White Lilac Bed & Breakfast Inn

The White Lilac Inn, circa 1880, is located in a peaceful corner of Spring Lake, just a stone's throw from Wreck Pond and 4 1/2 blocks from the Atlantic Ocean.

Spring Lake is a wonderful place to step back in time, with tree-lined streets and gracious seashore cottages. Many Victorians spent their holidays in this picturesque village by the sea. Guests can enjoy swimming, boating, cycling, antiquing, golf and tennis or give up the hectic pace for quiet moments on one hundred and eighty feet of verandas.

Built with a Southern accent, White Lilac has triple-tiered porches and comfortable common rooms that allow guests to relax and enjoy the simple life of an earlier time. For the convenience of guests, the Inn offers off street parking. It is decorated in eclectic Victorian style providing a comfortable style where you can sit by the fireplace and enjoy friendly hospitality.

Nine inviting and air-conditioned guest rooms offer various combinations of amenities, including fireplaces, private balcony, claw-foot soaking tub, whirlpool tub and doors to wrap-around porches.

 

Sit by the fireplace and enjoy friendly hospitality. Enjoy a leisurely breakfast at tables for two in the lovely garden room or on the enclosed porch. Breakfast is served from 8:30 A.M. to 9:30 A.M. Less than one mile away is the Old Mill Inn Restaurant in Spring Lake Heights, noted for it's culinary specialties.

Come discover the romance of a by-gone era and let White Lilac Inn welcome you home at the end of each day.

In 1887, Wreck Pond was changed into a great and beautiful lake by an enterprising Mr. William V. Reid. Reid's farm developed into the Seashore Community accessible by rail, known as "Reid's Villa Park." Between 1887-1888, Joseph and Olive Bray purchased the land for $500.00 and constructed their summer cottage for $11,800.

In 1914, the property fell into foreclosure with its fourth owners, Ester and Thomas Nevins and was purchased at Sheriff's Sale by two sisters, Eliza and Mary Forman. In 1918, "The Rainbow Cottage" named for its owners John and Lillian Rainbow, opened its doors to the public and even hosted the Ziegfield Girls!

The owner who held title to the Inn the longest was Sally Mann Randock who lived here for 18 years, sold it only to buy it back again two years later with her second husband, Neil G. Francis, calling it the "Francis House." Sally Mann Randock Francis stayed another 22 years. Mrs. Bernice O'Burke, the first owner from Monmouth County, arrived in 1964 calling the Inn "The Bonnie Brae House" after her granddaughter.

For a mere blink of 3 months, Roseann and Arthur Corbo held the deed and in 1968 Edward Cumiskey purchased the property. He and his wife Mae ran the "Shamrock Lodge" as a seasonal guest house for 26 years.

We purchased the property in 1994 and lovingly restored it as a Bed and Breakfast Inn which opened in February of 1995. Each room is decorated with a theme relating to the past which makes The White Lilac continue its heritage of Southern Hospitality. We invite you to become a part of the history of this charming "cottage" and its lineage of interesting guests.

 

Mid Season
May, June & September
$159-$279

Weekends and Single nights Mid-Wk
2 nights or more Mid-Wk $139-$259