Downtown / Inlet & Boardwalk · 8th St

Isaac Coffin Cottage Site

Where the resort began — the 1869 cottage that first took paying beach guests.

  • Landmark
  • Historical

Lost OC — the building is gone

Where it stood

It stood at
Beachfront, downtown area, Ocean Cityoceanfront
From your base
Sorts every list here by walk time.

The take

Local history says that in 1869, Isaac Coffin opened a beachfront cottage to paying guests on land patented as 'The Ladies' Resort to the Ocean' — the entire resort industry here, starting with one house. The cottage is long gone; the idea obviously caught on. Everything else in this guide descends from this spot.

Sources

  • Facts — the guide’s own research notes — no published source, July 2026 — not independently verified
  • coords — derived from the island street grid, July 2026 — not independently verified

Similar nearby

All tagged Landmark.

The neighborhood

The 12 things this place connects to in the guide's map of the town — one step out, and nothing beyond it.

Categories

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Places

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People

associated with · founded

Eras

associated with · survived

Story threads

associated with

See Isaac Coffin Cottage Site on the wiki, with every connection listed