The National Park Service described it as the "Oldest and most ornate large hotel in Cape May".
[5] Anne de Luc owned the hotel until 2008,[6] when she sold it to Robert Mullock.
[2] Jacqueline K. Urgo of the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that the Chalfonte "been likened to everything from a wedding cake to an ocean liner" and herself described it as "a time machine more than anything else.
Urgo described the railings as being "gingerbread" style, and she stated the porches in the facility are "ornate" and "stacked like decks of a ship.
[4] Circa 2008 Mullock deliberated how to establish private restrooms and air conditioning.