Your article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided. SPRING LAKE, NJ-The landmark Essex & Sussex Hotel, built in 1914, is one of the last of a dying breed of the elegant old luxury ...

The Essex & Sussex Hotel in Spring Lake was a Jersey Shore icon and one of New Jersey’s last grand old hotels by the sea. In its heyday, the Essex & Sussex was only open for three months of each ...

It is the last of the grand hotel buildings, elegant despite its enormity. The Essex & Sussex towers over Spring Lake's south end pavilion and dwarfs beach-front mansions on either side.

It’s withstood hurricanes and fires,” said Mary Lou Oliva, who handles public relations for the Essex and Sussex and is a member of the historical society. In 1985 the hotel was sold but left ...