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Southport Design is Headquarter in
Southport, North Carolina.
Southport is
located between wilmington and Myrtle Beach.
Our Location couldn't be better. Southport
is 5 minutes from Oak Island
and Caswell
Beach, 10 minutes from St James , 15 minutes (via ferry
or private boat) to Bald Head Island, and 20 minutes to Holden
Beach & Ocean Isle. Airports are 30 minutes north and south,
as Southport is equidistant from historic Wilmington, N.C. (25
minutes north), and the entertainment, dining and golf capital
of the world, Myrtle Beach, S.C. (40 minutes south). Southport
is located in the southern part of Brunswick County via US Highway
17 to Highways 87 and 211.
Imagine a lazy afternoon spent strolling the beach
in search of the perfect shell, the glimpse of a dolphin in the
water or watching the setting sun melt into the ocean at twilight.
Oak Island can make these images become a reality. Along 8 miles of
pristine shoreline, this island offers countless opportunities for
unwinding.
Guests have a variety of comfortable accommodations, including
motels, roomy condominiums, rustic beachfront cottages or more
modern rental homes. Oak Island is home to several championship
golf courses
and free tennis as well.
The island provides the total resort experience. Water
sports, golf, miniature golf, a water slide, 3 piers and deep sea
fishing are only a few of the attractions that make Oak Island a
popular but quiet vacation destination, life on the Island is a
balance between the calm seclusion of the beaches and the easy
proximity to the mainland entertainment and recreation.
There are many things to do at, and around, this charming
beach community including:
Golf
Oak Island boasts 30 golf courses within 30 minutes! Watch for
Brunswick County to become the golf capital of the coast. Several
area courses include: The
Gauntlet, The Players Course and The Members Course all at St.
James Plantation; the Freddie Couples course; Carolina National
at Winding River Plantation; Lions Paw and Panther Run at Ocean
Ridge Plantation; The Pearl; Oak Island Golf Course.
Boating, Fishing, & Beaches
Boating -
For both the sail or power enthusiast, the beautiful Cape Fear and
Lockwood Folly Rivers, Intra coastal Waterway, and the Atlantic
Ocean are available for boaters.
Offshore - Charter and private
boats take you to your prize catch, including marlin, sailfish,
dolphin, king and spanish mackerel, wahoo, bluefish and more.
Inland waters - Fishing, crabbing, shrimping and clamming are
abundant in tidal creeks and along the Intra coastal
Waterway.
Southport Lifestyle
A quaint fishing village on the mouth of the Cape Fear River,
Southport
is place you come to visit and end up never wanting to leave.
Beautiful Victorian-style homes grace the sidewalk-lined streets
under huge sweeping oak trees, hundreds of years old. Cool ocean
breezes keep temperatures mild year round. And Southport’s midway
point between Wilmington
and Myrtle Beach make it close to all of the action, yet with
an Accent! that feels worlds away.
Self-guided walking
tours provide a wealth of discovery. Stroll down Moore Street and
visit the many colorful gift shops, art galleries and antique
dealerships. Stop and rest at Waterfront Park where you may see huge
cargo ships making their way up the Cape Fear River to the port city
of Wilmington. Enjoy our fresh seafood overlooking the Southport
Yacht Basin and Marina where sailing vessels stop on their way along
the Inter-coastal waterway.
The many historic sites like the old Southport Jail, St. Philips
Episcopal Church and Smithfield cemetery are all easily accessible
on foot. You can also learn about the colorful history of Southport
and real life legends of the famous pirate Stede Bonnet at the
Southport
Maritime Museum. The Southport Visitor Center provides maps,
brochures and self-guided walking tours.
Southport History
Originally
incorporated in 1792 as Smithville, its progressive citizens changed
its name to Southport in 1887 in hopes of attracting a port. The
port went further upstream to the City of Wilmington but this
entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in the City today. The
historic charm of this community will captivate you as you walk
under a canopy of 200 year old live oak trees, or walk past majestic
Victorian century homes which once belonged to river pilots or maybe
even a pirate or two. Southport is one of few City’s with a true
downtown. Banks, antique & collectible shops, professional
offices line about a five block area in the downtown commercial
district. Just outside this district is one of the finest medical
care facilities in our region, J.A. Dosher Memorial Hospital. A
visit to our area is not complete without a day or two of walking
through these antique and specialty shops, stopping along the way
for a leisurely lunch at the Shrimp House 2 along the waterfront,
taking a pedicab historic tour of the City, watching transoceanic
vessels pass by at Waterfront Park and visiting the NC Maritime
Museum in Southport The City of Southport also offers sailors,
anglers and boaters a safe haven through the Southport Marina, Old
Yacht Basin and City Pier.
The first Spanish explorers to the region arrived in 1521,
but it was further up the Cape Fear River that the first settlement,
Brunswick Town was formed in the mid-1700s. Between 1745 and 1754
Fort Johnson was built as quarantine service for incoming seamen and
to protect settlements further up the river. Located at the mouth of
the Cape Fear, Fort Johnson attracted a small community of river
pilots and fishermen and the area began to thrive.
In
1792, the NC General Assembly, at the request of Joshua Potts,
commissioned a new township and what is now known as Southport was
born. The new town was originally named Smithville, after Benjamin
Smith who served under George Washington in the revolutionary war.
Cool summer breezes soon made Smithville a popular summer resort,
and its strategic location made Fort Johnston important in every
United States war. In 1808, Smithville became the county seat of
Brunswick County.
After the Civil War, entrepreneurial and visionary businessmen
saw opportunity to create a major southern port city by combining
the city’s river transportation with the new railroad system
which was changing the face of the United States. As part of
their strategy, Smithville was renamed Southport in 1887. Telegraph
service and a coaling dock for steamships were added. Although
Southport never became the major port city they dreamed of,
railroads served the town from 1911 to World War II and it was
on the river steamer routes until 1925
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