Thompson Park (Lincroft, New Jersey)

Thompson Park
Thompson Park Visitor Center
Thompson Park (Lincroft, New Jersey) is located in Monmouth County, New Jersey
Thompson Park (Lincroft, New Jersey)
Thompson Park (Lincroft, New Jersey) is located in New Jersey
Thompson Park (Lincroft, New Jersey)
Thompson Park (Lincroft, New Jersey) is located in the United States
Thompson Park (Lincroft, New Jersey)
Location805 Newman Springs Road
Lincroft, New Jersey
Coordinates40°20′15″N 74°8′54″W / 40.33750°N 74.14833°W / 40.33750; -74.14833 (Thompson Park)
Area677 acres (2.74 km2)
Created1968
Operated byMonmouth County Park System

Thompson Park is a public park located at 805 Newman Springs Road in the Lincroft section of Middletown Township, New Jersey. The 677-acre (2.74 km2) park is operated by the Monmouth County Park System. In 1968, at the bequest of Geraldine Morgan Thompson, 215 acres (0.87 km2) of the Brookdale Farm were donated to the county to create the park.[1] The Brookdale Farm Historic District, located in the park, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. The visitor center is a reconstruction of the Thompson Mansion, which was destroyed by a fire in 2006. The original mansion had been remodeled and expanded by the architectural firm of Carrère and Hastings in 1896.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Thompson Park". Monmouth County Park System.
  2. ^ "Brookdale Farm in Thompson Park" (PDF). Monmouth County Park System. 2016.
  3. ^ Zink, Clifford (December 2018). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Brookdale Farm Historic District (Draft) (PDF). National Park Service. With accompanying 102 photos.