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 A Souvenir Album of Photo-Tones of this Popular Health Resort. 
 
 A. H. WHITE, Photo Artist, Lakewood, N. J., 
 iGHT 1B92 Publisher. 
 
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 THI^ village now known as Lakewood assumed its present name — so appropriate to its 
 locality — at a recent date. It was known at first as Bergen Iron Works, when it 
 comprised, besides the works, the homestead of the proprietor, Joseph W. Brick, and the 
 cottages of the operatives, and so remained from 1832 to 1865. The beautiful lake, which 
 is the charm of Lakewood, was named by Mr, Brick, Cara-Sal-Jo, for his three daughters 
 Caroline, Sarah and Josephine. 
 
 A number of years after the death of Mr. Brick, his family conceived the idea of 
 laying out a town and calling its name Bricksburg. They possessed a large tract of land contain- 
 ing twenty-two thousand acres, and their plan was to lay it out in small tracts for fruit-farming, 
 making the village the seat of the business and manufacturing interests. They obtained a charter 
 for a company styled tlie Bricksburg Land and Improvement Company. They adverti.sed their 
 enterprise and settlers from New York and New England came in and in a few years there were 
 built one hundred and iwency-five houses, three churches and a school-hou.se. The village was 
 admirably laid out with aveinies stretching from the lake to the ridge on the north, which were 
 intersected by eight streets. 
 
 Reverses and failures crippled this scheme and depre.s.sion and stagnati(ju ensued until 1879, 
 when one of the pioneers. Captain A. M. Brad.shaw, co!iceived the happy idea of .securing a 
 change of proprietors and enlisting men of means in developing the latent capabilities of the place 
 as a health resort. By his indefatigable efforts the property was sold to a number of gentlemen 
 of wealth and enterprise, who formed a company under the presidency of Mr. Chas. H. Kimball, 
 and this ended the second period of the history, when in 1880 the name of the village was changed 
 to Lakewood. 
 
 We come now to the proper history of Lakewood. There is a belt of country- stretching 
 over a large portion of Southern New Jersey, including Lakewood, which has been noted for its 
 healthfulne.ss from time immemorial. The State Bureau of Health has stated that it is entirely 
 free from malaria and from remittent and typhoid fevers, and the experience of the old residents 
 of Lakewood corroborates this testimony. Moreover, the " Gulf Stream " making in nearer to the 
 
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coast of Southern New Jersey than any other part of tlie United States Coast, brings the %yarnith 
 of the South to modify the rigor of the winter, so that b>- the record ot temperature lit^re and ni 
 New York CitA' the ayerage is in fayor of Lake\\ood by se\-eral degrees. 1 he pines shedding 
 their aroma, aiid the peculiar dry air induced by perfect drainage, haye made it especially grateiul 
 and beneficial to those who are afflicted with throat and lung difficulties. 
 
 With these conditions to start with the new Company proceeded to build a hotel called the 
 Laurel House which has been admirably managed and improyed by large additions to its capacity 
 and comfort, and it became the fayorite and constant resort of many guests every succeeding year. 
 They also laid out through the pines and around the lake miles of roads, affording delightful yiews 
 of lake and forest, and health-giying air. The fame of the hostelry, and the well authenticated cases 
 of permanent cure for those siiffering from bronchial and pulmonary complaints, brought increasing 
 numbers to the village, so that the accommodations of hotel and boarding cottages were in- 
 sufficient to receive all who desired to come. A new hotel, the Palmer House, located on Clifton 
 Avenue, opposite the Presbyterian Church and man>- large boarding houses were built with a 
 view to every modem convenience and comfort. 
 
 The Company early foresaw the need and importance of a complete sy.stem of .sewerage 
 and water supply, and the village now has miles of pipe, which carry off the drainage from the 
 houses and supply them with water from a resen-oir tower placed on the highest point oi the 
 village. The water is pumped up from the Lake and filtered before reaching the water tower and 
 there distributed from this inexhaustible .source. Exery .street comer has a fire hydrant and he 
 town is supplied with an efficient fire apparatus and fire company. The water power made by he 
 outlet of the Lake is utilized not only to pump the water into the reser^•Olr but also to light the 
 village with electricity, and the plant is adequate to a full supply of electric light to all who wish it. 
 
 The resources of the town for the entertainment of visitors became so sorely taxed that a 
 number of New York business men, under the head of Mr. Nathan Strauss purcha.sed land m the 
 northern part of the village and built a hotel, the Lakewood, which is capable of entertaining 700 
 guests The hotel is of brick and was constructed at a cost of a million and a half ot dollars. 
 
 It was built with the utmost care, and regardless of expen.se, to secure the .safety and com- 
 fort of its guests, and is not surpa.ssed by any hotel in our land. Indeed travellers say that it 
 surpasses those in Europe in its fumishings and cuisine. It was opened 111 1.S90 and has had a.i 
 increasing patronage ever since. 
 
The next year, 1891, the Laurel House Company erected the " Laurel-in-the-Pines," which 
 has been much admired for its architectural beauty, and the superior excellence of its interior ar- 
 rangements provided for the comfort of its guests. 
 
 Thus with four hotels unsurpassed in their accommodations and with a lars^e number of 
 first-class boarding houses, Lakewood is prepared to receive and entertain more than two thousand 
 guests. The number entertained e\ery winter numbers many thousands. 
 
 Lakewood has five churches. The Presbyterian, which is the olde.st, has recently enlarged 
 and refurnished its building and has a most comfortable and beautiful auditorium. The Baptists 
 have a neat and attractive church on the corner of Clifton Avenue and Fir.st Street. The -Aletho- 
 dist Church is on the .same aveiuie and is a commodious building, recently redecorated and im- 
 proved. The Episcopal Church of All Saints is on Madi.son Avenue. It has .some lovely 
 memorial windows and is a very beautiful building. The last church organized is the Roman 
 Catholic, which is established on Second Street and is a credit to the congregation. 
 
 The village has erected during the past year a Public School building at a cost of $20,000 
 supplied with everv' modern convenience and appliance for education, and luisurpassed by any in 
 the .state. There are also two flourishing Boarding Schools. The one for boys is under the care 
 of Mr. James Morey, and is patronized to its utmost capacity. The Misses Farrington's .school for 
 girls is growing in favor and efficiency. 
 
 The stores of Lakewood are fa.st becoming architectural ornaments to the village ; the mo.st 
 fastidious may find therein all that is required for the adornment of home or the craving of appetite. 
 Indeed, for quality, price and variety of stock the stores of this resort are not excelled" by many in 
 the city. The new Times and Journal building in its fine proportions is an honor to the taste 
 and enterjDrise of the proprietor. 
 
 The new station of the New Jersey Central R. R., built of gray .stone, and complete in all its 
 appointments, is regarded as the finest in the state. The fast express, and other trains, running 
 at frequent intervals between Lakewood and New York, which is within convenient distance, 
 is attracting numbers of people to establish permanent homes. Already a large number of beautiful 
 cottages costing from five to twenty-five thousand dollars, have been built, and the prospect is 
 that, with increasing railroad facilities, it will receive large acce.ssions to its resident population. 
 All who visit it are charmed with its beautiful drives and romantic scenery, which may be easily 
 conceived by an examination of the views which are herewith presented. 
 

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