Cape May Historic District, Victorian historic district in Cape May, United States
The Cape May Historic District encompasses 380 acres containing over 600 buildings, including numerous examples of Late Victorian architectural styles and frame constructions.
The district emerged as a summer resort destination after the War of 1812, with regular steamboat traffic connecting Philadelphia to the Atlantic Ocean.
Local carpenters designed numerous buildings in the district using construction handbooks, incorporating Gothic, Queen Anne, Italianate, and Greek Revival architectural elements.
The district boundaries extend from the Atlantic Ocean shoreline through the town, featuring prominent structures like Congress Hall, The Southern Mansion, and Carroll Villa Hotel.
The Emlen Physick Estate on Washington Street represents one of the largest collections of preserved 19th-century frame buildings in the United States.
Location: Cape May
GPS coordinates: 38.94000,-74.91278
Latest update: May 14, 2025 08:52
Congress Hall
1.5 km
Cape May Lighthouse
4.2 km
Emlen Physick Estate
119 m
Battery 223
3.8 km
Sunset Beach
5 km
Sunset Beach
5 km
Caribbean Motel
8.7 km
Harriet Tubman Museum
890 m
Cape May Point State Park
4.2 km
Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum
7.2 km
Poverty Beach
2.6 km
Cold Spring Presbyterian Church
4.1 km
Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area
4.8 km
Fire Control Tower No. 23
4.8 km
Turtle Gut Inlet
5.6 km
Historic Cold Spring Village
4.1 km
Cape May Stage
1.2 km
Jonathan Pyne House
4.1 km
John B. McCreary House
1.1 km
Fishing Creek Schoolhouse
8.6 km
Owen Coachman House
2.9 km
Whilldin-Miller House
1.7 km
Cold Spring Grange Hall
4.2 km
George Hildreth House
4.3 km
TBM-3E Avenger Torpedo Bomber
7.2 km
Higbee Beach
5 km
Sunset Beach
4.9 km
Two Mile Beach
4.9 kmReviews
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