Built: 1900. Original Building Name: George Douglass Carriage House. Original Location: Washington Street in Cape May.
The Village woodworker demonstrates a velociped wood cutting machine, shingle making, carving and more! The building also shelters a carriage, which is used to take visitors on horse and wagon rides with Levi, the Village horse.
This two-story Victorian style barn, now used as the Village’s woodwright’s shop, was built to hold a carriage, one horse and riding equipment. The precursor to the modern garage, carriage houses and stables were common parts of the urban landscape before the invention of the automobile The building’s basic form, along with its board and batten siding, were commonly used on Victorian buildings and were first popularized by the American architect Andrew Jackson Downing in 1850.
CURRENT HOURS: Fall/Winter Schedule
Mon - Fri, 10 AM - 4 PM (Welcome Center also Open) Saturday, 11 AM - 3 PM (Country Store Open) Admission Fee: Donation Based (suggested Donation $5.00 per person)
Self-Guided Tour Only - No Open Buildings & No Interpreters (Except for Country Store)
Private Guided Walking Tours Offered
Call Admin Office to Schedule
(609.898.2300 Ext. 10)
Interiors Closed for the Fall/Winter Season
Welcome Center (except holidays) Mon-Fri, 10AM-4PM
Country Store: Sat, 11AM - 3PM
Village Eatery Friday, 12PM - 7PM, Sat-Sun, 12PM - 5:30PM (access from just outside of Brewery Entrance)
Deliveries to U.S. Route 9 Village Entrance-2nd Floor of Welcome Center, Admin Office
The Hours of the Village, Brewery & Restaurant change throughout the year. Please make sure to check the hours. Please respect these changes from previous years and refrain from entering the Village Grounds except when advertised as Open.
The HCSV website has been developed with financial assistance from the New Jersey Historic Trust through the Discover NJ History License Plate Heritage Tourism Grant Program
NEW JERSEY REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - Historic Cold Spring Village Historic District (ID#5479) Department of State NJ Motion Picture & Television Commission ID #10162969