Cape May · Washington Street Mall
The Queen Victoria
A B&B in three Victorian buildings at Ocean Street and Columbia Avenue, led by the 1881–82 Douglas Gregory House.
- Built
- 1881Main building is the Douglas Gregory House, built 1881-82 (HABS); the B&B also uses Prince Albert Hall and the House of Royals.
- Type
- B&B
- Area
- Washington Street Mall
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
The inn’s main building at 102 Ocean Street is the Douglas Gregory House of 1881-82, documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey. The B&B spans three Victorian buildings at Ocean Street and Columbia Avenue: the main house, Prince Albert Hall behind it and the House of Royals across the street. Dane and Joan Wells were the owners in 2002; it sold again in 2021, when longtime innkeepers Doug and Anna Marie retired, and continues as a B&B under new management.
The ghost story
In a Cape May Magazine ghost walk, the writer reports that two former 'ladies of the evening' still haunt the Queen Victoria's House of Royals building across the street, mingling with guests on its top floor.
Source: www.capemay.com
Good to know
- Breakfast: included
- Parking: street
- Address: 102 Ocean Street, Cape May, NJ 08204
Sources (5)
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:102_Ocean_Boucher_CMHD.jpg
- https://mapservices.nps.gov/arcgis/rest/services/cultural_resources/nrhp_locations/MapServer/1
- https://www.capemay.com/blog/2021/06/whos-new-whos-moved-whos-gone-2021/
- https://www.capemay.com/blog/2002/10/long-gone-but-refusing-to-leave-the-ghosts-of-cape-may/
- https://queenvictoria.com/our-inn/our-buildings/
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.