People have been visiting Cape May, “the nation’s oldest seashore resort,” for longer than America has been a country.
That makes Cape May the perfect place to look back on over 100 years ago and from today — then and now.
Some Of Cape May’s Most Famous Buildings – Then & Now
This is such a cool project. We dug way back, mostly through the Library of Congress, for photos of Cape May hotels and well-known buildings over 100 years old, to compare the modern-day buildings with those now standing in their place
I’ve been going to Cape May for decades and I learned a few things through this process. Thanks to Chelsea Masterson for gathering these photos.
Cape May — Then & Now
See how the Colonial Hotel went from a 60-room boarding house with a French roof and large porches to a modern-day hotel with a popular outdoor space known as “The Porch”…