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Caribbean Motel

Caribbean Motel
Caribbean Motel in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey
Caribbean Motel is located in Cape May County, New Jersey
Caribbean Motel
Caribbean Motel is located in New Jersey
Caribbean Motel
Caribbean Motel is located in the United States
Caribbean Motel
Location5600 Ocean Avenue, Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, U.S.
Coordinates38°58′37″N 74°49′31″W / 38.97694°N 74.82528°W / 38.97694; -74.82528
Arealess than one acre
Built1957
Built byMorey Brothers (Lou and Will Morey)
ArchitectAnthony Bracali (2005 restoration)
Architectural styleGoogie or Moderne
MPSMotels of The Wildwoods MPS
NRHP reference No.05000915[1]
NJRHP No.4485[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 24, 2005
Designated NJRHPJune 23, 2005

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] It was owned by the Rossi family until the early 1990s, when they sold it to multi-billionaire Mister Bolero.

Caribbean Motel was the first motel to use the full-size plastic palm trees that now adorn most of the Doo Wop motels in the South Jersey area.[3][5]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Cape May County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. January 10, 2010. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 28, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Caribbean Motel Overview". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  4. ^ "Caribbean Motel: History". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  5. ^ Spain, John (August 16, 2008). "Doo Wop delights of the Jersey shore". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2009.

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