Back in the days of 'Old Barnegat', many people made their money from the nearby Barnegat Bay. Local families would invest their money into ships that would transport goods from Barnegat and other towns to larger cities. It was a risky but profitable venture. For an (incomplete) list of sea captains from Barnegat, consider checking out the Sea Captains of Barnegat page. Plenty of industries existed including boatbuilding, agricultural, glassmaking, harvesting of sillkworms, seagrass, and much more. Although industries have come and gone, there are still many large and smaller businesses located in Barnegat today.
This page attempts to list some of the many businesses and merchants that were once in Barnegat. Certain businesses/merchants can be clicked on which will show related artifacts I have in my collection. This list will be continuously updated as more businesses/merchants are added. This list is not in any certain order.
Mullen House | Hotel | Corner of East Bay Avenue and Route 9
Almont Inn | Hotel | (same as above)
Richmond Hotel & Restaurant | Hotel | (same as above)
Citta's Barnegat Inn | Hotel | (same as above)
Ye Olde' Barnegat Inn | Hotel | (same as above)
The Eldorado | Restuarant | (same as above)
The Brass Lamp | Restaurant | (same as above)
Lisboa at Nite | Restaurant and Bar | (same as above)
Clarence Hotel | Hotel | West Bay Avenue
Hotel Barnegat | Hotel | (same as above)
Just-A-Mere Lodge | Hotel | West Bay Avenue / East Bay Avenue (Lower Dock)
Clayton's Log Cabin | Restaurant | Route 72
Gus Tolbert's Restaurant | Restaurant | (?)
Boone's Carriage House | Restaurant | Route 9 and Thorn Avenue
The Iron Horse Restaurant | Restaurant | Route 9 (South Main Street)
Karl Mahr's Restaurant | Restaurant and Deli | Route 9
R. F. Elberson | Restaurant | Corner of Route 9 and East Bay Avenue
Bert Carter's Quick Lunch Room | Restaurant | (?)
Frank Sommers | Restaurant and Fishing Supplies | East Bay Avenue (Lower Dock)
H. G. Taylor / Taylor's Restaurant | Restaurant | Route 9 (South Main Street)
Taylor's Villa | Restaurant | Route 9 (North Main Street)
Broomies Sub Shop | Restaurant | Route 9 (South Main Street)
Sheffield Diner | Restaurant | (?)
Barnegat Restaurant | Restaurant | Route 9 (North Main Street)
Barnegat House | Restaurant | East Bay Avenue
Herbert Mick | Restaurant | East Bay Avenue (Lower Dock)
Hurricane House | Restaurant | East Bay Avenue
Pampered Pirate | Bar | Route 9
Down the Hatch Pub | Bar | (same as above)
Charles Graham | Bar | (?)
Cedar Bridge Tavern | Bar | Route 72
Ed's Market | Grocer | Bay Avenue
Mills Brothers Store / John A. Mills | Grocer | East Bay AvenueÂ
Soper's Store | Grocer | East Bay Avenue
William Hazelton Cranmer | Grocer | (?)
M. J. Olnowich | Grocer | (?)
J. G. Howard | Grocer | (?)
J. S. Collins | Grocer | (?)
J. P. Bowker / Lulu M. Bowker (Pioneer Store) | Grocer | East Bay Avenue
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) | Grocer | East Bay Avenue / Route 9
American Stores Company | Grocer | East Bay Avenue
Cranmer & Reeves | Grocer | (?)
Hand Brothers Food Market | Grocer | (?)
Taylor's Grocery Store | Grocer | (?)
Otto's Sweet Shop | Sodas | (?)
Joseph Holmes Birdsall | Sodas | (?)
MeCleary's Liquor Store | Liquor Store | Route 9
Freedman's Bakery | Bakery | West Bay Avenue
N. W. Carlton & Sons | Butcher | (?)
Allan Neill | Butcher | (?)
Gray & Rutter Meat Market / Gray's Meat Market | Butcher | East Bay Avenue
George W. Hollingsworth | Shell Oysters and Clams | (?)
J. Elton Carter | Salt Hay | East Bay Avenue
A. T. Cox | Salt Hay Shipper | (?)
Arthur Macaluso | Shellfish | West Bay Avenue
H. A. Smith | Shell Oysters and Clams | (?)
John Stephenson / Ocean County Stove Warehouse | Stoves | (?)
Harry W. Tolbert | Stoves, Hardware, Tinware, etc | (?)
Wilkinson Grove Conrad | Hardware, Lumber, etc | (?)
Conrad Brothers Lumber Company | Hardware, Lumber, etc | East Bay Avenue
J. S. Chadwick | Hardware, Bicycles, Tinware, etc | East Bay Avenue
Newbury Lumber Company., Inc. | Hardware | (?)
James Bodine | Lumber | (?)
Barnegat Lumber Company | Hardware, Lumber, etc | Route 9 (Main Street)
Barnegat Building Center | Hardware, Lumber, etc | Route 9
Kenneth Brandt | Hardware, Paints, Household Supplies, etc | (?)
Cox's Coal | Coal | (?)
Tanner and DeWorth Gravel Company | Sand, Gravel, Topsoil, etc | (?)
G. Luther Cox | Gravel, Municipal Water, Media, etc | (?)
Clayton's Sand & Gravel, Inc. | Sand and Gravel | Route 72
Reeves Brothers | Concrete | (?)
J. K. S. Cox | Moss and Peat | (?)
Marshall E. Reeves & Company | Moss and Peat | (?)
Irving Predmore / The New Jersey Moss & Peat Company | Moss and Peat | (?)
Predmore Brothers | Moss and Peat | (?)
Sterling Moss & Peat Company | Moss and Peat | (?)
National Moss and Peat Company | Moss and Peat | (?)
Barnegat Water Company | Municipal Water | (?)
Theodore Herbert | Ice | (?)
Barnegat Oil Service Inc. | Fuel Oil and Kerosene | (?)
E. E. Bennett & Sons | Freight and Expressmen, Ice, Gasoline, Cylinder Oil, etc | (?)
Gardner & Olnowich | Building | (?)
A. C. Bowker | Carpenter and Building | (?)
Alphonse Roy / A. Roy and Son | Contractor and Builder | (?)
William J. Taylor | Contractor | (?)
H. L. Atkinson | Surveyor and Civil Enginner | (?)
A. W. Griffin | Painting and Paperhanging | (?)
Carl Hoppe | Painting and Paperhanging | West Bay Avenue
Carroll Browne | Plumbing and Heating | Ridgway Street
J. V. Lewis and Son | Plumbing and Heating, Appliances | (?)
Buckey & Martin, Inc. | Plumbing and Heating | Route 9
The Home Appliance Company | Appliances | (?)
R. C. Petersen | Electrical | East Bay Avenue
Barnegat Lagoon Homes | Houses | Route 9
Joseph Howard Perrine Boat Works | Boat Building | Corner of School and Brook Streets
Allan R. Chadwick | Boat Building | Corner of School and Brook Streets
A. F. Kilpatrick | Boat Building | (?)
Farley Boat Works | Boat Building | West Bay Avenue
Mrs. Josie A. Neill | Hoisery and Millinery | (?)
M. W. Birdsall | Tailor | (?)
Barnegat Shoe Repair Shop | Shoe Repairs | (?)
Barnegat Factory Outlet | Clothing and Alterations | Route 9
Su-Ann-Togs | Clothing | (?)
Ben the Barber | Barber | West Bay Avenue
George I. Hopper | Barber | Route 9 (South Main Street)
Eleanore's Beauty Shoppe | Beauty Products | Route 9 (North Main Street) / South Main Street
Mrs. H. A. Bennett | General Store | (?)
Bugbee & Bowkers Store | General Store | Corner of West Bay Avenue and Route 9
Collins & Gulicks Store | General Store | (same as above)
Bodine & Predmore | General Store | (?)
Soper & Hollingsworth | General Store | (?)
M. & S. Novelty Shop | General Store | East Bay Avenue
J. C. Woodmansee | General Store | (?)
Amos Birdsall | General Store | East Bay Avenue
Clarence E. Woodmansee & Company | General Store | (?)
Lewis Abramowitz / Abramowitz Department Store | Department Store | Corner of West Bay Avenue and Route 9 / East Bay Avenue
Morris Lazeroff / Lazeroff Department Store | Department Store | East Bay Avenue
Samuel N. Hall | House Furnishings | (?)
Gerken's Stationery Store | Stationery | (?)
Grant's Stationery | Stationery | Bay Avenue
Harold B. Cox | Pianos | (?)
Harold Bahr | Clock and Watch Repairing | (?)
Horace Errickson / William Errickson | Blacksmithing | (?)
J. Anderson Bugbee | Funeral Home | Route 9 (South Main Street)
Barnegat Monument Company | Monuments | (?)
Selah Hubbs Oliphant | Merchant | (?)
Gaskill Motor Works | Automotive | Corner of Route 9 and Brook Street
Sewell's Shop | Bicycle Repair | East Bay Avenue
Lindsay Bowker | Taxi | (?)
Jack's Garage | Automotive | (?)
Frank Tanner | Trucking | East Bay Avenue
Barnegat Garage | Automotive | Route 9 (North Main Street)
F. Kenneth Breece | Automotive | West Bay Avenue
Applegates Hi-way Service | Service Station | (?)
Barnegat Esso Station | Servive Station | (?)
R. A. Walsh Esso Service | Service Station | Route 9
Henry J. Richieda | Service Station | Route 9
Brennans Gas & Go | Service Station | Route 9 (North Main Street)
Barnegat Tea Room | Servive Station | Corner of Route 9 (North Main Street) and Cedar Street
Korman's Service Station | Service Station | Corner of Route 9 (North Main Street) and Cedar StreetÂ
Cranmer's Esso Service | Service Station | East Bay Avenue
Barnegat Druggist Hollow-ware Glass Company | Glassmaking | Route 9
The Atlantic Coast Glass Company | Glassmaking | (same as above)
Barnegat Glass Company | Glassmaking | (same as above)
Barnegat Co-Operative Glass Workers Company | Glassmaking | (same as above)
Barnegat Glass Blowing Shoppe | Glassmaking | Route 9 (North Main Street)
Cox's Dairy | Dairy | (?)
W. G. Merchant | Dairy | (?)
R. E. Hovermale | Dairy | (?)
Meadowedge Farm | Agricultural | East Bay Avenue
John Ashley Brown | Agricultural | Corner of Route 9 and Brook Street
Barnegat Packing Co., Inc. | Agricultural | (?)
Kelly's Turkey Ranch | Agricultural | Route 72
Barnegat Poultry Farm | Agricultural | Route 9
Fairview Farm | Agricultural | (?)
John Charlie / Silkworm Charlie's | Agricultural, Silkworms | Route 9 (South Main Street)
William Elmer Seaman | Agricultural and Building | (?)
Fred N. Smith / Fred N. Smith and Son | Feed, Hay, Poultry, etc | (?)
A. P. Clayton | Feed, Grain, Flour, etc | Corner of West Brook Street and Railroad Avenue
Barnegat Pharmacy | Pharmacy | (?)
Rexall Drug Store | Pharmacy | Corner of Route 9 and West Bay Avenue
C. L. Brower | Pharmacy | East Bay Avenue
Theodore S. Dilks | Pharmacist | (?)
John W. Chew | Pharmacist | (?)
Dr. Frederick N. Bunnell | Doctor | (?)
Dr. Pierre J. Nyvall | Doctor | (?)
Dr. Howard Conover | Physician | (?)
Dr. Charles B. Rider | Dentist | (?)
The First National Bank of Barnegat | Banking | Corner of West Bay Avenue and Railroad Avenue
The First National Bank of Toms River (Barnegat Branch) | Banking | (same as above) / Route 9
Bay Shore Building & Loan Association | Banking | West Bay Avenue
Henry C. Gulick & Jeremiah S. Storms | Insurance | (?)
Alphonse W. Kelley | Insurance | East Bay Avenue
Wallace B. Grant Agency | Printing and Insurance | West Bay Avenue / Route 9
J. Horace Sprague Jr. | Insurance | (?)
C. Van Vorst | Hospitalization Insurance | East Bay Avenue
Union Hall Association | (?) | (?)
Charles I. Errickson | Auctioneer | (?)
J. Horace Sprague Sr. | Real Estate | (?)
Henry C. Gulick | Real Estate and Insurance | (?)
Anes Realty Corporation | Real Estate | (?)
R. L. Dodge | Real Estate | (?)
Francis Tanner | Attorney | East Bay Avenue
Tanner & Tanner | Attorney | East Bay Avenue
Barnegat Opera House | Entertainment | Route 9
The Park Theatre | Entertainment | Route 9
Barnegat Bugle | Media | (?)
J. Curtis Bennett | Printing | (?)
Storms & Bennett | Printing | (?)
Bennett's Print Shop | Printing | (?)
William T. Fletcher | Radio, Records, Televisions, etc | (?)
Crane's Radio Service | Radio | Route 9 (North Main Street)
Barnegat Exchange Club | (?) | (?)