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Informationen zum Autor Joe J. Jordan, a retired architect, and his wife split their time between their homes in Cape May Point, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Klappentext The smallest shore resort on the New Jersey coast, Cape May Point has more than one million visitors each year! This beautiful book depicts Cape May Point's wonderful gingerbread cottages, Victorian chapels, and bantam bungalows that are turning into plastic palaces. Learn about the grand hotels, the two disastrous fires, President Harrison's scandal, the religious revivals and camp meetings, the Country Club, and, of course, the devastating storms that affected the Point. Take a nostalgic journey to Cape May Point's immediate neighbors: the old Life Saving Station, Sunset Beach, the New Jersey State Park, the former South Cape May, the Lighthouse, and Higbee's Beach. Illustrated with over 200 classic photos and drawings, this book will delight vacationers and residents, and inspire future generations of shore-goers. Zusammenfassung The smallest shore resort on the New Jersey coast! Cape May Point has more than one million visitors each year! This beautiful book depicts Cape May Point's wonderful gingerbread cottages! Victorian chapels! and bantam bungalows that are turning into plastic palaces. Learn about the grand hotels! the two disastrous fires! President Harrison's scandal! the religious revivals and camp meetings! the Country Club! and! of course! the devastating storms that affected the Point. Take a nostalgic journey to Cape May Point's immediate neighbors: the old Life Saving Station! Sunset Beach! the New Jersey State Park! the former South Cape May! the Lighthouse! and Higbee's Beach. Illustrated with over 200 classic photos and drawings! this book will delight vacationers and residents! and inspire future generations of shore-goers.
