The Old Wall Historical Society, with its 1840’s style general store, lovingly maintains the house museum. After the late 1840’s, changes in iron smelting technology caused the decline of the village and eventually it was deserted.Ī charming reminder of the character of old Wall is the Allgor-Barkalow Homestead on New Bedford Road. At one time as many as 70 buildings were on the site.

The ironworks supported a thriving 19th century industrial village complete with bakery, blacksmith, church, furnace, general store, school, and residences. Local tales say an iron forge operated there during the Revolutionary War. This restored village is now the focal point of a 1,200 acre State Park and home of the Pine Creek Railroad.

The most famous area of Wall is the Village of Allaire.

The towns of Brielle, Manasquan, Sea Girt, Spring Lake Heights, South Belmar, and Belmar were all once part of Wall. Wall still has its original westerly boundaries, yet once stretched to the Atlantic Ocean. The Township was created out of Howell Township, which was a part of the original 1693 Shrewsbury Township. In the more than 150 years since, Wall Township has hosted world famous inventors and has been on the cutting edge of communications developments and research. Wall Township, named in honor of former United States Senator, Garret Dorset Wall, who passed away in November of 1850, began as a municipality on March 11, 1851. The following historical narrative about Wall is from an essay by Fred Carl, Wall Township Historian, prepared for the book, Town by Town: Impressions of Monmouth County (Freehold: Office of the Monmouth County Clerk, 2002):

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