A handbook/guidebook for Cape May's historic buildings. Features an introduction to the architectural styles of the buildings. Includes all of the city's buildings that are in the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) including their access numbers at the Library of Congress, the houses that were moved from South Cape May as the ocean moved into that town, the buildings designed by Stephen Decatur Button, and the original houses that were built in East Cape May as that development took place. It features John's photography and watercolor paintings of those buildings.