NRHP Reference # 78001780 Designated NHL February 4, 1985 Opened 1927 Built by Thompson–Starrett Co. | NJRHP # 2084 Designated NJRHP August 19, 1977 Phone +1 732-571-3405 Added to NRHP 28 March 1978 | |
 | ||
Location Cedar and Norwood Avenues, West Long Branch, New Jersey Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other Address Monmouth University, 400 Cedar Ave, West Long Branch, NJ 07764, USA Architects Horace Trumbauer, Julian Abele Similar Lauren K Woods Theatre, OceanFirst Bank Center, Allen House, Woodrow Wilson House, Holmes‑Hendrickson House | ||
Shadow Lawn is a historic building in West Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
History
It was built in 1927 for Hubert T. Parsons, president of the F.W. Woolworth Company. Parsons was financially ruined by the Great Depression and the house was sold in 1939 for $100. Now called Woodrow Wilson Hall, it became part of Monmouth University in 1956.
The building stands on the site of Joseph Benedict Greenhut's earlier estate of the same name, which was destroyed by a fire. That building was the summer White House for President Woodrow Wilson in 1916.
Shadow Lawn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and then declared a National Historic Landmark in 1985.
In 1982 the 130-room, 19-bath building was used to portray Oliver Warbucks' (Albert Finney) mansion in the film Annie.
In 2004, the college was attempting to raise funds to restore the building.