Historic cabin restored as mini museum in Seabrook

The 91-year-old Dorothy Anderson Cabin will be open to the public every other Saturday beginning March 3.

The 91-year-old Dorothy Anderson Cabin in Seabrook will be open to the public every other Saturday beginning March 3.

Volunteer Patsy Ohlsen will be on hand to greet visitors from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The log cabin was built by Dorothy Anderson with her bare hands at Ocean City in 1927. It suffered severe rot and general disrepair over several decades. To keep the cabin from being destroyed, the Museum of the North Beach in Moclips, the cabin’s caretaker, had it moved twice.

It is now permanently located on Meriweather Street at the north end of Crescent Park in Seabrook.

The cabin was fully restored with a matching grant from the Seabrook Foundation and Moclips by the Sea Historical Society in 2013.

An informational historic marker was also installed, and several raised flower and vegetable beds now comprise the Dorothy Anderson Garden.

Inside the cabin are many of Anderson’s personal items and several period artifacts from donors, giving visitors the chance to step back in time.

For more information, call the museum at 360-276-4441 or email kelly@moclips.org.