Historical Marker
Stephen Jackson House
Historical marker location:
40 East Main Street, Rockaway, New Jersey
( Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street and Franklin Ave., on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.)
Marker installed: 1976
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.