Prior to Hurricane Hazel’s devastation in 1954, this 28-acre stretch of land near Pawleys Island was a vacation retreat for African-Americans
Keeping Watch: At McKenzie Beach, the Manigault sisters, Naomi Holmes and Gladys Watkins, view the inlet and Atlantic Ocean from the end point of Old Beach Road.
Their mother, Mrs. Maggie McLeod Manigault, keeping watch over her young son, Walter Jr., and his cousin, Anthony Hurley.
Gladys and Naomi walk the grounds of the aged, weather-battered Manigault family beach home, which is pictured above in its prime years.
Hurricane Hazel’s destruction in Cherry Grove.
Counselors and campers from nearby Camp Baskerville of Holy Cross Faith Memorial Episcopal Church visiting McKenzie Beach in 1950.Walter Manigault Jr. is pictured third from the right in the bottom row.
Hurricane Hazel left a path of destruction from Haiti to Canada when it struck in October 1954.
The old McKenzie Beach Motel, as pictured from U.S. 17.
Mrs. Annie Rivers Manigault, grandmother to Walter Manigault Jr. and Anthony Hurley, at the Atlantic Shoreline.
he Manigault beach home circa 1952.
These campers of Camp Baskerville from Miss Ruby’s Holy Cross Faith Memorial Episcopal Church site walked miles along U.S. 17 to McKenzie Beach each day for their daily beach activities.
Before Hurricane Hazel, McKenzie Beach was the summer retreat site for a small, regularly returning group of black residents who treasured the well-cared-for resort.
The Manigault sisters, Gladys and Naomi, walk and reminisce along Old Beach Road.
