Cape May ยท Washington Street Mall
The Virginia Hotel
Opened in 1879 as the Ebbitt House and renamed in the early 1890s: 24 adults-only rooms on Jackson Street, with the Ebbitt Room restaurant.
- Built
- 1879Built 1879 as the Ebbitt House (the hotel: "impeccably-restored 1879 landmark"); renamed The Virginia in the early 1890s.
- Architect
- Enos Williams (per Wikimedia Commons file description)
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Rooms
- 24
- Area
- Washington Street Mall
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
The hotel opened in 1879 as the Ebbitt House, named for its first owners, Alfred and Ellen Ebbitt. It was renamed The Virginia Hotel in the early 1890s, when it drew society visitors from Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia. Cape Resorts acquired the property in 1986 and restored it. Today it has 24 guest rooms, the Ebbitt Room restaurant, and four nearby cottages in Jackson Street’s 1890s ‘Seven Sisters’ houses.
Good to know
- Adults only
- Address: 25 Jackson Street, Cape May, NJ 08204
Sources (3)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.