Water Witch Club Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Lavinia Anna Erbacher House
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Location	Roughly bounded by NJ 36, Water Wich Drive, Sea View Terrace, Park Way, Windlass Path and Serpentine Drive, Middletown Township, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°24′2″N 73°59′49″W / 40.40056°N 73.99694°W / 40.40056; -73.99694
Area	50 acres (20 ha)
Built	1895
Architectural style	Shingle Style, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.	04000147[1]
NJRHP No.	4111[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 12, 2004
Designated NJRHP	December 24, 2003

The Water Witch Club Historic District is a 50-acre (20 ha) historic district located in the Monmouth Hills section of Middletown Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It is near the Waterwitch section of the borough of Highlands. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 12, 2004, for its significance in architecture, entertainment, landscape architecture, and community planning and development.^[1] It has 23 contributing buildings, including the individually listed Water Witch Club Casino.^[3]

History and description

The Water Witch Club was founded in 1895 by Ferdinand Fish, a New York City developer. The name comes from The Water-Witch, an 1830 novel by James Fenimore Cooper. The Water Witch Club Casino was built in 1905 and expanded in 1911. The two-story Lavinia Anna Erbacher House, built around 1905, was designed by architect Frederick P. Hill and features Shingle Style and Colonial Revival architecture.^[3]