It took a fictional Massachusetts town, six seasons of teen angst and 145 years of one family’s history to make 6424 Head Road one of the most recognizable addresses in American pop culture. Now it belongs to someone new.
The waterfront Wilmington, North Carolina property that generations of viewers knew as Dawson Leery’s house in “Dawson’s Creek” sold Monday for $2.73 million, roughly $520,000 below its October asking price of $3.25 million, according to Mansion Global.
The home had been owned by the same family since it was built in 1880 and, remarkably, had never previously been listed before hitting the market in October 2025.
The buyer’s identity has not been disclosed.
The four-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom Colonial sits on 1.7 acres overlooking Hewlett’s Creek, the real body of water that the show rebranded as its own namesake.
Anyone who watched the WB drama between 1998 and 2003 will recognize the white clapboard facade, the wide screened porch and, above all, the private pier and floating dock stretching out over 134 feet of direct water frontage. That dock was, effectively, the show’s fifth cast member.
The show starred the late James Van Der Beek, who died of cancer in February at 48, alongside Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson and Michelle Williams.
Though the series was set in the fictional Cape Cod town of Capeside, nearly all exterior filming took place in Wilmington. Interior scenes were shot on custom-built sets, meaning what buyers are actually acquiring is the shell of a beloved story rather than its living room.
The property sits on a parcel framed by ancient live oaks, magnolias and pines, and the listing was candid about its condition, offering it as-is while suggesting the land and location are the true assets. Prospective buyers were told the site lends itself equally to a private waterfront compound, a legacy redevelopment or a preservation-minded restoration.
Listing agent Jill Sabourin of the Sabourin Homes Team at Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage called the transaction something larger than a real estate deal.
“This was never just about selling a house,” she told The Post. “This was about helping a family pass along a home filled with memories, history and meaning. We are grateful the buyers see the value in preserving that story.”
A family representative, speaking on behalf of the sellers, had put it plainly when the listing first launched: “This isn’t just walls and windows to us — it’s a chapter of Wilmington’s story.”
This is the second property connected to “Dawson’s Creek” to change hands in the past 18 months.
A home used as Joey Potter’s house in the series went to auction earlier this year for less than $30,000.
