James Adam Bradley, (1830 – June 21, 1921) was a wealthy Manhattan brush manufacturer[1], financier, NJ state senator, philanthropist, and developer who designed the resort destination of Asbury Park on the New Jersey Shore. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Philanthropy is the act of donating money goods services time and/or effort to support a socially beneficial cause with a defined objective and with no financial or material New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. [2]
Bradley was born at Rossville on Staten Island in New York City the son of Adam and Hannah Bradley, at age sixteen, he became an apprentice brush maker in Francis R. Rossville is the name of a neighborhood of Staten Island New York, located to the west of Prince's Bay, on the island's South Shore. Staten Island (ˌstætənˈaɪlənd is a borough of New York City situated primarily on the island of the same name The City of New York Apprenticeship is a system of Training a new generation of practitioners of a skill "Paintbrush" redirects here For other uses see Paintbrush (disambiguation. Furnald's factory in New York City. In 1857 he established his own brush making business, Bradley & Smith, in New York City. Bradley was married to Helen M. Packard of Boston, they had no children.
Bradley converted from Catholic to Methodist, and was very close philosophically with the leaders of the Ocean Grove Meeting Association who ran the summer retreat on the New Jersey shore. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations These relationships lead Bradley to focus his attention on developing the area around Ocean Grove. Ocean Grove is an unincorporated community and a Census-designated place in Neptune Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Bradley served as the first postmaster of Asbury Park (1874 - 1884), and established the city's first newspaper, the Asbury Park Journal (1876 - 1910) in 1876, serving as its editor and until 1882. Postmaster (or Postmistress) refers to the head of an individual Post office. Bradley began Asbury Park’s first sewerage system in 1881, and setup water & gas works in 1884. Bradley also serves as the city’s mayor and councilman. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government In 1894, Bradley was elected to the New Jersey Senate from Monmouth County. The New Jersey Senate is the Upper house of the New Jersey Legislature. Monmouth County is a County located in the US state of New Jersey, within the New York metropolitan area. The City of Asbury Park sued Bradley for control of his beach front property, and sewer system in 1902. Bradley lost the suit. Bradley died June 21, 1921 He is interned at Woodlawn Cemetery in Brooklyn. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City.
A statue of Bradley stands in front of the Paramount Theater and Convention Hall complex in Bradley Park. The Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park New Jersey, is co-located with the Asbury Park Convention Hall on the Boardwalk along the Atlantic Ocean Asbury Park Convention Hall is a 3600-seat indoor Hall located on in Asbury Park New Jersey on the Boardwalk and Beach of the Atlantic
On January 24, 1871, Bradley acquired approximately 500 acres (2. 0 km²) of land east of the New York and Long Branch railroad, between Wesley and Deal lakes. The New York and Long Branch Railroad was a railroad in central New Jersey, running from Bay Head Junction in Bay Head to Perth Amboy, where Deal Lake, the largest Lake in Monmouth County New Jersey, and one of the largest lakes in New Jersey, occupying 158 acres and drains into the Atlantic Bradley named the new community Asbury Park after Francis Asbury, the founder of Methodism in the United States. Francis Asbury ( August 20 1745 &ndash March 31 1816) was one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [3]
Bradley set aside park lands, waterfront areas, and urban scale blocks, that widend at the ocean. Bradley donated land to religious and civic groups, and the public library. Bradley is responsible for the creation of the mile long oceanfront boardwalk that remains today. [4]
Brady was active in Asbury Park development until his death in 1921. Bradely was also involved in the development of Bradley Beach, which bears his name. Bradley Beach is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. [5]
References
- ^ A BRIEF HISTORY OF BRADLEY BEACH, Shirley Ayres, Borough Historian[1]
- ^ JAMES A. BRADLEY (1830 - 1921) PAPERS, 1891 - 1897, Lois R. Densky, Gregory J. Plunges, April 1981. [2]
- ^ A Brief History of Asbury Park, Florance Moss, [3]
- ^ Capuzzo, Jill P. " Move Over, Fire Island, Here Comes Asbury Park; Urban Gays Lead Way in Reviving This Run-Down Resort". The New York Times, August 6, 2000. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Accessed August 20, 2007. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ A Brief History on Bradley Beach, Bradley-Beach. com/
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