The Landing near Millsboro in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Rosedale Beach Hotel and Resort
Photographed by Roslyn Carter, April 26, 2022
1. Rosedale Beach Hotel and Resort Marker
On this site was located the Rosedale Beach Hotel and Resort. The hotel and resort operated from the early 1900s to the 1970s. In the pre-integration era of the 20th century, there were very few places for people of color to go for entertainment and hotel accommodations. Because of this, Rosedale Beach was a destination point for many people along the East Coast. Rosedale Beach was officially incorporated on April 14, 1937. The resort featured a hotel, boardwalk, dance hall, picnic and beach area, campground and amusement park. Well known artists such as Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Jackie Wilson and Stevie Wonder played at the resort. Once Delaware integrated its beaches, hotels and other public facilities, visitation to Rosedale Beach began to decline. The boardwalk was destroyed by the storm of 1962 and was never replaced. Although people still visited the resort until the mid-1970s, the Rosedale Beach Hotel and Resort was eventually sold to Gull Point Inc. in 1983.
Erected 2011 by Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number SC-226.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans
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Location. 38° 35.724′ N, 75° 12.552′ W. Marker is near Millsboro, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is in The Landing. It is on Warwick Cove Way 0.1 miles west of Gull Point Rd, on the right when traveling west. Google Maps shows the road where this marker is, as Crepe Myrtle Rd, but that is incorrect. There is a prominent street sign saying Warwick Cove Way. Don't go on Crepe Myrtle Rd - that is a private road with No Trespassing signs. If you use Rosedale Public Beach Access as your destination, you will find this marker on your right shortly before the public access parking area. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Millsboro DE 19966, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Delawares Beaches. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic and on the Delmarva Peninsula. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Indian Mission School (approx. Ύ mile away); Harmony United Methodist Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away); Chair of Honor (approx. 1.7 miles away); Patton Medium Tank (approx. 1.7 miles away); Bullseye-Ferry Landing
Photographed by Roslyn Carter, April 26, 2022
2. Rosedale Beach Hotel and Resort Marker
Other markers no longer nearby. Harmony United Methodist Church (was approx. 0.9 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Ancient Paths (was approx. 1.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Photographed by Roslyn Carter, April 26, 2022
3. Nearby street sign
Credits. This page was last revised on April 1, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2022, by Roslyn Carter of Ocean View, Delaware. This page has been viewed 1,495 times since then and 97 times this year. Last updated on June 29, 2022, by Roslyn Carter of Ocean View, Delaware. Photos: 1. submitted on April 27, 2022, by Roslyn Carter of Ocean View, Delaware. 2. submitted on June 29, 2022, by Roslyn Carter of Ocean View, Delaware. 3. submitted on April 27, 2022, by Roslyn Carter of Ocean View, Delaware. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
