Rio Motel, 4810 Ocean Avenue, Wildwood, Cape May County, NJ
Summary
2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry
Significance: The Rio Motel is the last of over 200 historic motels which visitors see before the boardwalk and beach. An amalgam of the diverse motel styles found in the community, the Rio is an operational motel with attached gift ship and coffee shop. Close proximity to New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington DC have made the community of Wildwood a popular tourist destination even before the age of the automobile...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N998
Survey number: HABS NJ-1249
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Vieyra, Daniel I, faculty sponsor
Duhart, Julia, field team
Swarner, Stephanie, field team
Kent State University, School of Archtecture, sponsor
Location
cape may county, 38.98101, -74.81987
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html