Coquina Beach Sunshades
October 9, 1956
October 9, 1956
![Coquina Beach Sunshade - Oct 9, 1956 Coquina Beach Sunshade - Oct. 9, 1956](/images/Coquina-Beach_100956_1.jpg)
![View of Coquina Beach Sunshade View of Coquina Beach Sunshade](/images/Coquina-Beach_100956_2.jpg)
![1956 view of Coquina Beach Sunshade 1956 view of Coquina Beach Sunshade](/images/Coquina-Beach_100956_3.jpg)
July 4, 1957
![Coquina Beach Sunshade on July 4, 1957 Coquina Beach Sunshade on July 4, 1957](/images/Coquina-Beach_07041957_1.jpg)
![July 4, 1957 view of Coquina Beach Sunshade July 4, 1957 view of Coquina Beach Sunshade](/images/Coquina-Beach_070457_2.jpg)
July 26, 1957
![Coquina Beach Sunshade on July 26, 1957 Coquina Beach Sunshade on July 26, 1957](/images/Coquina-Beach_072657.jpg)
October 1, 1957
![Coquina Beach Sunshade on October 1, 1957 Coquina Beach Sunshade on October 1, 1957](/images/Coquina-Beach_100157.jpg)
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Submitted by Jami Lanier
Park Historian
January 10, 2017
On March 13, 1956, the National Park Service awarded a construction contract for the Coquina Beach facilities to Daniels Building Supply and Shanaberger Lumber Company of Nags Head. They completed the project in October 1956. Closed during construction, Coquina Beach and its "ultra-modern designed sunshades" opened in the spring of 1957. The shelters withstood Hurricane Donna, the Ash Wednesday Storm, and many other storms that raked the Outer Banks in the late 1950s and 1960s, but over the long term, the laminated wood weathered poorly, and the entire structure was replaced in the early 1970s by other facilities.
Coquina Beach Sunshades
October 9, 1956 ![]() ![]() ![]() July 4, 1957
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![]() October 1, 1957
![]() ---- Submitted by Jami Lanier Park Historian
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Last updated: January 10, 2017