Congress Hall a Historic Hotel in Cape May

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dc.creatorBeards, Daniel E.
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-22T19:46:30Z
dc.date.available2026-07-22T19:46:30Z
dc.date.issued2009-09-03
dc.descriptionIn 1816 Thomas H. Hughes constructed a wooden boarding house for guests to the new seaside resort of Cape May. He called this new boarding house "The Big House." In 1828, Mr. Hughes was elected to the House of Representatives, and changed the name of the hotel to Congress Hall. This building would burn to the ground in Cape May's Great Fire of 1878, but within a year, its owners had rebuilt the hotel in brick in an effort to convince every prospective guest that the building was fireproof.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10929/157699
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dc.subjectHistoric Congress Hall
dc.subjectCape May Historic District
dc.subjectU.S. National Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectU.S. National Historic Landmark District
dc.subjectNew Jersey Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectCape May
dc.subjectCape May County
dc.subjectSouthern Jersey Shore
dc.subjectThe Jersey Shore
dc.subjectThe Shore
dc.subjectDown The Shore
dc.subjectNew Jersey Shore
dc.subjectAtlantic Ocean
dc.subjectJersey Beaches
dc.subjectNew Jersey
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectThe Garden State
dc.titleCongress Hall a Historic Hotel in Cape May

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