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A collection of Rehoboth’s small houses and cottages
From north to south, a wide variety of beach life on a smaller scale still exists
Dwarfed by the building that houses The Shops at the Pearl, this cottage at 81 Lake Ave. might be the most extreme example in Rehoboth Beach of old beach life versus new beach life. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
September 7, 2020
The demolition of beach cottages, large and small, in Rehoboth Beach has become commonplace over the past decade or so. While technically outside Rehoboth, the recent razing of the Shell House - located on a piece of land close to the city without actually being in it - shows that pretty much no aging structure in the beach community is safe, especially if the property comes up for sale. Land is a valuable thing, and often old structures don’t maximize current building trends.
This gallery is a collection of small houses and cottages that still line the one-square-mile city’s streets. These aren’t all the small structures in Rehoboth, but they show that if a person looks hard enough, they can be found.
The Cottage Club on Henlopen Avenue shows that all a person needs when at the beach is a place to lay one’s head.
This one-story home on King Charles Avenue is a quick walk to the beach.
A property must be on the small side if it’s a half – like this one at 57 1/2 Baltimore Ave.
Even Rehoboth Avenue has a few small buildings.
The Anna Hazzard Museum on Christian Street is an original camp meeting house, an example of a time in city history when it was still a religious retreat.
Lots of shade and a big yard is good enough for the owners of this small house.
The sign above the entrance to this house says to live simply.
These two homes - 49 and 51 Oak Ave. - aren’t necessarily the smallest, but if they were torn down, the large front yard and trees would go with them.
This well-manicured property on Laurel Street looks like a good place to enjoy an afternoon drink.
This house on Hickman Street is another example of a structure that’s not small, but compared to many of its new neighbors it is.
With window air conditioning units showing, this house on Norfolk Street probably uses Mother Nature’s wind as the cooling system most of the time.
This cottage on Wilmington Avenue is literally a few hundred yards from the Atlantic Ocean.
