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Helen Dickerson, worked at the Chalfonte for 77 years, becoming the director of the hotel's kitchen and with her work ending with her death. Her daughter Lucille Thompson worked there for at least 80 years, since about 1936, also heading the kitchen. The hotel celebrated Lucille's 80th anniversary of
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wrote that the Chalfonte "been likened to everything from a wedding cake to an ocean liner" and herself described it as "a time machine more than anything else."
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described it as the "Oldest and most ornate large hotel in Cape May". It is the oldest facility in the city to continually operate as a lodging facility. It is a
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In 2009 the hotel had a volunteer program in which people voluntarily keep up the hotel in the off season.
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As of 2008 the hotel has no air conditioning and common bathrooms serve the facility. In 2008 there was no
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Chalfonte Hotel, Howard Street & Sewell Avenue, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ
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Henry Sawyer built the hotel, which was built from 1875-1876, and opened as a
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Anne de Luc owned the hotel until 2008, when she sold it to Robert Mullock.
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The facility has three stories. Urgo described the railings as being "
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Our Lady Star of the Sea School in Cape May merged into what became
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This article about a building or structure in New Jersey is a
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Buildings and structures in Cape May County, New Jersey
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has facilities in Cape May Point and Middle Township.
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Cape May, New Jersey
National Park Service
contributing property
Cape May Historic District
National Register of Historic Places
boarding house
Philadelphia Inquirer
gingerbread
Wi-Fi



"NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOMINATION FORM Cape May Historic District"
National Park Service


"After 80 years at Shore hotel, Miss Lucille already looking forward to 2017"
Philadelphia Inquirer
"Cape May Historic District"
National Park Service






"Chalfonte Hotel sold, but won't sell out"
Philadelphia Inquirer

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