Past Events
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August 9th and 10th, 2025
Cival War Encampment
The Brick Township Historical Society will sponsor the 61st New York Volunteer Regiment for a Civil War Encampment at its Havens Homestead Museum property, 521 Herbertsville Rd. Visiting hours for the public are August 9 from 10 am to 3 pm and August 10 from 10 am to 2 pm. Admission is free and donations are greatly appreciated.
The soldiers will interact with the public, march, fire guns and explain what life was like during an encampment. They sleep in tents and make their own food over a fire pit.
Society members will be grilling and selling hamburgers, frankfurters and soft drinks. They will hold a homemade bake sale, and the Lizzie Herbert Gift Shop will be open with specials. Tours of the museum are also available.
Parking is in a lot 150 ft. east of the museum accessed by a driveway with a blue sign that reads, “Havens Farm.”
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June 17, 2025 (Note: change of date due to firehouse being a polling place)
Meeting & Program to COMMEMORATE the 175th ANNIVERSARY OF BRICK’S HISTORY
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold a meeting at the Herbertsville Firehouse, 601 Herbertsville Rd., Brick on June 17 at 7:30 pm. The Township of Brick was founded February 15, 1850 and named after Joseph W. Brick, the owner of Bergen Iron Works. In keeping with the celebration of the 175th Anniversary of the founding, the Society invites the public to share their memories. People are welcome to speak about growing up, spending summer vacations, going to school, working or living in Brick Township.
Admission is free. Please park behind the firehouse and enter by the door on the right on ground level.
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April 26, 2025, Raindate April 27, 2025
Giant Annual Yard Sale
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold its 25th Annual Giant Yard Sale on its Havens Homestead Museum property, 521 Herbertsville Rd., Brick. There will be a great variety of reasonably priced merchandise, including tools and toys, plus a vast display of costume jewelry, fancy belts, purses and other accessories. A NJ licensed gold/silver dealer will be available to buy your unwanted gold and silver. The Society will have a large homemade bake sale, and the Lizzie Herbert Gift Shop has new merchandise and specials. Parking is in a lot 150 ft. east of the museum, and there is another lot behind that one.
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7:30 pm
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold a meeting at the Herbertsville Firehouse, 601 Herbertsville Rd., Brick.
T.J. Fallon, the founder and creator of “Dead History,” will present a power point program called “Gravesites of Baseball Hall-of-Famers.” He has visited the burial place of each of these players, and also, many of the sites of their homes. Fallon has a You Tube Channel which he updates frequently about gravesites of famous people, such as the presidents and the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Admission is free, and the public is welcome. Please park in the rear of the firehouse and enter by the door on the right on ground level.
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January 14, 2025
Meeting & Program about Fort Monmouth
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold its first meeting of the new year at the Herbertsville Firehouse, 601 Herbertsville Rd., Brick. Melissa Ziobro, the director of Public History at Monmouth University and curator of the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music, will present a program called “The Army’s House of Magic: A History of Fort Monmouth, NJ.” Ziobro’s book of the same name will be available for purchase. The history of the fort begins with 1917, and the journey continues until the base’s closing in 2011. The base was responsible for some of the most significant communications and technology in military history.
Admission is free and the public is welcome. Please park in the rear of the firehouse and enter through the door on the right on ground level.
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December 14, 2024 – Order by December 5, 2024
Holiday Cookie Sale
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold its Fourth Annual Holiday Cookie Sale at its Havens Homestead Museum, 521 Herbertsville Rd. A one-pound decorated box of homemade cookies is $10. Cookies need to be pre-ordered by calling 732-458-6266 by Dec. 5. They can be picked up on Saturday, Dec. 14 at the museum between 10 am and Noon. They will be packed on Friday, Dec. 13, so, if you call the museum (732-785-2500) that morning, it may be possible to pick them up on the Friday.
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November 12, 2024
Meeting & Program about George Washington
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold a meeting at the Herbertsville Firehouse, 601 Herbertsville Rd., Brick. Jeff Schenker will present a program called “George Washington: The Indispensable Man.” Schenker is an adjunct professor at Ocean County College, and he retired from Toms River High School South where he taught advanced placement classes for 34 years.
Admission is free, and the public is welcome. Please park in the rear of the firehouse and enter by the door on the right on ground level.
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October 12, 2024
Afternoon Tea at the Museum
The Brick Township Historical Society will sponsor its annual Afternoon Tea on October 12, 2024 from 1 to 3 pm at its Havens Homestead Museum, 521 Herbertsville Rd., Brick. Attendees will be treated to several courses featuring fruit, tea sandwiches, homemade cookies and pastries and a variety of teas served with antique settings in the ambience of the museum which dates back to 1827.
Donation is $25 per person for non-members and $22 for members. Seating is limited, so kindly call 732-785-2500 as soon as possible for reservations and/or availability.
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September 10, 2024
Meeting & Program on Local History
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold a meeting at the Herbertsville Firehouse, 601 Herbertsville Rd. Brick township historian Gene Donatiello, a founding member of the society and curator of the Havens Homestead Museum, will present a program on local Brick history.
Admission is free, and the public is welcome. Please park in the rear of the firehouse and enter by the door on the right on ground level.
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September 9, 2024
Day Trip to the Doo Wop Experience, Etc in Wildwood
The Brick Township Historical Society is sponsoring a trip to the DOO WOP MUSEUM EXPERIENCE and the Neon Sign Garden, the WILDWOOD HISTORICAL BUILDING and adding a step-on guide for a city tour. Learn about the doo wop culture, the Art Deco architecture and everything else that made Wildwood famous in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Lunch at the MUD HEN BREWERY is included, plus all admissions, transportation and gratuities. Bus leaves from the Laurel Square Shopping Center, 1930 Rt. 70 in Brick. For availability/reservation please call 732-785-2500 (Havens Homestead Museum) and leave your name and phone number clearly and slowly. The tour leader will call you back.
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September 7, 2024 (Rain date September 8, 2024)
Ice Cream Social Featuring “The Last Whippoorwill”
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold its Annual Ice Cream Social at its Havens Homestead Museum property, 521 Herbertsville Rd. A featured attraction this time will be “The Last Whippoorwill,” a well known local bluegrass band. Society members will make and sell various ice cream treats, such as, sundaes, root beer floats and ice cream sodas. Soft drinks will also be available for purchase. The ice cream is being donated by SUNDAE’S of Point Pleasant.
Attendees are welcome to bring a picnic lunch (no grills please) and enjoy the event. Seating is available on a first come first serve basis, but people are welcome to bring their own folding chairs.
Parking is in a lot 150 east of the museum accessed by a driveway with a sign that says “Havens Farm.”