Deed Restrictrions 1923 | Historic Facts
The City of Ventnor was incorporated on March 17, 1903, named for a town on the Isle of Wight, off England’s southern shore. The St. Leonard’s Land Company had been incorporated seven years earlier on June 13, 1896 to include all the land between the midlines of Surrey and Cambridge Avenues. Befitting its British namesake, the streets are named after English Duke.
The Tract contains Ventnor’s first school at Oxford Avenue. “St. Leonard’s School by the Sea” for girls operated at 106 South Surrey Avenue from 1921 to 1934.
Our Beginning
Established in 1921
Key dates
1864 – Bay of New York / Riparian Act (Atlantic Ocean)
June 13, 1896 – St. Leonards Land Company own Tract
November 13, 1899 – Deed Restrictions – 30 years
March 17, 1903 – Ventnor City incorporated
Year of 1904 – Ventnor Plan” brochure
August 21, 1908 – Lewis T. Bryant et al owns Tract
July 1, 1908 – Deed Restrictions – 20 years
March 10, 1911 – Ocean Front Land Company owns Tract
November 14, 1921 – Letter to property owners with $5 assessment to form Association
November 18, 1921 – St. Leonards Association Incorporated with (11) Trustees by “An Act to incorporate Associations not for pecuniary profit” Apr 21, 1898
Year of 1921 – Allen B. Endicott, Jr. was our first Couple
May 1, 1922 – Deed Restrictions (Indentures) – perpetual (high water mark)
February 20, 1923 – Deed Restrictions recorded
1929-1931 – Apartments built on land where water receded Lawyer – Hap Farley
1959 – Motel built on land where water receded Lawyer – Frank Ferry
1977 – St. Leonard’s Association awards its 1st Pride Award
1979 – Revised Bylaws
1995 – Revised Bylaws
July 1, 2008 – Revised Bylaws
April 11, 2017 – Revised Bylaws
