West Long Branch Community Center (West Long Branch, N.J.)
Organization
administrative history
Formerly the Norwood Country Club, it was purchased in 1953 by the West Long Branch Lions Club, restored and given to the residents of West Long Branch in 1954.
A Historic Piece of the Past
The West Long Branch Community Center building is the original Norwood Country Club--whose membership included the Woolworths, Guggenheims, Astors, Duponts and other wealthy families--which was built in the mid-1920's and restored in 1953 by the local Lions Club who then presented it as a gift to the residents of the borough.
The Center is operated by the West Long Branch Community Center, Inc. Board of Trustees. The current officers are:
Gene Van Brunt, President
Gertrude Martinez, 1st Vice President
Joyce Sprague, Secretary-Treasurer