Time, Place, and Space: Mapping Ocean Grove, New Jersey CA. 1870 to 1880

Jenny H. Shaffer, whose primary focus is the built environment of early medieval Europe, teaches the history of art and architecture at New York University School of Professional Studies, Division of Applied Undergraduate Studies. She studied art history and history as an undergraduate at William and Mary, and earned her Ph.D. from Columbia University, where she concentrated on the art and architecture of the Middle Ages. As architectural historian for the Historical Society of Ocean Grove from 2012 until 2016 and a member of the Neptune Township [New Jersey] Historic Preservation Commission since 2006, she is involved in research on and the restoration and preservation of Ocean Grove’s historic vernacular architecture.