My Old Childhood Home ~ Not For Sale in Cape May Court House, NJ

Childhood Home – C.1915 Foursquare was once a duplex before my parents bought this house in 1995. The walls were made out of horse hair plaster, contained lead-based paint, had a bat infestation of the old closed off chimney, and a basement that would flood during hurricane season. This was a complete fixer-upper, but had the potential to be a great home. My father constantly was fixing the house, and made it into our family home. “717” had so much charm, from the trap cellar door within the kitchen floor, the claw-foot tubs in the bathroom, to the original barn and build-in cabinets within the home. There were areas of Wild National Refuge behind and next to our property that my siblings and I would either ride the moped around, shoot our BB gun rifles, or during hurricane season row our canvas canoe in. During the Summer months we would look out into the woods to view the lighting bugs, and hear the frogs and crickets chirping. This home was only a 10 minute ride to the ocean, and 5 minutes to the bay. There were multiple trails, and historic sites to walk around as well. I couldn’t ask for a more adventurous home to be born and raised in.

Trap Cellar Door is located under the throw rug by the Old Fashioned Stove.

For some odd reason my family and I would record friends and family phone numbers on the wall in the computer room.

My father was all about glueing the family’s artwork on the attic ceiling. It was a sweet gesture, but was eventually left for the new owners.

My father built the chicken coop, shed, sunroom, and 2 full bedrooms attached to the original barn.

My mother built professional birdhouses that she would present and sell on the bench on the front of the property.