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We continue our series of short profiles of members of the Facilities Management Board with these two profiles. And there’s plenty of extra storage space. Including a 2-door frost-free refrigerator, a range with self-cleaning oven, a disposal, a sound-insulated dishwasher and optional washing machine and dryer. Alakazam! You won’t have to raise a finger because it’s completely equipped with General Electric appliances. On the practical side, there’s your eat-in kitchen. And each home has private patio areas which can be individually planted and decorated. A 52-inch, open-hearth brick fireplace is built into every home. Wall-to-wall carpeting is provided in a rich variety of colors and materials. It’s an unconventional notion, but nonetheless a gracious one. And a way of life that you could get very used to. You get the best shellfishing this side of the Atlantic. ![]() When you buy a home at Sea Pines, you automatically get more than your own stretch of beach to stretch out on. Your own home.ġ,000 feet of private beach, and then some. 70 percent of the land in its natural state for the pleasure and enjoyment of each owner.īut the best land has been put aside so that we could put something man-made on it. And something even harder to find these days: nothing. And we’re sure that wouldn’t be enough for you either.įor Sea Pines, we wanted something more. We could have treated each unit like any other condominium. But a dream made real because a sand castle at Sea Pines is within realistic reach.Ĭlusters, not clutter. We took that traditional concept of private living and turned it into something you’ve always wanted. Sea Pines condominiums were conceived, designed and constructed on an age-old foundation:Ī man’s home is his castle. Most of the area is left natural and no one feels hemmed in.” The article stated that Sea Pines boasted “natural looking homes in washed gray and muted barn reds among pine trees. An article in the Boston Sunday Herald Advertiser in August 1976 discussed the expansion of the development to include new, pre-sold (another novel idea) units at the beachfront these were listed at $62,000 to $126,000, considerably pricier than the existing units listed at $37,000 to $61,000. #Serving all my patients trapping cooking haitians Patch#At its largest the school occupied 300 acres and included the buildings now housing Chillingsworth Restaurant and the Strawberry Patch store.Ĭonstruction at Sea Pines began in 1973 and continued in four phases through 1984. The land purchased for the Sea Pines development was originally the summer camp component of the Sea Pines School of Charm and Personality for Young Women, a finishing and college preparatory school established in 1902. The first ones in the United States were built in Utah in 1960 but the concept didn’t gain steam until after 1970, when federal legislation enabled the condominium form of residential ownership. Condominiums were a novel idea at the time. Sea Pines was the first condominium community created by developers CMJ of Quincy the firm would go on to develop Ocean Edge and Brewster Green condominiums. Later iterations of sales materials included floor plans for the five condominium designs ultimately offered: The Bay House, The Carriage House, The Brewster House, The Garden House, and the Ranch Cape. Housed in a folder made of sand paper (literally), the marketing package contains a lyrical description of our then-fledgling community and the benefits of a Brewster address (excerpted below). Not surprisingly, there was more than a little hyperbole (and a touch of chauvinism) in the sales brochure that launched the initial sale of Sea Pines units in 1974. "Alakazam – all General Electric appliances!" ![]() Sea Pines marketing materials, circa 1974. We welcome your comments to the editor at the email address below. All e-newsletters are posted on the website and printed copies are provided at the clubhouse. The newsletter and website aim to keep you up-to-date on all the Sea Pines news you'll need. Thank you to all the members of the Sea Pines community for the care and concern you have demonstrated for each other. "Business as unusual" continues at Sea Pines as the pandemic persists and we negotiate these unsettled times. Here's to a better 2021 Happy New Year and welcome to the Winter 2021 edition of the Sea Pines e-newsletter. ![]()
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