Rehoboth Beach Patrol’s construction journey
Over the course of the last 15 months, Rehoboth Beach Patrol’s headquarters underwent a dramatic transformation – from a one-story, cinder block building that shared common walls with public restrooms and had few amenities to a two-story building with those much-needed amenities. The lifeguards still share the space with the public restrooms, but they’re now on different floors. It went from a brown building that could barely be seen from the beach or the street to a red-and-white beacon announcing the purpose it serves.
For various reasons, it didn’t always look like the project would get done by Memorial Day weekend, but the contractors and tradesmen worked in all weather conditions – sun, rain, snow, cold, heat, fog, wind – to get the project completed on time.
The following photos were taken over the course of construction, from the fifth floor of The Admiral on Baltimore Avenue, one of the neighboring properties to the south. What these photos don’t show is all the hard work taking place inside the building.
Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.
