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John B. McCreary House

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The John B. McCreary House, also known as the Christian Science Society and most recently The Abbey, is a historic Victorian building at 34 Gurney Street in Cape May, New Jersey. Designed by Philadelphia architect Stephen Decatur Button, it was built between 1869 and 1870 for $20,000 for State Senator John B. McCreary, a Pennsylvania coal baron. It is a contributing property in the Cape May Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. From 1979 to 2012 the building operated as The Abbey Bed and Breakfast Inn, with its owners restoring the structure and adding bathrooms for each suite, and it is now operated as a whole house rental. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Historic house 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Cape May, United States 3
Completed Year
1869 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
House 2
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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Victorian Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source John B. McCreary House (Wikipedia)
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1. John B. McCreary House (Wikipedia)
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    The John B. McCreary House, also known as the Christian Science Society and most recently The Abbey, is a historic Victorian building at 34 Gurney Street in Cape May, New Jersey. Designed by Philadelphia architect Stephen Decatur Button, it was built between 1869 and 1870 for $20,000 for State Senator John B. McCreary, a Pennsylvania coal baron. It is a contributing property in the Cape May Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. From 1979 to 2012 the building operated as The Abbey Bed and Breakfast Inn, with its owners restoring the structure and adding bathrooms for each suite, and it is now operated as a whole house rental.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1869)
    completion_date/completed = 1869-1870
  • In Style: Victorian Architecture, Wikipedia lead
    McCreary House, also formerly known as the Christian Science Society and most recently The Abbey, is an historic Victorian building located at 34 Gurney Street, corner of Columbia Street, in Cape May, New Jersey.
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2. John B. McCreary House (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Historic house)
Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Historic house)
Wikidata item Q5110125, instance of (P31): historic house
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3. John B. McCreary House (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Cape May, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Cape May, United States
Wikidata item Q5110125, property P131/P17 (location): Cape May, United States
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