Egg Harbor City Historical Society Time Capsule - NJ
N 39° 32.187 W 074° 38.567
18S E 530697 N 4376370
This 1 foot by 1 foot time capsule is topped with a brick/stone marker in front of the Round House, historic site and home of the Egg Harbor City Historical Society. The capsule is set to be opened in 2030.
Waymark Code: WM54G5
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 11/09/2008
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The Egg Harbor Historical society is an important organization to the city. It records and exhibits the cultural history of the area. The museum collects and preserves items related to the city's German heritage, from records and newspapers, items manufactured here, photographs and genealogy records, etc. Several permanent exhibits on the wine, boat and clothing industries as well as revolving displays of current interest can also be found here.
The historical marker/interpretive display reads as follows:
"Welcome to the site of Dr. Smith's Neutral Water Sanitarium. Before you is the focal point of the sanitarium, the flowing cedar waters in the serpentine creek. The site before and behind you was the destination hundreds of people from the surrounding area of New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore."
If you were to stand at this sign, you would be facing Peace Pilgrim Park which the serpentine creek is now a part of today.
Trying to find out even more information, I cam across a message board. Here is one of the posts:
"Yes, I'm familiar with it. The sanitorium itself is gone (I have an original postcard of it which I can scan). There is one building left from the complex. It's a 16-sided building known as the roundhouse. I forget exactly what its purpose was. It is now the headquarters of the Egg Harbor City Historical Society. The Sanitorium was the main building in a complex that included small canals that people were encouraged to wade through for good health as part of their treatment. The canals are still there near the roundhouse."
Source: --> "http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/archive/index.php/t-520.html"
Mailing Address
535 London Ave.
Egg Harbor Cuty, NJ 08215
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535 London Ave
Egg Harbor City, NJ 08215
Phone: 609-965-4677
Email: vf-6_felix@att.net
Web: www.ehchs.org (official site of the historical society)
Museum Hours
Wednesday & Saturday 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm or by Appointment
Admissions
Free
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