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Historic district in New Jersey, United States in Cape May, New Jersey. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Cape May Historic District is an area of 380 acres (1.5 km2) 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. According to National Park Service architectural historian Carolyn Pitts, "Cape May has one of the largest collections of late 19th century frame buildings left in the United States... that give it a homogeneous architectural character, a kind of textbook of vernacular American building."
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Cape May, Cape May, NJ |
| County | Cape May County |
| Listed | Dec 29, 1970 |
| Reference number | 70000383 |
| Type of place | historic district |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
| Contributing resources | 600 buildings |
| Standing | Yes |
Visiting
| Address | Cape May, Cape May, NJ |
| Coordinates | 38.93519, -74.92086 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Great Egg Harbor River · 29 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 70000383. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.