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Congress Hall’s 200 Years of Farm-to-Fork History

• The grand dining room set up for a Fourth of July dinner, believed to be at Congress Hall before the fire of 1878; INSET: A Congress Hall Bill of Fare from July 20, 1851. PHOTOGRAPHS: From the Congress Hall Archive.

• A postcard with an image of the ‘second Congress Hall’, before it was destroyed by fire in 1878. FROM THE CONGRESS HALL ARCHIVES

• Entrance to Congress Hall from the Grand Lawn, dressed for the holidays. COURTESY OF CAPE RESORTS

• The Blue Pig Tavern, Congress Hall’s restaurant. COURTESY OF CAPE RESORTS

• Fall vegetables and chickens from Beach Plum Farm supply Congress Hall with fresh eggs and meat all year round. PHOTOGRAPHS: TOP, COURTESY OF CAPE RESORTS; BOTTOM, LISA HOWARD-FUSCO