The town was founded in 1873 as the Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting Association by the Rev. Robert W. Todd, of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church of Wilmington, Delaware, as a site for Methodist Episcopal Church camp meetings in the spirit of similar resorts further north on the New Jersey shore, such as Ocean Grove.
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In 1891, Delaware's General Assembly established the territory as a municipality, naming it Henlopen City. In 1891, it was renamed Rehoboth Beach. Image.
In 1872, the Reverend Robert W. Todd, of St. Paul's M. E. Church in Wilmington, being very feeble from weeks of camp meeting services, visited Ocean Grove ...
The Boardwalk was built in 1873. The Junction and Breakwater Railroad running between Lewes and Rehoboth was established in 1878. By 1879 the Henlopen Hotel was ...
Feb 14, 2012 · The City's actual origins as a seaside resort go back to January 27, 1873, when “The Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting Association of the Methodist ...
Jun 1, 2022 · In 1872, Reverend Robert W. Todd from St. Paul's M.E. Church in Wilmington had the idea of founding a camp meeting area on the Delaware coast ...
The name was formally changed to Rehoboth in 1893. Since its founding the City of Rehoboth Beach has continued to be one of the most popular resorts on the ...
1872 - Religious Founders purchased 414 acres for Camp Meeting Grounds. · 1873 - "The Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church" ...
For a beach town founded in the 1870s as a Methodist Meeting Camp, Rehoboth Beach developed a gay sensibility surprisingly early.
Aug 29, 2023 · The town was founded in 1873 as the Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting Association by the Rev. Robert W. Todd. The first boardwalk was laid down that ...