One of Barnegat Township’s iconic sites is falling to the wrecking ball this week as the Elizabeth Edwards school is getting primed for demolition. Located on Route 9, the building was erected in 1930 as the new home of Barnegat High School, which existed until 1957, when Southern Regional High School opened.
It later became the Elizabeth Edwards Elementary School and served as the township’s only grade school until the Lillian Dunfee Elementary School opened in 1974.
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