Cape May

  1. President Franklin Pierce

    The Halls Presidents Walked

    Text by | Published February 1st, 2012 in Cape May • Cape May Magazine • Historic Figures

    It has been Cape May legend that Abraham Lincoln and his wife spent time here. There is no factual documentation that they enjoyed summer here as other presidents did, some visiting more than once.

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    Skee-Ball: The Making of a Seaside Classic

    Text by | Published December 1st, 2011 in Cape May • Cape May Magazine

    For those of you who grew up without the sound of wooden balls smacking into the ball return, Skee-Ball is a popular arcade game played up and down the Jersey coast, and, today, on every continent.

  3. Laser race in the harbor

    139 Years and Still Sailing

    Text by | Published May 9th, 2011 in Cape May • Cape May Magazine

    The Corinthian Yacht Club of Cape May started in 1872, the same year as its predecessor in London, the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club. The Cape May launch came about a year after the city’s large hotels put up the money [...]

  4. Cape Island Creek flowing by the Lobster House.

    Where is Cape Island?

    Text by | Published May 1st, 2011 in Cape Island • Cape May

    Cape Island received its name because it was separated from the mainland by a small creek. An island is, by definition, a tract of land completely surrounded by water, but not large enough to be called a continent.

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    Beach Tags: Collecting history the Cape May way

    Text by | Published April 11th, 2011 in Cape May • People

    Oh those pesky Cape May beach tags! Everyone complains about them. Some try to wrangle their way out of buying them. Still others go out of their way to buy them early. And then there are those who collect them. [...]

  6. Convention Hall

    The Year in Review

    Text by | Published January 1st, 2011 in Cape May

    It’s that magic time of year that reporters love to write about – the Year in Review and this one was a corker.

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    Convention Hall Demolition

    Text by | Published December 1st, 2010 in Cape May

    Demolition began on November 29 on Convention Hall and the Solarium, making way for a new $10.5 million hall slated for opening spring of 2012. By the end of the week, the buildings were down. Inside: Demolition photo gallery and [...]

  8. Mayor Frank Gauvry, center, at the 1966 Convention Hall ribbon cutting.

    Remembering the “new” Convention Hall

    Text by | Published December 1st, 2010 in Cape May • Cape May Magazine

    It was a time when the city had no Convention Hall due to the previous one having been washed away in a storm when Dave Teel, our city manager, came to me and said, “Mayor, how would you like to [...]

  9. Convention Hall facade, 1960. Photograph courtesy Robert W. Elwell, Sr.

    Growing Up on the Pier

    Text by | Published December 1st, 2010 in Architecture • Cape May • Cape May Magazine

    Like every other boy I knew, none of us could ever wait for summer to arrive. Growing up in the summer, my evenings would be spent on the Pier.

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    Cape May Capers

    Text by | Published November 5th, 2010 in Cape May • Cape May Magazine

    Text by Joyce Cabots Newbegin. Photographs appear courtesy of the author.
    Originally published in the August 2008 issue of Cape May Magazine.
    Joyce Cabots
    Some consider the exciting send-off – The Fourth of July – as the highlight of the summer vacation season. [...]

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    Vintage Cape May Postcards

    Text by | Published October 6th, 2010 in Cape Island • Cape May • Then and Now

    Ah, a postcard from Cape May. Is there anything that makes you more jealous? Visitors to Cape May have been sending postcards for decades. Feast your eyes on these vintage postcards dating from 1908 to 1914.

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    Ghosts of the Washington Street Mall

    Text by | Published October 1st, 2010 in Cape May • Ghostly Tales of Cape Island • Ghosts and Spirits

    Hello Everyone! I’m Craig McManus, Cape May’s resident expert on ghosts and hauntings, bringing you a brand new column about paranormal happenings on Cape Island (Cape May), here at CapeMay.com!
    For many years, I have enjoyed collaborating on feature stories with [...]

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    The Passing of the Christian Admiral

    Text by | Published July 1st, 2010 in Architecture • Cape Island • Cape May • Hotels • Restoration

    From the beginning, the Hotel Cape May was doomed. It opened in 1908, several years behind schedule and 100 percent over budget – its final cost of $1 million was nearly unimaginable in those days.

  14. Whalers: The Link to our Past

    Text by | Published November 16th, 2009 in Cape May

    Whalers’ Colonial history and cultural influences have been shrouded by the glitzy glamour of Cape May’s Victorian era and its preservation. The whalers are, in fact, the backbone and a major gene pool of the area. They brought with them [...]

  15. Ghosts of the Memucan Hughes House

    Text by | Published October 1st, 2009 in Books • Cape May • Ghosts and Spirits

    Ghost hunter and psychic Craig McManus shares an excerpt from his newest book, “400 Years of the Ghosts of Cape May”

  16. Belle of the Ball

    Text by | Published October 1st, 2009 in Architecture • B&Bs • Cape May • Hotels • Restoration

    The notion of southern hospitality has long held a special place in the American psyche. So it should surprise no one (okay, maybe a few of you) that one of Cape May’s most notable landmarks is the Southern Mansion, a [...]

  17. Jackson’s Club House: A little controversy at Columbia and Stockton

    Text by | Published March 1st, 2009 in B&Bs • Cape Island • Cape May • Innkeeping

    The gambling, prostitution, heavy drinking and carousing male visitors the clubhouse hosted were just the sort of activities Cape May was hoping to attract during the Victorian era. Or not.

  18. To Keep an Inn

    Text by | Published March 1st, 2009 in B&Bs • Cape May • Innkeeper Profiles • Innkeeping

    Thinking of becoming an innkeeper? Learn about the history of Bed & Breakfast inns and get some tips from innkeepers.

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    Collecting Cape May Beach Tags

    Text by | Published May 1st, 2008 in Beaches • Cape May

    Oh, those pesky Cape May beach tags! Everyone complains about them. Some try to wrangle their way out of buying them. Still others go out of their way to buy them early. And then there are those who collect them. Beach [...]

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    African American Heritage

    Text by | Published March 1st, 2008 in Cape May

    Here’s my question, if a segment of a community’s history is demolished because of a well-intentioned government program called, ironically enough, Urban Renewal – does said history still exist?
    Cape May’s Afro-American history nearly faded into the haze of demolition dust, [...]