St. Rose Church

You are at St. Rose Roman Catholic Church, stop #5 on the Belmar Treasure Trail. The church was initially organized in 1888 as a mission. The cornerstone for the original church was laid two years later and the present church was erected in 1906. A large expansion in 1926 brought the Gothic Revival style church you see today. For the rest of the century and into this one, the slate steeple, visible for miles, was used as a navigational guide for ships. In fact, if you stand on the Belmar boardwalk at 5th Avenue, which is one of the stops on our Treasure Trail Ocean Area Route, you’ll see the St. Rose steeple gracing the horizon.