Camp Evans Historic District

Camp Evans Historic District
The Marconi Hotel dedicated in 1914[2] at the Belmar Receiving Station is now InfoAge's "main campus"[3]
Camp Evans Historic District is located in New Jersey
Camp Evans Historic District
Nearest cityBelmar, New Jersey
Coordinates40°11′20″N 74°3′53″W / 40.18889°N 74.06472°W / 40.18889; -74.06472
Area55 acres (22 ha)
Built1912–1914
NRHP reference No.02000274[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 26, 2002
Designated NHLDOctober 16, 2012

Camp Evans Historic District is an area of the Camp Evans Formerly Used Defense Site in Wall Township, New Jersey. The site of the military installation (40°11′08″N 074°03′45″W / 40.18556°N 74.06250°W / 40.18556; -74.06250[4]) is noted for a 1914 transatlantic radio receiver and various World War II/Cold War laboratories of the United States Army (e.g., signal, vacuum tube, dosimetry, & photo-optics). It was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2012, in recognition of the site's long role in the development of modern civilian and military electronic communications.[5]

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  4. ^ "Camp Evans (2101578)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
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