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4315 US-1, Monmouth Junction, NJ

I came across this abandoned building on Route 1 in South Monmouth Junction and found out that it has been abandoned for years now, with graffiti now painted on it.

This building was built around the 1960s by the EAI company, makers of an excellent line of analog computers. This was a wonderful, progressive company that offered many benefits for its employees.  Unfortunately, their business was virtually destroyed by the advent of the modern digital computer, and they were forced to move.

The Princeton Alliance Church used the building for a while after EAI left. Eventually, the church grew sufficiently to build a new spacious building in Plainsboro for their members, and then the George Washington Council was able to move here on June 9, 1999.  It also looks like the Central NJ Council of the Boy Scouts of America was also located here at one point.

Christopher Gentile Sep 26, 2022 South Brunswick Township NJ Abandoned Places Liminal Spaces Then & Now

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Christopher Gentile
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Bob Bryan
Bob Bryan
The only picture of the original building is a quite bad scan from the (Long Branch) The Daily Record Wed, Jun 30, 1954 ·Page 14. The buildings and 35 acres were the EAI "Computation Center" back when analog computers were what was available for anything serious.
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Bob Bryan
Bob Bryan
The original building was the part over on the right. It had 7,000 square feet. The (Red Bank) The Daily Register Tue, Jan 15, 1963 ·Page 46 reports the 10,000 square foot addition, the part on the left, was completed late in 1962.
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Bob Bryan
Bob Bryan
I found a picture from the The Central New Jersey Home News Mon, Jan 22, 1968 ·Page 19 that should prove interesting. It looked better in those days.
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Bob Bryan
Bob Bryan
The building was purchased by EAI in 1954. There is a picture of the building in the (Long Branch) The Daily Record Wed, Jul 14, 1954 ·Page 15. The Asbury Park Press Wed, Jul 14, 1954 ·Page 3 says the building used to be the "Oak Manor Art Gallery." EAI bought it for $100,000 and installed about $200,000 worth of (analog) computer equipment. It was expanded a bit later, sorry I don't have a date on that.
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Garret
Garret
I love you Chris
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Anonymous
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Abandoned house on south middle bush road, Franklin park 
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