Christian Admiral Hotel, 1401 Beach Avenue, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

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21 data pages
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TITLE:
Christian Admiral Hotel, 1401 Beach Avenue, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

CALL NUMBER:
HABS NJ,5-CAPMA,70-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 8 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 20 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HABS NJ-1228

Building/structure dates: 1906 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1917 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1963 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1988 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1995 demolished

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000383

Significance: The Cape May Hotel was constructed in 1908 as the anchor for an ambitious real estate venture to create a new town in East Cape May to replace the aging center. The development was designed to rejuvenate the city's flagging reputation (in decline since the 1880s and 90s) and stimulate the economy still suffering the effects of the depression of 1894. With 350 guestrooms, the hotel was the largest in Cape May and the finest on the Jersey shore. It boasted central heating, electric lighting throughout and completely fireproof construction-- purportedly the first such hotel in the world.

SUBJECTS:
NEW JERSEY--Cape May County--Cape May
building deterioration
religious groups
education

OTHER TITLE:
Cape May Hotel

COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.nj1595

CONTROL #:
NJ1595

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