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The Abandoned Charles Hankins' Home

This Abandoned Private Island immense, 4,866 square-foot home on Middle Sedge Island (Hankins Island) in Barnegat Bay is poised for demolition.

 

it was built in 1991 to replace a smaller home that had belonged to its previous owner, noted lifeboat builder Charles Hankins, the ultra-luxurious house became an object of fascination by boaters and visitors to the Jersey Shore who often wondered about the story behind a mansion secluded on 14 acres in an otherwise-uninhabited chunk of land in the middle of the vast bay.

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Uploaded on August 6, 2025
Taken on September 9, 2006