The beach cottages were completed in two phases. The first group of six, commissioned in 1988, are forward of a footpath that runs the length of Seaside, parallel to the shoreline. The site is divided in the other direction by a beach access easement, an extension of East Ruskin Street, which leads to a beach pavilion and dune walkover. The program for the cottages nearest the dunes called for one bedroom and a living room and porches, and the cottages at the road were to have two bedrooms and a screened porch.
