Stone Harbor, New Jersey · Founded 1929
A Stone Harbor homemade-ice-cream institution founded in 1929 and owned by the Humphreys family since 1975.
Springer’s Homemade Ice Cream traces its documented business history to 1929, when Eugene Springer founded the Stone Harbor ice-cream shop. The business became a multi-generation shore tradition and has been owned by the Humphreys family since 1975. It continues to make and sell a large range of homemade ice cream, ices, and sorbets at 9420 Third Avenue.
Eugene Springer founds Springer’s Homemade Ice Cream in Stone Harbor.
Source: Springer's Homemade Ice Cream company profile; CBS Philadelphia, "Springer's Ice Cream Serving Generations Of Families"
The Humphreys family acquires Springer’s Homemade Ice Cream.
Source: Springer's Homemade Ice Cream company profile; PhillyVoice, "Owner of beloved Jersey Shore ice cream shop Springer's dies"
Owner and family matriarch Barbara Humphreys dies following injuries from a car crash; the business continues under Humphreys-family ownership.
Source: PhillyVoice, "Owner of beloved Jersey Shore ice cream shop Springer's dies"
CBS Philadelphia reports that Springer’s has served generations of Stone Harbor visitors for more than 90 years.
Source: CBS Philadelphia, "Springer's Ice Cream Serving Generations Of Families"
Springer’s official website continues to offer in-store pickup and identifies the Stone Harbor shop at 9420 Third Avenue.
Source: Springer's Homemade Ice Cream official website
Every claim gets rated. A business's own website can never earn "documented."
This review found no support for the candidate’s 1887 origin or a Cape May County comparative title. Current business and reporting sources instead identify Eugene Springer’s founding in 1929, and no countywide study of older parlors, closures, or successor businesses was found.
Company and reporting sources consistently identify Eugene Springer’s 1929 founding and describe Springer’s as a long-running Stone Harbor business. This pass did not inspect early municipal licenses, city directories, or newspaper advertisements, so the continuous-operation detail remains plausible rather than fully documentary-proven.
The company profile and reporting identify the Humphreys family as owners since 1975. Barbara Humphreys remained owner and matriarch until her 2017 death, and the business continued under family ownership afterward.
This review found no reliable source supporting an 1887 Springer-family origin or a 1920s Third Avenue relocation. Current sources place the business’s founding in 1929 and list the present shop at 9420 Third Avenue.
Springer's Homemade Ice Cream traces its business to 1887.
Current business and reporting sources identify Eugene Springer’s founding in Stone Harbor in 1929. This review found no reliable source for an 1887 business origin.
Source: Springer's Homemade Ice Cream company profile; CBS Philadelphia, "Springer's Ice Cream Serving Generations Of Families"
Springer's has always operated at 9920 Third Avenue.
The current business is at 9420 Third Avenue. This review did not find a reliable source establishing an earlier 9920 Third Avenue address or an 1887-to-1920s relocation story.
Source: Springer's Homemade Ice Cream official website; current business listings
The Schwaby family owns Springer’s.
The sources reviewed identify the Humphreys family as Springer’s owners since 1975.
Source: PhillyVoice, "Owner of beloved Jersey Shore ice cream shop Springer's dies"; Springer's Homemade Ice Cream company profile
Springer’s has endured by becoming part of Stone Harbor’s family vacation ritual while keeping its focus on house-made ice cream. The Humphreys family has owned the business since 1975 and sustained it beyond the death of owner and matriarch Barbara Humphreys in 2017. The reliable history is a long-running twentieth-century shore parlor, not an 1887 business surviving intact across every phase of Stone Harbor’s development.
Springer's Homemade Ice Cream in Stone Harbor, New Jersey, was founded in 1929 by Eugene Springer. The Humphreys family has owned the ice-cream business since 1975, and it continues to operate at 9420 Third Avenue. The shop is known for homemade ice cream, ices, and sorbets.
No verified evidence establishes Springer’s as New Jersey’s oldest ice-cream parlor. Its documented business history reaches to 1929, but this review did not complete a statewide comparison of older New Jersey ice-cream parlors, closures, relocations, or successor businesses.
Springer's has been owned by the Humphreys family since 1975. Barbara Humphreys was the shop’s owner and family matriarch until her death in 2017; this review did not identify the current individual owner or legal operating entity after her death.
9420 3rd Ave, Stone Harbor, NJ 08247
(609) 602-2471
Springer’s advises checking its social media or Google for current hours; confirm seasonal opening, pickup, and flavor availability before visiting.