The Queen Victoria Bed and Breakfast in Cape May on the Jersey Shore.
The Queen Victoria was built in 1881 by Douglas Gregory, a Cape May native and Delaware River pilot, as a home for his small family. He purchased the land for his home from Charles W. Potts for $3500 from Philadelphia merchants Charles Potts and paid about $4000 for the construction of the home. The building sits on the former site of the huge Columbia Hotel, which burned down in the last great Cape May fire of 1878. Mr. Gregory sold the home in 1889 to Elizabeth Baker. In 1913 Dr. Franklin Hughes purchased the building at a Sheriff's sale for $6,750. He leased the building to the Navy for use as a war camp community service facility from 1913 until 1918, before moving his family in. In 1980, Dane & Joan Wells purchased and restored the building, opening it up as The Queen Victoria in 1981. Doug and Anna Marie purchased this grand building as part of their acquisition of The Queen Victoria on May 26, 2004.
The Queen Victoria Bed and Breakfast in Cape May on the Jersey Shore.
The Queen Victoria was built in 1881 by Douglas Gregory, a Cape May native and Delaware River pilot, as a home for his small family. He purchased the land for his home from Charles W. Potts for $3500 from Philadelphia merchants Charles Potts and paid about $4000 for the construction of the home. The building sits on the former site of the huge Columbia Hotel, which burned down in the last great Cape May fire of 1878. Mr. Gregory sold the home in 1889 to Elizabeth Baker. In 1913 Dr. Franklin Hughes purchased the building at a Sheriff's sale for $6,750. He leased the building to the Navy for use as a war camp community service facility from 1913 until 1918, before moving his family in. In 1980, Dane & Joan Wells purchased and restored the building, opening it up as The Queen Victoria in 1981. Doug and Anna Marie purchased this grand building as part of their acquisition of The Queen Victoria on May 26, 2004.