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| In
1913, Ursula and Daniel Klee came to Seaside
Heights from Philadelphia with two of their four
children Andrew and Dorothy. Later Margaret and
Henry arrived, but were born in Newark, as there
were no established hospitals here at that time.
Daniel obtained employment as a painter and Ursula
opened a dry goods store at their residence, 49
Dupont Avenue. In 1925, Daniel became Borough
Superintendent and held that position until 1928. |
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that time they purchased the site where Klee's Bar
stands now. The purpose of the building was for a
larger dry goods store. |
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In 1931, the garage
apartment was built and became their residence and 49
Dupont Avenue was sold. During that year a small section
of the store became a Speakeasy. Then, later in 1931, a
law was passed to sell "Near Beer" and the
first license was issued to Klee's. It was then decided
to partition the store into two businesses, the north
side became a bar and the south remained the dry goods
store. The two businesses were crowding each other so a
building next to the bar was constructed to house the
dry goods store. This was completed in 1932 and with the
repeal of prohibition in 1933, the business became
Klee's Bar & Grille. The bar remained on the same
side and a restaurant was started on the other side. |
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