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The Cape May Historic District is an area of 380 acres (1.5 km 2) with over 600 buildings in the resort town of Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey.The city claims to be America's first seaside resort and has numerous buildings in the Late Victorian style, including the Eclectic, Stick, and Shingle styles, as well as the later Bungalow style, many with gingerbread trim.
The New Jersey Pine Barrens, also known as the Pinelands or simply the Pines, is the largest remaining example of the Atlantic coastal pine barrens ecosystem, stretching across more than seven counties of New Jersey. Two other large, contiguous examples of this ecosystem remain in the northeastern United States: the Long Island Central Pine ...
Helen Mary Gahagan was born in Boonton, New Jersey, [1] of Scotch-Irish descent. [2] She was the eldest daughter of Lillian Rose (Mussen) and Walter H. Gahagan, an engineer who owned a construction business in Brooklyn and a shipyard in Arverne, Queens; her mother had been a schoolteacher. [1]
The Jersey Devil is a common element of folklore in the southern New Jersey and Philadelphia areas. Due to the number of alleged sightings, many believe the Devil to be an actual animal or phenomenon similar to Bigfoot and the Yeti. Believers sometimes cite the widespread sightings by crowds of people during the "phenomenal week of 1909" as ...
Once home to the man tasked with building the New Jersey Turnpike, this blue-trimmed home is on the market for $2.95 million. ... Early 1910s 'pink' neighborhood Clifton NJ home listed for $2.95M ...
Parsippany–Troy Hills was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 12, 1928, from portions of Hanover Township, based on the results of a referendum held on May 9, 1928, that split off both East Hanover Township and Parsippany–Troy Hills from Hanover Township. [ 26][ 27][ 28]
Penelope Stout. Penelope Prince and her husband Richard Stout were among the original settlers of Middletown, colonial New Jersey's second English settlement, in 1664. [1] As “Penelope Van Prince” (Van Princes, Van Princis), she is the central figure in a popular legend that claims she survived a ship stranding and deadly Lenape attack.
Cypripedium acaule, the pink lady's slipper or moccasin flower, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae native to eastern North America.It is currently the provincial flower of Prince Edward Island, Canada, [4] and the state wildflower of New Hampshire, United States.