Original ca. 1880–1893 Poverty Beach, Cape May City, New Jersey illustrated map showing Cape May and Sewell’s Point Railroad, hotel and company grounds, nearby yacht landings and sailing grounds.

Development of an important New Jersey summer resort

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Circa 1880–1893 hand-drawn and hand-colored railroad map of building lots and Cape May & Sewell’s Point Railroad Company property at Poverty Beach, north of Cape May, New Jersey. The company was incorporated by real estate developer and railroad owner Jonathan Cone.

Shown here, the railroad line extended north from Cape May along Stockton Street and Poverty Beach to the Inlet House Hotel and yacht pier at Sewell’s Point. The drawing includes a perspective of the hotel and a sidewheel steamer. Cone owned the Republic, a sidewheel steamer that traveled between Philadelphia and Cape May.

Cone’s map delineated property lots, land improvements such as a sea wall, and public amenities like a park and yacht basin. The map’s printed label suggests it was specially made, overwashed, and drawn for reproduction as a published map.

The Cape May & Sewell’s Point Railroad was bankrupted in the financial panic of 1893.

Unique and large, a rare Victorian-era map illustrating the development of an important New Jersey summer resort.

Price: $1,500.00