The House at 364 Cedar Avenue was a historic farmhouse located at 364 Cedar Avenue in the city of Long Branch in

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, United States. Built around 1862, the

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

house was added to the

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on November 1, 1979, for its significance in agriculture. The house was demolished around 2009.

History

The house was built on what was once a large farm covering over 100 acres, named the West Farm after John West. On April 4, 1862, Frederick Behr purchased a small plot of this farm and may have built the house around that time. Behr was a German immigrant and raised flowers. After his death in 1902, the property was divided among his daughters. One part later became the

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and stables for the

Murry Guggenheim House The Murry Guggenheim House, also known as the Guggenheim Library, is a historic building located at Cedar and Norwood Avenues in West Long Branch, New Jersey. This Beaux-Arts mansion, designed by Carrère and Hastings in 1903 as a summer reside ...

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