Resources
Resources
Local
Greater Cape May Historical Society
P.O. Box 495
Cape May, NJ 08204
Ph.: 609-884-9100
www.capemayhistory.org
Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts
1048 Washington Street
P.O. Box 340
Cape May, NJ 08204
Ph.: 800-275-4278
www.capemaymac.com
State
New Jersey Historic Preservation Office
State of New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection
Historic Preservation Office
501 E. State Street, 4th Floor, P.O. Box 420
Trenton, NJ, 08625
Ph.: 609-984-0176
www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/
Federal
National Park Service
Technical Preservation Services
1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240
Ph.: 202-513-7270
E-mail: nps_tps@nps.gov
www.nps.gov
Historic Preservation Tax Incentives:
www.nps.gov/subjects/taxincentives/index.htm
Technical Preservation Services for Historic Buildings:
Preservation Tech Notes:
www.nps.gov/orgs/1739/preservation-tech-notes.htm
Preservation Briefs:
www.nps.gov/orgs/1739/preservation-briefs.htm
National Trust for Historic Preservation
1785 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Ph.: 800-944.6847
Fax.: 202-588-6038
www.nationaltrust.org
Publications
Architecture
Dolan, Michael. The American Porch: An Informal History of an Informal Place. Lyons Press, 2002.
Foster, Janet W. The Queen Anne House: America's Victorian Vernacular. Harry N. Abrams, 2006.
Guter, Robert P., and Janet W. Foster. Building by the Book: Pattern Book Architecture in New Jersey. Rutgers University Press, 1992.
Hanson, Scott T. Restoring Your Historic House. Tilbury House Publishers, 2019.
Jordan, Steve. The Window Sash Bible: A Guide to Maintaining and Restoring Old Wood Windows. CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2015.
Lancaster, Clay. The American Bungalow, 1880-1930. Dover Publications, 1995.
Leeke, John C. Save America's Windows. J. Leeke, 2009.
McAlester, Virginia. A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised): The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2015.
Meany, Terry. Working Windows: A Guide to the Repair and Restoration of Wood Windows. Lyons Press, 2008.
Nash, George. Wooden Fences. Taunton, 1999.
Poppeliers, John C., et al. What Style Is It? A Guide to American Architecture. Wiley, 1996.
Waldhorn, Judith Lynch. A Gift to the Street. Antelope Island Press, 1976.
Weishan, Michael. The New Traditional Garden: A Practical Guide to Creating and Restoring Authentic American Gardens for Homes of All Ages. Ballantine Publishing Group, 1999.
Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780: A Guide to the Styles. M.I.T. Press, 1969.
Cape May
Bailey, John. Cape Island: The Jewel of the Jersey Shore. Third ed., 2022.
Berkey, Joan, and Joseph E. Salvatore. Cape May. Arcadia Publishing, 2015.
Cardona, Melissa, and Tina Skinner. Doorways of Cape May. Schiffer Publishing, Limited, 2005.
Community History Committee - Center for Community Arts. Black Voices of Cape May: A Feeling of Community. Community History Committee Center for Community Arts, 2022.
Dorwart, Jeffery M. Cape May County, New Jersey: The Making of an American Resort Community. Rutgers University Press, 1992.
Pitts, Carolyn, et al. The Cape May Handbook. Athenæum of Philadelphia, 1977.
Salvatore, Joseph E., and Joan Berkey. Cape May Through Time. America Through Time, 2018.
Stevens, Lewis T. The History of Cape May County, New Jersey, From Aboriginal Times to Present Day. 1897.
Thomas, George E., and Carl Doebley. Cape May, Queen of the Seaside Resorts: Its History and Architecture. Second ed. Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1998.
Paint Colors
Moss, Roger W. Century of Color: Exterior Decoration for American Buildings, 1820-1920. American Life Foundation, 1981.
Rossiter, E. K., and F. A. Wright. Authentic Color Schemes for Victorian Houses: Comstock's Modern House Painting, 1883. Dover Publications, 2001.
Winkler, Gail Caskey, and Roger W. Moss. Victorian Exterior Decoration: How to Paint Your Nineteenth-Century American House Historically. H. Holt, 1987.
Online
Roofs
45 Degree Standing Seam Roofing Finish
Exterior Cladding
Windows
