Post #492776 by Mo-Eye on Sun, Nov 8, 2009 5:11 PM

Despite its Caribbean sounding name, the Casa Bahama Motel was actually Polynesian in design. It was built in 1959 and is known as the first motel in the Wildwood area to adopt Polynesian / Tiki design. It had false A-frames cover the facade and the famous fake palm trees. It was torn down in 2005.

Here's a nice view of the motel and pool from the 1960s :down:

And another 1960s night shot showing the great neon sign alight :down:

This is a postcard, also from the 60s :down:

These are some later images of the building itself :down:

Here is a close up of some tikis that were added on later :down:

and some palm tree accents also added later to the doors :down:

Casa Bahama was famous for its space age sign, which lost its neon quite a while ago :down:

This 1996 image shows a much more subdued color combo on the building and sign :down:

I also found a Richie Fahey photo that was taken in a Casa Bahama Room