Publicity 2023 and older
Newest items are at the bottom. Publicity 2024 and newer is here.
2014
Professional Pioneer, Jon Wulff of Linwood; Alumni Pioneers, Madison Russ of Ocean City and Arielle Reamer of Galloway; Student Pioneers, Jennifer Bell of Egg Harbor City, Pat Campbell of Dorothy, Juan Paolo Chamorro of Egg Harbor Township, Vicki Comis of Tuckerton, Kevin Del Cid of Egg Harbor Township, Max Fineran of Smithville, Briar Gibbons of Egg Harbor City, Taylor Henry of Wildwood...
2015
Radio personality Heather DeLuca of SOJO 104.9-FM hosted the show. Five students competed for the 2015 Communication Major of the Year award, which went to Chris Devine of Egg Harbor Township. Taylor Henry of Wildwood was runner-up. The audience votes on who receives this award.
2016
Pioneer Awards were presented to students, faculty and alumni for their dedication, including: Volunteer Service Award, Taylor Henry of Wildwood.
2016
A 21 year-old female Wildwood resident has won multiple awards in writing for her college newspaper. The Wildwood Leader reports that Taylor Henry won four of the 12 top awards given to writers of the Atlantic Cape Review, the school newspaper for Atla...
2016
Awards include: Taylor Henry (first semester editor), Rio Grande, won first place for Feature Writing for 2-year schools, first place forEditorial Writing for 2-year schools and second place for Biography/Personality Profile for 2-year schools.
2016
Rowan Radio’s next installment of Five Questions With… checks in with one of the station’s newest daytime on-air personalities.
2019
In her new book, "Wildwoods Houses Through Time" (Fonthill Media), lifelong Wildwood resident Taylor Henry dives into the history of these older, overlooked homes, revealing a different side of local history.
2019
A local graduate student recently published “Wildwoods Houses Through Time,” a book about the architectural history of the four Wildwood boroughs.
2019
Taylor Henry, a recent graduate of Rowan’s Writing Arts program and current student in the Master of Arts in Writing program, published her book Wildwoods Houses Through Time. The Writing Arts department was thrilled to hear of Henry’s success as she is one of the first students to have a book publishing through their undergrad experience.
2019
Rowan University Adjunct Professor and host Paul Perrello welcomes Rowan graduate, journalist and author Taylor Henry to talk about her new book “Wildwoods Houses Through Time” and her work to document some of the architectural riches that grace the South Jersey shoreline from North Wildwood to Wildwood Crest.
Q&A: Preserving the Wildwoods aims to "strengthen the fabric" of the island's past, present and future connections - WILDWOOD 365
2019
We had the opportunity to chat with three founding members of this new "movement" - Taylor Henry, Dennis Pierce and Jackson Betz - to get a better sense of what Preserving the Wildwoods is all about, as well as the group's goals, moving forward.
With two boardwalk icons celebrating anniversaries in the Wildwoods, a new ride honors the past - PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
2019
“Everyone needs to [ride] if they visit Wildwood,” Taylor Henry, a Cape May County Herald writer and boardwalk store employee, said of the tram, which debuted on June 11, 1949. On board, she once got to meet “my favorite person”: Bruce Springsteen.
2020
The owner allowed the Wildwood Historical Society – George F. Boyer Museum to salvage neon signs, menus and more! Some of the Tom Cat will still live on!
2020
I received help from Taylor Henry, president of the Wildwood Historical Society and author of Wildwoods Houses Through Time. Henry was incredibly generous with her time and helped me scour the Wildwood Historical Society archives, which contained a property records survey done by North Wildwood in late summer 1986. I salute Henry, as well as the anonymous bureaucrat who took these photos and the people who digitized them years later. This column couldn’t exist without them.
2020
“The 3D tour was done a few weeks back by Bill Banks of 360YourSpace.com,” said Wildwood Historical Society President Taylor Henry. “He did it for us because he loves to visit and preserve historical sites."
Preservation of Historic Resources of South Jersey to Be Topic of Free Session - CAPE MAY COUNTY HERALD
2020
Preservation New Jersey, Preserving the Wildwoods, and Wildwood City Commission will host a free information session...in Wildwood City Hall, Commissioners' Meeting Room, second floor, 4400 New Jersey Ave., Wildwood, spotlighting local resources for historic preservation and sustainable redevelopment in South Jersey.
2020
Taylor Henry, president, Wildwood Historical Society, submitted written questions to the panel about the project, including whether the project would stray from Wildwood’s blue-collar roots and make way for new upper-class residents.
2020
This article is the press release from the change.org petition which advocates for the group “Preserving the Wildwoods.” Taylor Henry did such an amazing job on explaining why this is so important that we had decided to post what she wrote in full below. We are in full support of this and want to help in any way!
2020
According to historical records, St. Ann Rectory is built in the “stick style,” a rare architectural style from the turn of the 20th century. St. Ann Rectory and Convent were built around 1909. The convent was demolished in 2016. “The closest other examples of stick style are the Hereford Inlet Lighthouse, in North Wildwood, and the Emlen Physick Estate, in Cape May,” said Henry.
2020
Taylor Henry, from the Wildwood Historical Society, snapped a few photos of the crew working in the Facebook Group Wildwoods Preservationists.
2020
Taylor Henry from the Wildwood Historical Society was lucky enough to get one last tour before it gets demolished. Check out her photos below.
2021
“As long as historic buildings like the Rectory are devalued and labeled as ‘too expensive to save,’ we are going to keep fracturing our sense of community. The biggest reason I am pro-preservation is because it is good for the local economy, and not enough people understand this,” Henry said.
2021
Local historian, Taylor Henry has put together a petition for the old St. Ann’s Rectory can be saved. If you would like more details on that click the link below. Sign The Petition To Save the St. Ann’s Rectory.
2021
“It was hard to convince people that it was a building worth saving,” Henry said, in an interview. “We had 2,700 people sign the petition, but the people who really mattered were not convinced.”
The Shamrock shuts its doors. Some are fighting to preserve the building, at least - PRESS OF Atlantic City
2021
But preservationists who have rallied to support the corner bar and eatery say it is already too late. Over the weekend of June 12 and 13, the owner sold off most of the contents of the bar, with multiple buyers snapping up furniture, signs, T- shirts and shot glasses.
The state shut down the Shamrock bar. Some think Wildwood will never be the same. - PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
2021
Henry’s book documents more than 100 historic houses in Wildwood and neighboring North Wildwood and Wildwood Crest, all but St. Ann’s still standing, making the case for the raucous resort’s overlooked Victorian heritage, as well as its stock of endangered century-old bungalows and two-stories with porches.
2021
Preserving the Wildwoods, an advocacy-based committee of Partners in Preservation, a nonprofit organization devoted to supporting preservation efforts in Cape May County, listed the building in its 2021 survey of historic buildings of Pacific Avenue, but, according to President Taylor Henry, didn’t find out about its sale and demolition until the liquidation sale.
2021
Preserving the Wildwoods chairperson Taylor Henry notes, "When owners plant and maintain trees and flowers on their property, it sends a message to residents and visitors that this is a community where people care."
2021
Young Preservationist Award - Taylor Nicole Henry, Wildwoods. Taylor Nicole Henry began volunteering with the Wildwood Historical Society in 2017 and quickly rose to become its youngest president in October 2019. During that time she authored the book Wildwoods Houses Through Time that showcased local vernacular architectural and began the popular blog @Tiny Churches documenting NJ places of worship.
2021
Taylor Nicole Henry, president of the Wildwood Historical Society, received a Young Preservationist Award.
2021
"I'm really glad it's finally happening and it needed to be done," said Taylor Henry, a lifelong resident who joined the ranks of the Wildwood Historical Society and now serves as its president.
2021
“Before the building boom, a Wildwood Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) formed in 1997 in response to Olivieri’s study,” Taylor wrote in her book “Wildwood Houses Through Time.” “The HPC did not last, likely because of a lack of means to enforce preservation, combined with hostility from property owners toward municipal influence over the aesthetics of their properties.”
2022
“The Wildwood Historical Society is among those thankful the building is being preserved, if in a different location. It's especially important, Historical Society President Taylor Henry said, because many of the city's Victorian-era-styled hotels that were converted to businesses are vanishing.”
2022
"According to Taylor Henry from the Wildwoods Historical Society, located at 3907 Pacific Ave, the house was built in 1900 the Berwind Hotel. This hotel was built in a Queen Anne resort architecture. It was one of a number of popular Victorian architectural styles that emerged in the United States during the period from roughly 1880 to 1910."
2022
Henry described the Shamrock as having a laid back, old-schooled atmosphere where people went to have their first drink, make new friends and get engaged. While those memories and stories from the Shamrock may not be historically important, they are sentimentally important to people and will live on as will the Victorian home. “That’s what preservation is about. Not only preserving architecture, but preserving places that matter to people,” she said.
2022
Preserving the Wildwoods was previously a committee of Partners in Preservation, which itself was originally the Friends of the J. Thompson Baker House. In 2022, the 501c3 nonprofit and committee merged and became Preserving the Wildwoods: A Community Alliance, whose mission is to advocate for the preservation and recognition of the historical, cultural and community heritage of the Wildwoods.
2022
Previous acts by the two groups include restoration and the interpretation of the history of the Holly Beach Schoolhouse, rescue of signs from the now-demolished Lampliter Motel in Wildwood Crest and helping the former Shamrock Beef & Ale relocate its 1900s Victorian house in Wildwood.
Bridge to the Fog, Classique Journal
June, 2023
This is a great place to showcase a sample of your written work or write a short description about your project. Did you collaborate on a print or multimedia project? If so, dazzle your visitors with images and video. Make sure to include a link to the full live project or document so readers can enjoy the entire piece.
2022
"Taylor Henry is President of the Wildwood Historical Society, Vice President of Preserving the Wildwoods, and founder of the @TinyChurchesNJ Instagram account."
2022
"Dr. Lynne Calamia, a public history professional who currently serves as Executive Director of the Roebling Museum and Taylor Nicole Henry, an author of Wildwoods Houses Through Time and the President of the Wildwood Historical Society won this inaugural award.
2022
The Stakeholder Committee members "are Patrick Rosenello, Taylor Henry, Gloria Dunn, Brendan Sciarra, Dennis Pierce, Mary Lou Wilson, and Mark David Boberick."
2022
This corner is home to a historic building that was built in 1897. The Pines House. Known as “The Pines House.” According to Wildwood Historical Society – George F. Boyer Museum President, Taylor Henry, this was the shore house of the Van Horn family and is the oldest building on Pacific Avenue.
2022
The committee also selected the recipients of the 2022 Young Alumni Achievement Award: Jerome Ingram, ’04, of Galloway Township. Taylor Henry, ’16, of Wildwood.
2022
Henry is a freelance journalist, author, and an adjunct instructor at Atlantic Cape. She is a co-founding member of the Atlantic Cape Communication Alumni Council and member of the Communication Program Advisory Board.
2022
There is another A-frame house on the island that Henry knows of which faces the Grassy Sound and she hopes someone with a clever idea will help keep the former bottle collectors’ clubhouse in the city. “It kind of captures what Wildwood is about; unique and quirky and kitschy and vintage.”
2022
Its unique features still attract attention today, said Henry, who holds fond memories of it from when she was a kid running around Wildwood in the early 2000s. “I’ve lived here my whole life and it’s always been one of the houses I’ve remembered from my childhood.”
2022
The building, in addition to looking quirky, is also a “local landmark with a lot of history,” as well as one of only two structures built in the “rare architectural style” currently in the Wildwoods, Henry said. Constructed in 1961 by Wildwoods resident, veteran and hobbyist Glenn Dye as a headquarters for his many clubs, the home was bought as a Sears & Roebuck kit home and put together by Dye himself.
2022
But the museum on Pacific Avenue bearing Boyer's name features facts and artifacts from much earlier than that, dating to the first settlements in the area more than 150 years ago, according to society president Taylor Henry.
June 2022
"Its unique features made it stand out along the well-traveled street. With its long roof line that extends down to the foundation and its bright red exterior, it was a house people always noticed, said Henry."
June, 2022
“It’s a big relief. I really wasn’t sure if it was going to be a save,” Taylor Henry, vice president of Preserving the Wildwoods, said after she was told Tuesday afternoon that the house would be spared from demolition.
June 2022
Henry said the move of the house is "bittersweet" because while she and many others will miss seeing it as a Wildwood fixture, the move prevents its demise.
June, 2022
The tiny house already has been in multiple vacation snapshots and innumerable Instagram feeds, as well as on the cover of an EP, Taylor said.
“It means a lot to people,” she said.
June 2022
Wildwood's triangle house is moved to a flatbed trailer. The structure has been a curiosity attraction for more than a half century.
June, 2023
“People are either, ‘That’s a landmark. When I see it, I know we’re almost to Grandmom’s house!’ or, `I’ve never seen it before,’” said Taylor Henry, of the Preserving the Wildwoods group, which advocated for someone to save the building, and who watched Tuesday morning as the building was rescued.
June 2022
Henry said she approved of the home's new location. "Still in Cape May County. And among trees, which is where it belongs, I think," she said.
June, 2022
The group Preserving the Wildwoods had sought to save the house, which was originally owned by Glenn Dye, a veteran of World War II and lifelong Wildwood resident who had a career in automobiles after the war.
June, 2022
Taylor Henry, vice president of the preservation advocacy group Preserving the Wildwoods, was also on hand to witness the move of what she calls her favorite house. “It’s everything that we’d hoped for, for our favorite little house.”
June 2022
“The building is a perfect example of folk art,” explained Henry. “Folk art is something that is created for a purpose, but during the process, art is created.” The A-frame was owned by Wildwood resident, veteran, and hobbyist Glenn Dye, who used it as a headquarters for his many clubs. It was left unused and unkempt for several years. Taylor said it was full of old glass bottles, which they removed.
June 2022
The event, which is the oldest marbles tournament for children in the United States, has been a fixture here since the 1930s. The tournament is synonymous with the city’s family-oriented themes, Wildwood Historical Society President Taylor Henry said.
July, 2022
We floated Dempsey’s name to Taylor Henry, president of the Wildwood Historical Society. She quickly found that he served in the U.S. Navy in World War I.
August 2022
“This was one of the historical society’s biggest ever events,” said museum president Taylor Henry. “It goes to show how important Castle Dracula was to everyone, even youth who weren’t old enough to remember it.”
July 2022
"We partner with them on a lot of projects, recently on [rescuing] the Wildwood A-Frame building,' Henry said. "We teach people about the history of the A-frame, and our goal is to give people tools to understand our history. So, saving it was a huge win for all of us."
August 2022
Henry gave the Alliance permission to use excerpts from her 2018 book, “Wildwoods Houses Through Time,” blowing up several pages onto metal 30-by-40 posters. A property owner then gave permission to use vacant windows for the display, transforming the building’s visual effect.
September 2022
Taylor Henry, president of the Wildwood Historical Society, is very pleased that the new owners have a heart for preserving something of the history of the Wildwood. She said she is happy the owners are keeping the iconic features of the building, including the “blast off” roof design, which was based on airport designs in the mid-20th century.
Sept 2022
Since then, there has been a blitz of media coverage — and that plays very well into Henry’s favor. “Some people say Doo Wop is dead, but it’s very much alive,” Henry said. “It goes to show that there is still a market for preservation.”
Dec 2022
“This is actually one of Wildwood’s most important buildings,” said Henry. “It’s a dream come true for me that it will be restored and remain a theater. It’s one of my favorite buildings in Wildwood and has been part of my neighborhood for as long as I can remember. Plus, it’s such a unique experience viewing a film in a nickelodeon as opposed to a multiplex.”
Dec 2022
When it was a theater in 1915 it only lasted a few years, said Taylor Henry, president of the Wildwood Historical Society and vice president of the preservation advocacy group Preserving the Wildwoods. She said it then became a hardware store before turning into a music store in 1925. By the early to mid-1960s it was a baby store until the 1980s when it was boarded up.
Jan 2023
“I would say it’s definitely highly significant,” said Taylor Henry, president of the Wildwood Historic Society. “It’s probably what Wildwood is best known for. People say doo-wop is dead, or needs to die. I don’t agree with that. But I also see what they’re trying to say when they say that: that Wildwood is more than just doo-wop.”