The Parry House, Beach Haven, New Jersey – Old Seashore Hotel – Victorian Period

About Long Beach Island – History

The Parry House, Beach Haven, New Jersey.
Photo courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Central Library

The Parry House was one of the earlier hotels on Long Beach Island. Bonds Long Beach House preceded it. The engraving above is from a collection at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s library. 

Historian John Bailey Lloyd provides an excellent account of the early days of Beach Haven and the various grand hotels in his Eighteen Miles of History On Long Beach Island. The Parry House was opened in 1874 and burned down in 1881. As Beach Haven grew, the manager of the Parry House left to open the Engleside Hotel. When the Parry House burned, the investors opened the Baldwin Hotel. The old engraving above shows life in the 1800’s at a typical seashore hotel of the Victorian Period.
 

About Long Beach Island – History