing “project.” The former 1106 Adams address is now part of this complex, and thus The Green Book address is shown only generally on the map. Perhaps this move across the street triggered the de-listing of the tourist home.
Sources: Polk’s Asbury Park City Directory, 1928, 1937, and 1940; US census, 1930 and 1940; “Dr. William Minyard,” Asbury Park Press, 26 November 1948; “Mrs. William H. Minyard,” Asbury Park Press, 8 February 1936; “Rowdyism Charged.” Asbury Park Press. 15 November 1939; “William H. Minyard,” Asbury Park Press, 6 September 1941.
J. Shaffer
