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While many of Cape May’s historic structures are colloquially identified as examples of Victorian architecture, the Abbey is most certainly a model of the Gothic Revival style. The building is hallmarked by its four-story tower at the northeast corner, topped with a mansard roof featuring a steep gable dormer directly above a single round ...
- Dan Mathers
Architect: Unknown | Builder: Ware, J. S. | Status: Extant | HABS: Yes | Street: Hughes Street | Style: Gothic Revival |. Year: 1868 or later.
- Levy-Neafie House
- Edward C. Knight Cottage & Joseph R. Evans Cottage
- Dr. Henry Hunt Cottage
- Eldridge Johnson House
- Fryer’s Cottage
- The Seven Sisters
- John Mcconnell House
- George Hildreth House
- The Gallagher House
- J. Henry Edmonds House
American Italianate Villa 28-30 Congress Street We’ll start on Congress Street and stop at one of the most historically intact properties, the Levy-Neafie House (Skinner House), an American Italianate Villa at 28–30 Congress Street. Unusual for being a double house, with double stables, it was built in 1865. Romantic Italianate architecture was the...
American Bracketed Villa 203 Congress Place and 207 Congress Place Across the street on Congress Place, let’s visit two very similar three-story cottages. The Edward C. Knight Cottage at 203 Congress Place, and the Joseph R. Evans Cottage at 207 Congress Place are American Bracketed Villa style. Both houses, built in 1882, are attributed to Philade...
Queen Anne style (Medieval Revival) 209 Congress Place Next door is the Dr. Henry Hunt Cottage, at 209 Congress Place. It is Queen Anne style, or called Medieval Revival, taking design cues from rural houses in England. Towers and prominent chimneys are typical. There is variation in building materials to add textures as seen in a variety of shingl...
Carpenter Gothic style 33 Perry Street Across the street on Perry at Carpenters Lane is the Eldridge Johnson House (Pink House). It is Carpenter Gothic style and considered to have the most decorative porch in Cape May. Carpenter Gothic grew out of a need for simple, economical houses and the invention of the scroll saw, which allowed local carpent...
Second Empire design with Stick style overlay 9 Perry Street Take a walk down Perry Street toward the beach and stop at 9 Perry, Fryer’s Cottage (now King’s Cottage). This building is unusual for being primarily a Second Empire design with Stick style overlay. It was designed by famous Philadelphia architect Frank Furness and associate George Hewit...
Renaissance Revival elements Atlantic Terrace and Jackson Avenue Walk a short distance to Beach Avenue, turn left and go one block to Jackson Street, and make a left. The first cluster of houses on the left is called Atlantic Terrace. There are seven almost identical houses in this courtyard complex, also called The Seven Sisters. The houses were b...
Queen Anne style 15 Jackson Street Across the street, at 15 Jackson, is the John McConnell House, built in 1883, in Queen Anne style which was developed in England in the 1860s and became popular in this country after being shown at the 1876 World’s Fair in Philadelphia. This house is architecturally significant for its varied surface textures, hal...
Second Empire design 17 Jackson Street Located next door is another architectural gem, the George Hildreth House at 17 Jackson Street. This is Second Empire design, a favorite style in Cape May. Outstanding features of this house, built for a sea captain, are two-story porches with ornate millwork trim, bracketed cornices with pierced wood friezes,...
Second Empire design 45 Jackson Street The Christopher Gallagher House at 45 Jackson Street, named for its whiskey distiller owner, is often called a twin of the George Hildreth House, which was constructed a few months earlier on Jackson Street. The builder is local contractor Charles Shaw. It was constructed in 1882–83 in Second Empire design fea...
Queen Anne style (modified) 42 Jackson Street Across the street at 42 Jackson Street is the colorful J. Henry Edmonds House (The Merry Widow). The house was originally home to Edmonds, a Cape May mayor. Its modified Queen Anne style was updated in the 1870s during the Victorian craze with the addition of two dramatic turrets—one on the street front...
Sep 1, 2006 · The eight Stockton Cottages on Gurney Street are an example of Carpenter Gothic, the former Franklin Street Methodist Church, turned condo, at Franklin and Washington streets, as well as the private residence on 655 Hughes Street. Revival Gothic architecture is always distinguished by numerous gables or steeple-like angles above the windows.
Aug 11, 2011 · The Chalfonte Hotel, the. Southern Mansion. (1863), and many other homes in Cape May represent this style. Gothic Revival Style structures were traditionally built. Margaret Montet The...
Nov 15, 2019 · According to Preservation New Jersey, its Colonial bones were modified during the late 19th century, adding the Gothic gable, porch, and dormers. But don’t be fooled by the Victorian touches. The Howell House is an example of pre-Victorian architecture, predating the 1878 fire that destroyed 40 blocks in Cape May across eleven hours.
Aug 14, 2015 · Even so, there are examples of shingle style, Spanish Mission style and Colonial Revival sprinkled around town. Outside of the fire zone, there are homes that date back to the mid-18th century....
