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CAPE MAY County NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office Page 1 of 11 New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places Last Update: 9/28/2021 CAPE_MAY County 1123 Beach Avenue (ID#4504) CAPE_MAY County 1123 Beach Avenue COE: 8/26/2005 Avalon Borough 1301 Beach Avenue (ID#4480) Avalon Lifesaving Station (ID#986) 1301 Beach Avenue 76 West 15th Street COE: 8/26/2005 NR: 3/2/1979 (NR Reference #: 79001480) SR: 12/28/1978 1501 Beach Avenue (ID#4481) 1501 Beach Avenue Residence (ID#5603) COE: 8/26/2005 254 6th Street COE: 12/14/2017 1601 Beach Avenue (ID#4482) (Dismantled 2/9/2018 for temp. storage in Egg Harbor Twp 1601 Beach Avenue (Philly.com 2/9/2018); final location TBD.) COE: 8/26/2005 Townsend Inlet Bridge (SI&A # 3100003) (ID#4893) Cape May Baptist Church (ID#4503) Ocean Highway (CR 619) over Townsend Inlet 115 Gurney Street SHPO Opinion: 10/30/2008 COE: 8/26/2005 Also located in: CAPE_MAY County, Sea Isle City Cape May Historic District (NHL, ID#3042) NHL: 5/11/1976 NR: 12/29/1970 (NR Reference #: 70000383) Townsend's Inlet Cobblestone Wreck [Site] (ID#5293) SR: 12/10/1970 SHPO Opinion: 10/3/2013 (National Historic Landmark [Cape May City only]; the National Register historic district includes part of West Cape May Cape May City Borough) Also located in: Atlantic City Railroad Cape May Division Historic District (ID#4758) CAPE_MAY County, West Cape May Borough Railroad right-of-way from Winslow Junction to Cape May Point, Sea Isle City & Ocean City DOE: 6/23/2005 The Chalfonte Hotel (ID#4505) SHPO Opinion: 7/2/2004 301-309 Howard Street Also located in: COE: 8/26/2005 ATLANTIC County, Buena Vista Township ATLANTIC County, Corbin City 601 Columbia Avenue (ID#4483) ATLANTIC County, Estell Manor City 601 Columbia Avenue ATLANTIC County, Folsom Borough COE: 8/26/2005 ATLANTIC County, Hammonton Town ATLANTIC County, Weymouth Township 606 Columbia Avenue (ID#4484) CAMDEN County, Winslow Township 606 Columbia Avenue CAPE_MAY County, Ocean City COE: 8/26/2005 CAPE_MAY County, Sea Isle City 635 Columbia Avenue (ID#4486) CAPE_MAY County, Stone Harbor Borough 635 Columbia Avenue CAPE_MAY County, West Wildwood Borough COE: 8/26/2005 CAPE_MAY County, Wildwood City CAPE_MAY County, Wildwood Crest Borough 24 Congress Street (ID#4489) 24 Congress Street Allen AME Church (ID#5820) COE: 8/26/2005 715 Franklin Street COE: 7/14/2021 Congress Hall (ID#4478) 251 Beach Avenue Bank (ID#4519) COE: 8/26/2005 526 Washington Street Mall COE: 8/26/2005 203 Congress Place (ID#4487) 203 Congress Place COE: 8/26/2005 NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office Page 2 of 11 New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places Last Update: 9/28/2021 CAPE_MAY County 207 Congress Place (ID#4488) Hornbeam (WLB 394) (ID#150) 207 Congress Place Cape May Harbor COE: 8/26/2005 SHPO Opinion: 3/17/1999 28-30 Congress Street (ID#4490) Hotel Macomber (ID#4479) 28-30 Congress Street 727 Beach Avenue COE: 8/26/2005 COE: 8/26/2005 Franklin Street United Methodist Church (ID#4492) 609 Hughes Street (ID#4506) 729 Franklin Street 609 Hughes Street COE: 8/26/2005 COE: 8/26/2005 Franklin Street School (ID#2789) 637 Hughes Street (ID#4507) 720 Franklin Street 637 Hughes Street COE: 11/21/1995 COE: 8/26/2005 107 Grant Street (ID#4493) 645 Hughes Street (ID#4508) 107 Grant Street 645 Hughes Street COE: 8/26/2005 COE: 8/26/2005 18 Gurney Street (ID#4495) 17 Jackson Street (ID#4510) 18 Gurney Street 17 Jackson Street COE: 8/26/2005 COE: 8/26/2005 20 Gurney Street (ID#4496) 19 Jackson Street (ID#4511) 20 Gurney Street 19 Jackson Street COE: 8/26/2005 COE: 8/26/2005 22 Gurney Street (ID#4497) 15 Jackson Street (ID#4509) 22 Gurney Street 15 Jackson Street COE: 8/26/2005 COE: 8/26/2005 16 Gurney Street (ID#4494) 45 Jackson Street (ID#4512) 16 Gurney Street 45 Jackson Street COE: 8/26/2005 COE: 8/26/2005 24 Gurney Street (ID#4498) 1037 Lafayette Street (ID#4514) 24 Gurney Street 1037 Lafayette Street COE: 8/26/2005 COE: 8/26/2005 26 Gurney Street (ID#4499) 1386 Lafayette Street (ID#4515) 26 Gurney Street 1386 Lafayette Street COE: 8/26/2005 COE: 8/26/2005 28 Gurney Street (ID#4500) 405 Lafayette Street (ID#4513) 28 Gurney Street 405 Lafayette Street COE: 8/26/2005 COE: 8/26/2005 30 Gurney Street (ID#4501) Joseph Leedom House (ID#4491) 30 Gurney Street 200 Congress Street COE: 8/26/2005 COE: 8/26/2005 34 Gurney Street (ID#4502) 7 Ocean Avenue (ID#4516) 34 Gurney Street 7 Ocean Avenue COE: 8/26/2005 COE: 8/26/2005 NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office Page 3 of 11 New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places Last Update: 9/28/2021 CAPE_MAY County Old Cape May High School (ID#4525) Dennisville Historic District (ID#990) 643 Washington Street Gatzmer and Hall avenues; Academy, Church, Fidler and Petersburg COE: 8/26/2005 roads; Main Street; NJ Route 147 NR: 11/24/1987 (NR Reference #: 87000848) Emlen Physick Estate (ID#4521) SR: 4/14/1987 1048 Washington Street COE: 8/26/2005 Dennisville Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) (ID#5500) Irregulary bounded by Gatzmer Ave., the railroad tracks, part of SR47, Pink House (ID#4517) and the rear lot lines of properties on the north side of Petersburg Road 33 Perry Street and SR47. COE: 8/26/2005 NR: 6/21/2016 (NR Reference #: 16000387) SR: 4/14/2016 212 Stockton Place (ID#4518) 212 Stockton Place Dennis Creek Landing Archaeological Historic District (28-Cm-53) COE: 8/26/2005 (ID#3819) SHPO Opinion: 7/18/2001 1129 Washington Street (ID#4522) 1129 Washington Street East Creek Mill [Site] (28-Cm-20) (ID#991) COE: 8/26/2005 DOE: 12/2/1981 SHPO Opinion: 8/20/1981 720 Washington Street (ID#4520) 720 Washington Street Eldora Historic District (ID#3044) COE: 8/26/2005 NJ Route 47, Lehner Road and Paper Mill Road SHPO Opinion: 7/3/1996 Cape May Point Borough Joseph Falkenburge House (ID#992) Brandywine Shoal Light Station (ID#988) 922 Delsea Drive Lower Delaware Bay, about 8.8 miles WNW of Cape May Point NR: 10/3/1994 (NR Reference #: 94001153) NR: 1/8/2007 (NR Reference #: 06000943) SR: 8/8/1994 SR: 8/2/2006 SHPO Opinion: 4/13/1984 Garden State Parkway Historic District (ID#3874) Entire Garden State Parkway right-of-way Presbyterian Orphanage of Philadelphia (ID#4609) SHPO Opinion: 10/12/2001 301 Cape Avenue Corner of Cape and Yale Avenues See Main Entry / Filed Location: COE: 6/5/2006 CAPE_MAY County, Lower Township St. Agnes Catholic Church (ID#4645) 501 Cape Avenue 189 Head of the River Road (ID#993) COE: 8/29/2006 189 Head of the River Road SHPO Opinion: 12/1/1993 St. Peter's-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church (ID#2804) Ocean Avenue and Lake Drive James J. Ludlam House (ID#4076) NR: 8/3/1995 (NR Reference #: 95000978) 913 NJ Route 47 SR: 6/15/1995 SHPO Opinion: 7/18/2001 Henry Ludlam House (ID#994) Dennis Township 1336 NJ Route 47 R. W. Bennett/Dr. C. Brook Worth House (ID#3043) NR: 8/12/1993 (NR Reference #: 93000826) NJ Route 47 (Eldora Nature Preserve) SR: 7/7/1993 SHPO Opinion: 5/9/1997 Ludlam Schoolhouse (ID#4614) Calvary Baptist Church (ID#989) 106 Myrtle Avenue Corner of Seaville Road and US Route 9 COE: 6/2/2006 NR: 11/25/1980 (NR Reference #: 80002477) SR: 8/15/1980 South Dennisville Historic District (ID#3813) NJ Route 47 SHPO Opinion: 7/18/2001 NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office Page 4 of 11 New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places Last Update: 9/28/2021 CAPE_MAY County Stillwell Smith Dwelling (ID#5598) Cold Spring Village Junction Control Tower (Woodbine Junction 2320 N. U.S. Route 9 Control Tower) (ID#3046) SHPO Opinion: 10/27/2017 Seashore Road (US Route 9) SHPO Opinion: 3/21/1997 Thomas Ludlam, Jr. House (ID#4377) (See also Historic Cold Spring Village (ID# 5479)) 707 NJ Route 47 NR: 11/26/2004 (NR Reference #: 04001261) Douglas House (ID#3048) SR: 8/28/2004 Town Bank Road SHPO Opinion: 7/7/1989 William S. Townsend House (ID#996) 96 Delsea Drive Fire Control Tower No. 23 (ID#4169) NR: 4/5/1984 (NR Reference #: 84002618) Sunset Boulevard SR: 3/1/1984 NR: 11/17/2003 (NR Reference #: 03000655) SR: 5/29/2003 Lower Township Fishing Creek Schoolhouse (ID#1000) Battery 223 (ID#4770) 2102 Bayshore Road Beachfront, Cape May State Park NR: 3/6/1980 (NR Reference #: 80002478) NR: 6/25/2008 (NR Reference #: 08000555) SR: 10/9/1979 SR: 4/14/2008 SHPO Opinion: 4/29/1998 Judge Nathaniel Foster House (ID#1001) 1649 Bayshore Road 2710 Bayshore Road (ID#997) NR: 8/25/2014 (NR Reference #: 14000516) 2710 Bayshore Road SR: 6/28/2014 SHPO Opinion: 10/7/1994 SHPO Opinion: 11/1/1993 COE: 4/30/2009 Cape May Lighthouse (ID#998) (SHPO Opinion: Captain Salathiel Foster House) Cape May Point NR: 11/12/1973 (NR Reference #: 73001090) SR: 6/15/1973 Cape May Point Jail (ID#4760) 720 Route 9 SR: 12/20/2007 (See also Historic Cold Spring Village (ID# 5479)) Owen Coachman House (ID#4459) 1019 Batts Lane NR: 9/9/2005 (NR Reference #: 05000964) SR: 7/22/2005 Cold Spring Presbyterian Church (ID#999) 780 Seashore Road NR: 6/14/1991 (NR Reference #: 91000785) SR: 5/1/1991 Cold Spring Grange Hall (ID#89) 720 Seashore Road (US Route 9) NR: 3/30/1998 (NR Reference #: 98000234) SR: 1/15/1998 (See also Historic Cold Spring Village (ID# 5479)) Cold Spring Historic District (ID#3045) 734-909 Seashore Road (US Route 9) SHPO Opinion: 3/7/1997 NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office Page 5 of 11 New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places Last Update: 9/28/2021 CAPE_MAY County Garden State Parkway Historic District (ID#3874) UNION County, Winfield Township Entire Garden State Parkway right-of-way SHPO Opinion: 10/12/2001 Hangar No.
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