{"nrhp_refnum":"03000286","name":"Sea View Apartments","other_names":["Sea View Inn"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7 18th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tybee Island","county":"Chatham County","state":"GA","lat":31.990943667000067,"lon":-80.85142065199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-04-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, rectangular, frame Craftsman-style rental building at 7 18th Street on the south end of Tybee Island, Chatham County, Georgia, built c. 1923 as a multi-family summer rental house by Louis Weitz, Sr., and Isaiah D. Weitz.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of the few remaining intact historic rental houses from Tybee Island's 1920s resort boom, when boarding houses lined 16th to 18th streets. It is significant for architecture as a good Craftsman-style small apartment building, and for commerce and entertainment/recreation through its long use as a summer rental and inn.","narrative":"Sea View Apartments is a two-story frame building at 7 18th Street on the south end of Tybee Island, Georgia, one block from the beach. Built around 1923 by Louis Weitz, Sr., and Isaiah D. Weitz as a summer rental house, it has a wide hip roof with exposed rafters, pine weatherboard siding, concrete piers, and verandas on both stories. Inside, it keeps beaded board walls and ceilings and wood door and window surrounds. The building was later subdivided, and porches were enclosed in the 1950s and 1970s. A recent rehabilitation removed the 1970s enclosures and restored the first floor plan. It was listed for its Craftsman design and for its role in the island's resort history. After the Tybee Road opened in 1923, boarding houses and small inns filled the area between 16th and 18th streets. Nearly all have been demolished, leaving this building as one of the few intact examples. It operated as a rental house, fishing camp, and boarding house.","period_of_significance":"c.1923-1953","architect_builder":"Louis Weitz, Sr., and Isaiah D. Weitz (builders, per the statement of significance); Architect/Builder field on the form lists N/A","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Historic and current functions are listed as multiple dwelling and hotel. A recent certified rehabilitation removed 1970s porch enclosures and returned the first floor to its original configuration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.540698-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/03000286.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000286/5ecbc15748-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000286/5ecbc15748-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jud McCranie","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sea_View_Apartments,_Tybee_Island,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jud McCranie</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sea_View_Apartments,_Tybee_Island,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99000928","name":"Tybee Island Back River Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/tybee-island-back-river-historic-district-99000928/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207351","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134149639"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/chatham-county/sea-view-apartments-03000286/"}