SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS — Incorporated in 1927, Spring Lake Heights is a relatively young municipality. But it has a long history, with some buildings dating back to the 1700s.
In Spring Lake Heights, colonial structures can be found along typical commercial highways, co-existing with modern shopping centers. There is no historic district in Spring Lake Heights, no uniform aesthetic as you’d find in Princeton, with its colonial charm, or along the beachfront of Asbury Park, with its Beaux-Arts architecture. In Spring Lake Heights, history is more elusive.
With a location next to another popular Shore town of a very similar name, Spring Lake, the 1.3-square-mile, pocket-sized Borough of Spring Lake Heights occasionally gets overshadowed. To help bring more attention to this quaint town at the Jersey Shore, The Coast Star sat down with councilwoman of 16 years, Sara King, as she shared her own knowledge of the town, as a dedicated member of the community and a resident since she was three years old.
King attended the Spring Lake Heights School after she moved to town as a child, and has lived in Heights ever since, watching it change over time. She recalled to The Coast Star many changes throughout the years to the school, longstanding businesses, food establishments and landmarks that help create the ambiance of the Heights for this two-part series.
Spring Lake Heights, Est. 1927
As a borough, Spring Lake Heights dates to May 3, 1927 when, following the lead of local governments, a group of residents from the Como and Villa Park sections of Wall Township formed the Fourth District Improvement Association of Wall Township, according to Eileen McLaughlin, author of “Borough of Spring Lake Heights: A History,” available on the borough’s website. This association held meetings for the purpose of establishing a new borough, and eventually seceded from the Township of Wall.
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