403 Bowne Road, Wayside, NJ
Truax Farm
The Truax Farm, located on Bowne Road between Cold Indian Springs Road and Asbury Avenue, was built in 1873 by Charles E. Truax. It was a working farm with livestock and extensive acreage. Mr. Truax was killed in an accident on the farm, and his wife turned the house into a "poor house" or "poor farm", where families who were destitute could stay. The property was sold in 1946. The farmhouse remains a private home, but luxury houses now sit on the cornfields and grazing pastures.
Building Constructed 1873
Building Marked by Township of Ocean Historical Museum 1996
