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08204 (Cape May Weather Forecast, NJ)

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Lower Township and West Cape May

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The town is named for 1620 Dutch captain named Cornelius Jacobsen Mey who explored and charted the area between 1611–1614, and established a claim for the province of New Netherland. It was later settled by New Englanders from the New Haven Colony. What is now Cape May was originally formed as the borough of Cape Islandon March 8, 1848, from portions of Lower Township. It was reincorporated as Cape Island city on March 10, 1851, and finally became Cape May city as of March 9, 1869.

 

Government

City of Cape May
643 Washington Street
Cape May, NJ 08204
609-884-9525

Departments

Beach Operations

Construction Official 609-884-9560

Court Administator 609-884-9552 

Fire - 911
(Non-Emergency)

First Aid - 911
(Non-Emergency)

Health Department

Library -

Office of Emergency Management (OEM)

Police - 911
(Non-emergency)

Public Works 609-884-9570 

Recreation 609-884-9565

Senior Citizens

Tax Collector's Office 609-884-9587

Tax Assessor 609-884-9545

Education

Cape May Board of Education
921 Lafayette Ave
Cape May, NJ 08204
609-884-8485

PTA

Cape May Elemetary School - Elementary Grades PreK - 6
921 Lafayette Ave
Cape May, NJ 08204
609-884-8485

Richard Teitelman Middle School - Grades 7 - 8
687 Rte 9
Cape May, NJ 08204
609-884-3475

Lower Cape May Regioanal High School - Grades 9 - 12
687 Rte 9
Cape May, NJ 08204
609-884-3475

Private schools

Arts & Entertainment

Art

• At The Beach
  135 Sunset Boulevard
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-770-7137
  
  
• Cape May Art Gallery
  323 Washington Street
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-4803
  
  
• Cape May County Art League
  670 Washington Street
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-8628
  
  
• Center for Community Arts
  712 Lafayette Street
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-7525
  
  
• Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities
  1048 Washington Street
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-5404
  
  
• SOMA NewArt Gallery
  31 Perry Street
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-898-7488
  
  
• Washington Street Gallery
  313 Washington Street
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-1818
  

Dance

• Fine Life Ballroom Dancing
  501 Pacific Avenue
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-1234
  
  
• Joanne Reagan Dance Studios
  1037 Seashore Road
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-2600
  

Cooking

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Martial Arts

Music

Theaters

• Cape May Stage
  31 Perry Street,
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-1341
  
  
• East Lynne Theatre Co.
  121 Fourth Ave
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-5898
  

Cemeteries

• St Mary's Cemetery
  1056 Seashore Road
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-3614
  
  

Funeral Homes & Monuments

• Funeral Homes

  • Spilker Funeral Home
    815 Washington Street
    Cape May, NJ 08204
    609-884-3793
    
    
• Monuments
  
  

Clubs and Organizations

• Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cape May
  609 Lafayette Street
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-9562
  
  
• Corinthian Yacht Club
  1819 Delaware Avenue
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-8000
  
  
• Garden State Seafood Association
  1636 Delaware Avenue
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-898-1100
  
  
• Loyal Order of Moose
  569 Seashore Road
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-9625
  
  
• Sisters of St Joseph
  516 Lafayette Street
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-7736
  
  
• Veterans of Foreign Wars
  419 Congress Street
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-7961
  
  
• Vietnam Veterans of America
  596 Seashore Road
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-898-4444
  

Historic Places

Historical Society

Greater Cape May Historic Society
653 Washington Street
Cape May, NJ 08204
609-884-9100

Historic Cold Spring Village
720 U.S. 9
Cape May, NJ 08204
609-898-2300

Cape May Historic District

An area of 380 acres with 600 buildings. Some noteable buildings are:

• George Allen House
  720 Washington Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1863
  
  
• Arlington Hotel
  Grant and North Streets
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1878
  
  
• Atlantic Terrace House
  20 Jackson Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built 1891-1892
  
  
• Baltimore Hotel
  644 Hughes Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built around 1867 and established in 1896 by the Episcopal Church as the Girls Friendly Society.
  
  
• George Boyd House
  1501 Beach Drive
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1911.
  
  
• Charles Burns House
  929-931 Beach Drive
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built 1881-1882
  
  
• Cape Island Presbyterian Church
  417 Lafayette Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built 1853
  
  
• Cape Island Baptist Church
  Columbia Avenue and Gurney Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1916
  
  
• John B McCreary House
  Gurney and Columbia Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built 1869-1870
  
  
• St John's Episcopal Church
  Washington and Franklin Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built 1867-1868
  
  
• Carroll Villa
  19 Jackson Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built 1882 with additions in 1892 and 1895
  
  
• Chalfonte Hotel
  Howard and Sewell Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  The Hotel was built in 1876 by Civil War Colonel Henry
  Sawyer and was originally planned as a boarding house.
  Sawyer’s Chalfonte underwent most of its expansion between
  1876 and 1909, and the present footprint is much as it was
  in 1909.
  
  
• Colonial Hotel
  Beach Drive near Ocean and Gurney
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built 1894-1895
  
  
• Cook's Villa
  9 Perry Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1879
  
  
• JR Evans House
  207 Congress Place
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built 1882-1883
  
  
• Denizot's Ocean View House
  Decatur and Beach Avenues
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1879
  
  
• First Baptist Church
  727-731 Franklin Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1879
  
  
• Charles Ferguson Residence
  101 South Lafayette Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built 1870-1871
  
  
• Ebbit House
  25 Jackson Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1879
  
  
• Nelson Z Graves House
  1117 New Jersey Avenue
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built 1912
  
  
• Christopher Gallagher Home
  45 Jackson Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built 1882-1883
  
  
• Joseph Hanes House
  206 Perry Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built 1879-1880
  
  
• John T Hewitt House
  1311 New Jersey Avenue
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1914
  
  
• George Hildreth House
  17 Jackson Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1882
  
  
• James Hildreth House
  815 Washington Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1885
  
  
• Dr Henry Hunt House
  209 Congress Place
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1881
  
  
• Jackson's Club House
  635 Columbia Avenue
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1872
  
  
• Eldridge Johnson House
  33 Perry Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1882
  
  
• Joseph Lewis House
  819 Beach Drive
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  
  
  
• Macomber Hotel
  Beach Drive and Howard Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  
  
  
• New Jersey Trust and Safe Deposit Box
  526 Washington Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1895
  
  
• St Mary's Catholic Church
  Washington Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1911
  
  
• Peter Shields House
  1301 Beach Avenue
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1906
  
  
• Selina Slaymaker House
  11 North Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1877
  
  
• Star Villa
  1300 Beach Avenue
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1884
  
  
• John Tack Residence
  715 Columbia Avenue
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1872
  
  
• Henry Tatham House
  805 Beach Avenue
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1872
  
  
• Dr Ware's Drugstore
  Ocean and Columbia Streets
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built 1876
  
  
• J Stratton Ware House
  653 Hughes Street
  Cape May, NJ
  
  
  Built in 1868
  
  

Parks

• Cape Island Preserve
  Wilson Street
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  
  
• Cape Island Wildlife Management Area
  Route 109
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  

Places of Worship

• Allen African Methodist Church
  717 Franklin Street
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-2626
  
  
• Cape Island Baptist Church
  115 Gurney Street
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-3917
  
  
• Cape Bible Church
  1816 Bayshore Road
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-889-2264
  
  
• Cape May Lutheran Church
  509 Pittsburg Ave
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-2181
  
  
• Cape May United Methodist Church
  635 Washington Street
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-3792
  
  
• Church of The Advent Episcopal Church
  686 Washington Street
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-3065
  
  
• Cold Spring Presbyterian Church
  780 Seashore Road
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-4065
  
  
• Covenant Bible Church
  123 Fishing Creek Road
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-886-2448
  
  
• First Assembly of God
  1068 Seashore Road
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-2424
  
  
• Jehovah's Witnesses
  827 Seashore Road
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-8611
  
  
• Macedonia Baptist Church
  630 Lafayette Street
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-3512
  
  
• Shore Points Presbyterian
  806 Shunpike Road
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-8495
  
  
• Tabernacle United Methodist Church
  702 Seashore Road
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-3574
  
  
• The First Presbyterian Church of Cape May
  500 Hughes Street
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-3949
  
  
• Union Chapel Presbyterian Church
  317 Cape Avenue
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-5270
  

Sports & Leisure

Amusement

• Atlantic Pier Amusements
  705 Route 9
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-898-7640
  
  
• Cape May Arcade
  406 Beach Avenue
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-1311
  
  
• Family Fun Arcade
  732 Beach Drive
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-7020
  
  
• Hell Yeah Watersports
  1048 Shunpike Road
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-0549
  

Baseball

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Basketball

Bowling

Diving Instruction

Equestrian

• Hidden Valley Riding Center
  4070 Stevens Street
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-8205
  
  
• Sea Horse Farm
  27 Taylor Lane
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-5354
  

Fishing

• Atlantic Cape Fisheries
  985 Ocean Drive
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-3000
  
  
• Cape May Fishing / Unreel Sportfishing
  1023 Ohio Avenue
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-408-8049
  
  
• Cape May Marlin & Tuna Club
  1390 Lafayette Street
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-1006
  
  
• Cape May Whale Watcher Fleet
  1218 Wilson Drive
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-5445
  
  
• Cape Queen Charters
  1231 New Jersey 109
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-0001
  
  
• Chazintale Sportfishing
  926 Ocean Drive
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-972-7011
  
  
• Copacetic Sportfishing
  1263 Lafayette Street
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-770-4665
  
  
• Down Deep Sportfishing
  1021 New Jersey 109
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-226-9122
  
  
• DuctWorks Sport Fishing
  926 Ocean Drive
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  215-768-1624
  
  
• First Case Sport Fishing
  755 New Jersey 109
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-352-8668
  
  
• Fishing Rod Enterprises
  424 Portsmouth Road
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-3830
  
  
• Gallant Lady Fishing Boat
  1231 New Jersey 109
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-7754
  
  
• Hand's Bait & Tackle
  970 New Jersey 109
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-2248
  
  
• Jim's Bait & Tackle
  1208 New Jersey 109
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-3900
  
  
• Miss Chris Marina
  1218 Wilson Drive
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-3351
  
  
• Off The Hook Bait & Tackle
  989 Ocean Drive
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-0444
  
  
• Porgy IV Deep Sea Fishing
  New Jersey 109
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-1214
  
  
• Pure Addiction Sportfishing
  970 Ocean Drive
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-230-5021
  
  
• Sea Star III
  1208 Wilson Drive
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-3421
  
  
• South Jersey Fishing Center
  1231 New Jersey 109
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-3800
  
  
• South Jersey Marina
  1231 New Jersey 109
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-2400
  
  
• Tony's Marine Supplies
  1203 New Jersey 109
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-7272
  
  
• West Marine
  791 New Jersey 109
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-898-8245
  

Fitness

• Cape Fitness Gym
  600 Park Boulevard
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-898-1515
  

Football

Golf

• Cape May National Golf Club
  834 Florence Ave
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-1563
  
  
• Horwath Miniature Golf
  410 Breakwater Road
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-898-0053
  
  
• Ocean Putt Golf
  401 Beach Avenue
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-7808
  

Gymnastics

Hockey

Lacrosse

Soccer

Swimming

Tennis

• Cape May Tennis Club
  1020 Washington Street
  Cape May, NJ 08204
  609-884-8986
  

 

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