Historical Marker
Stockton School
Historical marker location:
Stockton, New Jersey
( Marker is on S.Main Street (New Jersey Route 29) just south of Moore Street, on the left when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2011
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.