Editor’s Note: This is the eighth in a series on vintage homes on Long Beach Island, the people who are preserving them, and the stories that make them special.

Perched atop an old sand dune in the inlet section of Barnegat Light, Karen Larson’s Victorian-era cottage has weathered more than a century of change. Thought to have been relocated to its current location in the early 1880s, the home carries a bit of mystery along with its history.