<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0dDXnM_0wEia5Cx00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0dDXnM_0wEia5Cx00" width="979" height="610" ><figcaption>Eddie Davis</figcaption></figure><p>People have been visiting Cape May, "the nation's oldest seashore resort," for longer than America has been a country.</p><p>That makes Cape May the perfect place to look back on over 100 years ago and from today -- then and now.</p><h2>Some Of Cape May's Most Famous Buildings - Then &amp; Now</h2><p>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</p><p>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.</p><h2>Cape May -- Then &amp; Now</h2><p>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".</p><p>Look at a photo of the original Lafayette Hotel in the early 20th century and the Marquis de Lafayette Hotel that replaced it.</p><p>See how the Shoreham Hotel, which was later used as St. Mary's By the Sea, became the Cape May Point Science Center.</p><p>And, of course, there are photos of timeless Congress Hall from over 100 years ago and today.</p><p>You can see these and other examples of Cape May -- then and now-- in this photo gallery.</p><h2>A Look Back at Cape May Over 100 Years Ago (Then and Now)</h2><p>Take a look at what the popular Victorian shore town looked like in the early 1900s compared to now.</p><h2>25 South Jersey Things That Aren't There Anymore</h2><h2>Screenshot Photos From Atlantic City in 1919, Colorized </h2></div></body>

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A Look Back at Cape May Over 100 Years Ago (Then and Now)

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...

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...