Mechlin's Tavern

Historical marker location:

701 Mechlin Corner Rd, Pittstown, New Jersey

( Marker is at the intersection of Mechlin Corner Road (County Route 579 at milepost 30.4) and Bloomsbury Road (County Route 625), on the right when traveling west on Mechlin Corner Road.)

The first recorded boardwalk in the world was built in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1870. The boardwalk was originally constructed as a way to keep sand out of the city's hotels and railway cars.