after hal allaire's death in 1901, the property was purchased by w. j. harrison. harrison sold it in 1907 to arthur brisbane, then the world's wealthiest journalist, for the sum of $68,000. brisbane leased the deserted village to the monmouth council of boy scouts for twenty years. following brisbane's death in 1936, his widow bequeathed the property's to the state in 1941, in accordance with her late husband's wishes. it thereby became known as allaire state park.