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The Cape May Historic District is an area of 380 acres (1.5 km 2) with over 600 buildings in the resort town of Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey.The city claims to be America's first seaside resort and has numerous buildings in the Late Victorian style, including the Eclectic, Stick, and Shingle styles, as well as the later Bungalow style, many with gingerbread trim.
A Stroll along Beach Avenue, Cape May, New Jersey video (3:35) During the 20th century, the Cape May seafront deteriorated, with tourists heading to other shore resorts. [7] [8] In 1968, Congress Hall was purchased by the Rev. Carl McIntire and became part of his Cape May Bible Conference. McIntire's possession of the property preserved the ...
June 25, 2008 (Beach at Cape May State Park: Lower Township: Built 1943 4: Thomas Beesley Jr. House: Thomas Beesley Jr. House: February 12, 1998 (605 NJ 9 N
Named the Shorehouse, the seaside estate was custom-built in 2018.
[1] [2] The term doo-wop was coined by Cape May's Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts in the early 1990s to describe the unique, space-age architectural style, which is also referred to as the Googie or populuxe style. [3] The motels are very stylized, with Vegas-like neon signs, plastic palm trees, and fantastic architecture. [4]
The Jersey Shore, commonly referred to locally as simply the Shore, is the coastal region of the U.S. state of New Jersey.Geographically, the term encompasses about 141 miles (227 km) [1] of oceanfront bordering the Atlantic Ocean, from Perth Amboy in the north to Cape May Point in the south.
The Cape May Branch of the Cape May County Public Library is located in Cape May City. [147] The library was previously in city hall but later moved to a standalone building. In 2009 an estimated $507,800 renovation was to take place with $395,300, or about 78% of the expenses, paid by Cape May County. [ 148 ]
A Myrtle Beach hotel and resort on the oceanfront is for sale less than six months after being purchased. Indigo Tower, a 54-room hotel built in 1974, is for sale, according to its LoopNet posting ...