This beautifully appointed room with a queen size bed was the office of the original builder of the Doctor’s Inn. The only room located on the first floor, this room is ADA accessible.

Features a queen size bed, steam shower, and a view of historic main street.

This room is named after Edith Wood, Phd., born on September 24, 1871. She entered Smith College at sixteen and graduated three years later at the top of her class. She studied also in France being fluent both in French and German. She loved to paint, but after a summer in France decided the Bohemian artistic lifestyle was not for her so she then turned to writing. A prolific author, she published between 20 and 30 short stories, books, and novels. However, her great grandmother Hetty was very disappointed in her when at the ripe age of eighteen she showed no signs of marrying. Hetty very much wanted to be a great-great-grandmother saying “anyone can be a great grandmother but a great-great-grandmother is a real accomplishment!” Edith, however, had other ideas. Her father was a Naval Officer who taught at Annapolis and Edith often sat in on classes with men, which was unheard of in those days. Eventually, she met and married a naval officer in 1892 and followed him around the world learning both Japanese and Korean amidst her travels.

Their four-year-old son died of meningitis in Japan and their French nursemaid contracted tuberculosis in Puerto Rico, twice. Edith’s subsequent research of tuberculosis led her to be founder of the Anti-Tuberculosis Society in Puerto Rico and helped raise money for a sanitarium.

A move to Washington D.C. piqued her interested in the problems of low and middle-income housing. Fearing she did not know enough she enrolled at Columbia University and earned a Ph.D in Sociology. Her book of housing problems published in 1919 became a textbook and standard as well as her updated version in 1935.

Her husband retired his naval career and wanted to farm in Cape May Court House so they returned here. She had fallen down the steps on this property on a previous visit and did not want to live here so they moved to another house on the property after a few years.

This suite is named after a previous owner of the Inn, Dr. Carolyn Crawford a neonatologist. When she purchased it in 1993 the building was in a state of deterioration. Through a significant capital investment and a vision, she revived the grandeur of the Doctor’s Inn. This suite was her residence during her proprietorship.

The namesake for this room, Roger Cognant Wood Ph.D, Roger went to Princeton University where he received his Masters Degree in Geology. He then attended Harvard University where he graduated with a Ph.D. He is now on the faculty of Stockton University and resides in Avalon. Roger invented a special net, which keeps Terrapin turtles from getting caught in lobster traps. Terrapins were an endangered species as a result of their being able to find their way into these traps. As a result of this invention lobsterman found they were now only catching bigger and better lobsters. Thus, the invention has a two-fold positive effect both ecologically and economically, two situations that do not always work in tandem.

Albert Frederick is the son of Albert Elmer Wood. He is a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia where he received his M.D. He received his B.A. from Amherst University, which he loved ever since his father had taught there. During the Vietnam War he was a flight surgeon in both Vietnam and Thailand. Specializing in Urology, he currently resides in San Francisco, California.

Florence Dowden Wood, Phd. received her doctorate in Zoology from Yale. She was the first female graduate student from Yale with a doctorate in Zoology. A visiting professor impressed with Florence introduced her to the study of Arachnoids and Lobsters, which would become her life’s work. After the death of her husband she lived alone for many years. She was the last original family member to occupy this house.