Old Postcard Views of Deal Houses

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Many of Deal's grand houses have been torn down. Among those no longer extant are are the estates of Isidor Straus (president of the R.H. Macy Company) and W.C. Durant (founder of General Motors). Only a handful of impressive ones remain. With the exception of the first, the houses pictured below can still be seen today on Ocean Avenue.

Originally the residence of Arthur Lipper. Deal historian Jim Foley tells us
that this house was at Ocean and Poplar Avenues.

Originally the residence of Gustav M. Miller. This house is on
the southwest corner of Ocean And Roseld Avenues.

Originally the residence of E.V. Hartford (the A & P heir). This house is on
the northwest corner of Ocean And Roseld Avenues. It was designed
by McKim Mead and White, the country's most prominent architectural firm
at the turn of the century. White, of course, was Stanford White, who was shot
and killed by Harry K. Thaw, in 1906, at Madison Square Garden (a building White
himself deisgned). Thaw was in a jealous frenzy over White's former relationship
with his wife, the beauitful showgirl and model Evelyn Nesbit.

Originally the residence of business man T.S. Darling. (I wonder what his
wife called him?) This house in on Ocean Avenue between Monmouth Drive and
Deal Esplanade. Deal was once known as "Darlington," due to Darling's role in the
development of certain parts of the town.

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