About Us
The Greater Cape May Historical Society:
Executive Board
PRESIDENT AND HISTORIAN
Harry C. Bellangy 884-6472
harrycb@verizon.net
VICE PRESIDENT AND CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Jean Davis 884-0883 jeandavis108@comcast.net
RECORDING SECRETARY
Lois Harris 884-1976
gsuslark@gmail.com
TREASURER
Joan Green 898-1236
cmroadrunner@verizon.net
Standing Committees
Building & Grounds
Shaine Meier (609) 675-8382 shanemeierforcouncil@yahoo.com
Exhibit Coordinator
Pip Campbell (215) 543-5697
pipcamp@aol.com
Hugh McCauley (610) 291-1576 hughjm@verizon.net
Membership Chairperson
Carol Boyd (609) 884-2448
grantstbeachbum@comcast.net
Museum Chairperson and Curator
Laurie Thomas (609) 846-7834 rest4@comcast.net
Newsletter Editor
Jessica Keeler jessica@amissdesigns.com
Publicity
Bob Steenrod (609) 636-4525 steenerb@comcast.net
Tour Guides Coordinator
Happy Beacham (609) 886-3292
Gardens Chairperson
Marie Stone 898-8706 seasidegardener@verizon.net
The mission of the Greater Cape May Historical Society is to collect, preserve, document, interpret and share the history of the greater Cape May area. The headquarters of this organization, incorporated in August, 1974, is the Colonial House Museum c 1775, located at 653½ Washington Street, Cape May, next to City Hall and behind Alexander’s Restaurant. This museum was originally a tavern and the family house of Revolutionary War Patriot Memucan Hughes. The front room features a tavern room. Other rooms open to the public in this unsung survivor from Cape Island’s very beginning depict a colonial era cooking/eating room and bedroom. A room, added in the 1930’s, is a research/exhibit room.
