John F Craig House News and Blog » lighthouse http://www.johnfcraig.com/blog Cape May Bed and Breakfast on the New Jersey Shore Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:38:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Hereford Inlet Lighthouse http://www.johnfcraig.com/blog/2010/07/hereford-inlet-lighthouse/ http://www.johnfcraig.com/blog/2010/07/hereford-inlet-lighthouse/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:32:10 +0000 insideout http://www.johnfcraig.com/blog/?p=345 Cape May Lighthouse is a beautiful building, and it is close to our bed and breakfast Cape May. Yet is is not the only lighthouse around here. Hereford Inlet Lighthouse is also close to our inn – less than fifteen miles away – and well worth a visit. You could even bike there, if you were so inclined.

Hop up to the Hereford Inlet Lighthouse some time.

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The Hereford Inlet Lighthouse marks the mouth of Hereford Inlet, which leads from the Atlantic Ocean to the Intra-Coastal Waterway. The residential lighthouse was built on an uninhabited barrier island in 1874 in the Swiss Carpenter – or Stick – style. It is the only lighthouse built in this style on the East Coast, and only two others in this style remain standing on the west coast today. Around the lighthouse are beautiful gardens that were carefully designed to appear unplanned and a bit overgrown.

The Hereford Inlet Lighthouse is open seven days a week through mid October. The next time you are staying at our New Jersey bed and breakfast, perhaps you’ll take a few hours to visit this lovely spot.

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