Wilmington in New Hanover County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Seabreeze and Freeman Beaches
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 22, 2024
1. Seabreeze and Freeman Beaches Marker
Est.by African American landowners, here, during segregation. Until 1962 was destination for Black families. Offered dining, lodging, and recreation.
Erected 2023 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number D-124.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Parks & Recreational Areas. A significant historical year for this entry is 1962.
Location. 34° 3.916′ N, 77° 53.869′ W. Marker is in Wilmington, North Carolina, in New Hanover County. It is on Carolina Beach Road (U.S. 421) north of South Seabreeze Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7605 Carolina Beach Rd, Wilmington NC 28409, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain and on the Cape Fear Coast. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Tidewater, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Civil War Fortifications (approx. 1.2 miles away); Sugar Loaf Line (approx. 1.3 miles away); For a little while it was a lively and interesting fight (approx. 1.3 miles away); I hope we can hold Wilmington (approx. 1.3 miles away); Such parts of the Sugar Loaf line... (approx. 1.4 miles away); To close the port of Wilmington... (approx. 1.4 miles away); We are strongly entrenched here... (approx. 1.4 miles away); Fort Fisher Army Air Base Hutment (approx. 1.4 miles away).
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1. Seabreeze and Freeman Beaches (D-124). Seabreeze and Freeman Beach were two pioneering beach resorts for Blacks established in North Carolina in 1922 and 1951, respectively. Closely related to each other geographically and consequently considered by some as one and the same, the two resorts provided summertime leisure for thousands of Black visitors
via Black Past, unknown
2. Seabreeze, by C. Grissell, drawing from 1993 of the African American beach resort as it was ca. 1920
2. Freeman Beach-Seabreeze, Wilmington, North Carolina (ca. 1885-). Between the 1920s and the 1960s Freeman Beach-Seabreeze developed rich cultural traditions and history as blacks from across eastern and central North Carolina traveled for miles to experience the wooden dance floors and jukeboxes. (Ronald J. Stephens, for BlackPast, March 9, 2014) (Submitted on December 5, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
3. Oceanside Divide. In many ways, Seabreeze and Carolina Beach, resorts separated by a half-mile — one for blacks, the other for whites — were in different worlds. (Our State magazine, November 2013) (Submitted on December 5, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 22, 2024
3. Seabreeze and Freeman Beaches Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on December 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 549 times since then and 121 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 5, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2. submitted on December 6, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3. submitted on December 5, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
