Chateau Bleu Motel

United States historic place

Significant dates

Chateau Bleu Motel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places


39°0′5″N 74°47′42″W / 39.00139°N 74.79500°W / 39.00139; -74.79500
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built	1962
Architectural style	Moderne, Googie
MPS	Motels of The Wildwoods
NRHP reference No.	04000221^[1]
NJRHP No.	4238^[2]
Added to NRHP	January 16, 2004
Designated NJRHP	April 14, 2008

Chateau Bleu Motel is located in North Wildwood, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, in an area now known as, and designated by the state of New Jersey as, the Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District. The building was built in 1962 in the distinctive "Googie" or "Doo Wop" architectural style. Googie details include the heart shaped swimming pool and the spikes (one of which is broken) at the entrance. The motel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 25, 2004.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "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.

External links

Official website

The Wildwoods

Communities

Areas

Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District

Landmarks

Caribbean Motel
Chateau Bleu Motel
Crest Fishing Pier

Education

Wildwood City School District
- Wildwood HS
North Wildwood School District
Wildwood Crest School District
Wildwood Catholic Academy (former Wildwood Catholic HS)

This list is incomplete.
The former NAS Wildwood (now Cape May Airport) is in Lower Township.
Diamond Beach is zoned to Lower Township School District and Lower Cape May Regional School District.

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Cape May County, New Jersey
Landmarks	Cape May Historic District
Districts	Dennisville Historic District Marshallville Historic District Naval Air Station Wildwood Historic District Ocean City Residential Historic District South Tuckahoe Historic District
Places of worship	Calvary Baptist Church Cold Spring Presbyterian Church New Asbury Methodist Episcopal Meeting House Saint Peter's-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church Woodbine Brotherhood Synagogue
Houses	J. Thompson Baker House Thomas Beesley Jr. House Thomas Beesley Sr. House Caribbean Motel Chateau Bleu Motel Owen Coachman House Joseph Falkinburg House Judge Nathaniel Foster House John Wesley Gandy House George Hildreth House John Holmes House Thomas Leaming House Henry Ludlam House Thomas Ludlam Jr. House Jonathan Pyne House Reeves-Iszard-Godfey House William S. Townsend House Whilldin–Miller House
Buildings	Avalon Life Saving Station Battery 223 Cold Spring Grange Hall Hangar No. 1-United States Naval Air Station Wildwood Fire Control Tower No. 23 Fishing Creek Schoolhouse The Flanders Hotel Goshen School Marine National Bank Ocean City 34th Street Station Ocean City City Hall Ocean City Life-Saving Station Ocean City Tenth Street Station Octagonal Poultry House Old Cape May County Courthouse Building Rio Grande Station Tuckahoe Station U.S. Life-Saving Station No. 35
Structures	Brandywine Shoal Light Cape May Lighthouse Hereford Inlet Light TBM-3E Avenger Torpedo Bomber
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Cape May County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey