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Earlier today, Preservation New Jersey announced their 2021 list of the 10 Most Endangered Historic Places. Their 10 Most program highlights “irreplaceable historic, architectural, cultural, and archaeological resources in New Jersey that are in imminent danger of being lost.” Two properties on this year’s list are located in Cape May County: the Allen A.M.E. Church… Read more »
Yesterday was the official ribbon cutting and tour of the Harriet Tubman Museum in celebration of Emancipation Day.
We have some good news to share amid the world chaos: Earlier this month, the Franklin Street School renovation project received a $500,000 grant from the African American Civil Rights Grant Program. The program is funded by the Historic Preservation Fund, which is administered by the National Park Service. Franklin Street School is one of… Read more »
Since I first wrote about the Stephen Smith House for Cape May Magazine (Fall 2015), word has spread that the unassuming yellow clapboard house on Lafayette and Franklin Streets was the summer home of one of the foremost leaders of the Underground Railroad. Since then, thousands have taken MAC’s Underground Railroad Trolley Tour, which I… Read more »
You’ve probably driven past the Howell House at 632 Lafayette Street and never noticed it. For years, the decaying and vacant parsonage of the Macedonia Baptist Church waited behind a chain-link fence. But in 2020, the house will begin its new life as the home of the Harriet Tubman Museum. First some history. The Howell… Read more »
Bird Watching at South Cape May Meadows
Photos: Snow in Cape May
Photos: Morning Snow in Cape May
Beach replenishment near the WWII Bunker
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