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Waterfront site to get face lift BY LAUREN JAEGER But borough officials plan to change that. Staff Writer First, the former public works build or about 37 years, a huge sewer ing, used now for storage (the offices re tank marred three acres of prime located to Beers Street about five years public waterfront on American ago), will be repainted, according to FLegion Drive, Keyport. Councilman Wade Pedersen, who calls The tank hadn’t been used since 1976 the project “my field of dreams.” and last month the Borough Council had Right now, the building is a bright it demolished blue. However, shutters will be placed Now, officials are making plans to around the windows, and the building spruce up the area where the old sewage will be painted a beige-brown color with digester tank once stood. blue and maroon trim. The borough will spend roughly By doing this, the building will match $11,000 to give a face lift to the land and the Steamboat Dock Museum, which is the old public works building which sits right next door, Pedersen explained. on the site. The cinder-block building will The money for the park upgrade is remain as public works storage for now. part of a $65,000 bond ordinance ob In the future, though, it may become a tained two years ago to pay for the re Welcome Center or quite possibly the moval of the sewage tank. Keyport Chamber of Commerce head Last year, $40,000 of that sum was quarters. used for pumping out the sewage and Pedersen said that any future grants cleaning out the inside of the tank, in or loans “may be more easily attainable preparation for its demolition. when agencies see that Keyport has used Middletown resident Ethel Desmond serves as president of the board of directors Last month, the tank was destroyed its own finances to beautify its wa of Bayshore Village, a senior-housing complex in Port Monmouth which just cele by Ace Manzo demolition for $8,000. terfront.” brated its 20th anniversary. Daniel Towers, another senior-housing building in the Right now, the land is marked by piles Kathy Shaw, the executive director of New Monmouth section, is also celebrating 20 years. For the story, see page 10. of plowed dirt, a broken chain-link fence, Continued on page 3 (Photo by Rich Schultz) and the old public works building. Doctor’s office ready to r o ll ____________ BY MARILYN DUFF ____________ tor, who practiced in Holmdel from 1820 until his death in 1867. His son, Henry G. Staff Writer Cooke, continued the practice until 1905. ast week Holmdel Historical Society Both were prominent members of the President Gerald Ceres saw his eight- county medical community, and the year dream inch closer to reality. younger Cooke was a Civil War surgeon. As he stood watching day after day, By week’s end, the tiny, two-story L brick-lined building, complete with chim two workers gradually raised an early 19th-century medical building from its ney, had been methodically raised onto a foundation, readying it for transport across long trailer and moved to the side of the McCampbell Road to a new foundation road. All that stood in the way now was adjacent to the Holmdel Village School. getting the telephone company to make a Wilbur and Edith Trapp, the former clearance under telephone cables owners of Ramanessen farm, donated the By the end of this week, the building doctor’s office to Ceres in 1986 for the should be safely set back down on a new Holmdel Historical Society. foundation, where the historical society But it has taken eight years to get the plans to preserve it as a medical museum developers to move the building to a suit and local genealogy research center. able new site. “I ’m thrilled to say the least,” Ceres The three-room, 18-by-22-foot medical said, as he watched Wayne Yaurusi of The historic doctor’s office on McCampbell Road in Holmdel is being moved facility was built in 1823 by Robert W.A. Movers and Contracting, Westfield, across the street this week to Holmdel Village School property. 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GARDEN WORLD THE INDEPENDENT, JULY 20, 1994 3 THIS ISSUE: W a te rfro n t site to get face lift Continued from page 1 the Keyport Partnership Inc. said that her organization will apply for an Intermodel Keyport Open Space Surface Transportation Enhancement Act (ISTEA) grant to convert the building into a welcome center for the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail.