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Many of these Doo-Wop motels were designed by the brothers Lewis J. (Lou) and Wilburt C. (Will) Morey, born in West Wildwood in 1925 and 1927, respectively. In 1952, their company Morey Brothers Builders built Wildwood's first motel, the single-story Jay's Motel, at the corner of Hildreth and Atlantic Avenues.
West Wildwood is a borough in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.The city, and all of Cape May County, is part of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, and is part of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area. [18]
Doo-wop styled Wawa Food Market.. The Wildwoods is home to over 200 motels, built during the Doo-Wop era of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] in an area recognized by the state of New Jersey known as the Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District. [8]
The J. Thompson Baker House, also known as the Wildwood Civic Club, is located at 3008 Atlantic Avenue in the city of Wildwood in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. The historic Classical Revival building was built in 1909 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 31, 1996, for its significance in community ...
Westside Park is a 26.6-acre (10.8 ha) municipal park located between the Passaic River and Totowa Avenue in the city of Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is home to the historic Van Houten House , which was built in 1831 and was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1936. [ 5 ]
Morey's Piers & Beachfront Waterparks is a seaside amusement park located on The Wildwoods' boardwalk in Wildwood and North Wildwood, New Jersey.The park has been family owned and operated since 1969 and was run by second generation Morey Brothers, Will and Jack.
The Caribbean Motel is a historic motel located in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey. [3] It is located in the Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District.The motel was built in 1957 in the Doo-Wop style by Lou Morey, whose family built many of the Wildwoods' original Doo Wop motels, for original owners Dominic and Julie Rossi. [4]
The Chateau Bleu Motel is located at 911 Surf Avenue in the city of North Wildwood in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.The historic motel is in an area known as, and designated by the state of New Jersey as, the Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District.