/ 13 Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 25 December '85

I SHOP AT HOME IN VICTORIAN CAPE MAY 1

Candlelight House Tours

.(From Page 10) Carin Fedderman and Cape May makes it natural that a Dutch Christmas should be featured at the house. In the dining room, where the recently restored fireplace boasts imported Dutch Delft Blue tile, are wooden shoes filled with carrots and hay, as Dutch children would do for St. Nicholas' horse. St. Nicholas, who became the "Santa Claus" of today, was chosen as |. II I lifts® 9) i ft • CHILDREN'S & \ ADULTS' UNITARDS :lv ta' .WEIGHTS b • SHORTS ffl • RUNNING PANTS B • BaTS £ Fv . LEOTARDS •?? §?•. • LEG WARMERS & P# • HEAD BANDS ki Ut "TIGHTS u » • PARACHUTE PANTS fc K' GIH CERTIFICATES 8 *§ AVAILABLE «S | 884-0777 | fet 130 Park Ave. J I CAPE MAY ft

patron saint of children by Holland. Accenting the warm oak woodwork of the dining room is a large Christmas tree decorated as is the Dutch custom, with cigars for the gentlemen and perfume for the ladies. Notice especially the kitchen Christmas tree decorated with wooden spoons, cookie cutters, and other kitchen utensils. THE HEIRLOOM. 601 Columbia Ave., opens at 7 p.m. Built about 1876 at the foot of the newly developed Columbia Avenue, the Heirloom is now Marian Taylor's home and shop, with additional apartments and rooms and shops on the street level. Some will t*» open for tour visitors. Originally the corner drugstore of Dr. Ware, the building's handsome mansard roof also hid some colorful activities in earlier days, according to local traditions. One story has it that there was a brothel on the third floor. To warn patrons of the coming of the police, a woman was stationed in a rocking chair on the second floor porch. When she saw the police, she began to rock and sing hymns loudly. Another story has it that there was a gambling casino on the second floor; when the casino was raided, the patrons would go to a hidden room for safety. The original gambling table is now in Marian

Taylor's kitchen. Notice especially the lights, greenery, and Christmas trees which decorate the second floor porch. THE JOHN F. CRAIG House, 609 Columbia Avenue. Built in 1866. the Craig House is believed to be the oldest house extent on Columbia Avenue. Photographs taken about 1900 were used to guide the restoration work with period lighting and furnishings used throughout. The Craig House has been extensively decorated for the holidays with three Christmas trees: a front porch tree, the parlor tree (done in dried flowers) and a children's tree. Flowers and greens are everywhere in the Victorian manner. EPISCOPAL CHURCH

of the Advent, Franklin and I Washington Streets. Rev. « Robert Kahl is pastor. Cape May's Episcopal con- : gregation erected this < i building in 1867-68, using 1 the plans of architect • ' Henry Sims. He designed a i Greek cross plan church in i a Gothic style remarkable ; I for delicate interior trusses ' and double gabled roofs > over the transepts. * Most of the original church furnishings surt vive, including the stained \ glass windows, by I.C. ; Spence of Montreal. THE WHITE DOVE Cot- ) tage, 664 Hughes St. This Gothic style house was I built in 1883 and has just i been restored by the present owners, Spurgeon and Joyce Smith. Its original features include a threestory continuous staircase with walnut handrail and cherry balusters, cherry doors and woodwork, marble mantlepieces, and a charming sunporch. The house is completely furnished with family heirlooms. European antiques, and oriental rugs. Be sure to see Spurgeon's sculptures in rare and exotic woods, Joyce's paintings in acrylics, and especially Joyce's unique collection of antique dolls. Christmas decorations include a collection of Father Christmas figures and an old-fashioned Christmas tree. Chalfonte Hotel, 301 Howard St. Cape May's oldest hotel has been open every summer, since it was built in 1876 by the legendary Col. Henry Sawyer. Ornately trimmed with 4 carved gingerbread between the arches and columns of its gracious two ^ story double veranda, the k Chalfonte has a traditional J Southern elegance. The hotel's present owners. Judy Bartella and Anne LeDuc. acquired the property from Mrs. Calvin Satterfield. whose family bought the hotel from the , Sawyer family in 1910. The « new owners have maintain- * ed the old traditions while. J , with the opening of the n King Edward Room Bar * and the Classical Concert ^ Series, have begun many of R their own. ' Restoration and preserJ vation of the fine old hotel ^ continue with such in- > novative programs as the s Work Weekend where % guests exchange preserva5 lion work for their stay and 3 the famous Southern cooking. * Christmas at the Chalfonte will find the ar. ■— — — -

public rooms, where Vic- i torian Society met and socialized, decorated with j fresh greens and rope laurel in the English Vic- - torian style. Antique or- J naments will grace the tree in the Lobby. I THE DORMER HOUSE i International, 800 Colum- I bia Ave. Built in 1899 by | John Jacoby, a marble * dealer of Philadelphia, PA. < this 21 -room summer cot- . tage housed the Jacoby family, children and grandchildren. as well as the family servants. With spacious rooms filled with wicker furniture and living plants, all of the . rooms are light, bright and airy. The Dormer House has been lovingly redecorated — as apartments — for a "home away home" for families of all ages.

The laughter of children still fills the happy rooms of this inviting guest house. Owners Peg and Bill Madden boast of having the very nicest families and welcome them with open arms. "THE SEA HOUSE". 200 Madison Ave. Home of Bonnie Reina and Margaret Jones, this 20-room turn-of-the-century "cottage" was built by the family of Franklin Benjamin Gowen. former president of the Reading Railroad and the attorney who prosecuted the "Molly Maguires". Still a private residence, the home is now occupied by four generations of the same family along with their large menagerie of cats and dogs. Thirty trees are decorated throughout the three floors of the house, many with handmade ornaments. Themes include the bear, angel, doll, flower, sugarplum, sand dollar. Advent, Victorian, whale, international, cat, seashell and nautical trees as well as one with old paper dolls belonging to the original owners. Doll, bear and Advent calendar collections will also be displayed. New this year is a miniature-scaled Father Christmas workshop based on J.R.R. Toklien's "Father Christmas Letters " ;. '•

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