Title | Description | |
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![]() | Old Quawk | The story of Old Quawk has been told on Ocracoke Island since at least the early nineteenth century. |
![]() | Island Inn | Built in 1901, the upper floor of the main section was used as the meeting room for the Odd Fellows Lodge. The lower floor was used as a schoolhouse. |
![]() | Springer's Point | Springer’s Point is the last maritime forest remaining in Ocracoke Village. Off its shore lies Teach's Hole, where Blackbeard's last battle took place. |
![]() | Springer's Point Trail Head | Springer’s Point is the last maritime forest remaining in Ocracoke Village. Off its shore lies Teach's Hole, where Blackbeard's last battle took place. |
![]() | Assembly of God Church | The Assembly of God Church carries on the Pentecostal tradition begun in 1938 on Ocracoke Island. |
![]() | Capt Bill Thomas House | In the harbor of St. Kitt’s in the Caribbean Captain Thomas spied a stately home with a wide veranda and decided to have a replica built for himself and his new bride back on Ocracoke. |
![]() | Albert Styron's Store (Historic Site) | One of five general stores on Ocracoke during the first half of the twentieth century, Albert Styron’s store, established in 1920, served the need of people living Down Point. |
![]() | Teach's Hole / Blackbeard | In November of 1718, the governor of Virginia sent Robert Maynard of the British Royal Navy to hunt down Blackbeard. In a deep water channel off the shore of Springer’s Point, Maynard’s men overpowered the smaller pirate crew and beheaded their captain. |
![]() | Village Craftsmen / Howard St. | Both the "Around Creek" and "Down Point" audio tours begin at Village Craftsmen on Howard Street. |
![]() | USLSS Boathouse | In 1883 the US government established the island’s first Life Saving Station near Hatteras Inlet. |
![]() | Berkley Castle | Influenced by both New England turn-of-the-century resort architecture and by Colonial Williamsburg style, the Castle was built in the mid-1950s by industrialist Sam Jones. |
![]() | Howard Street | Howard Street is a North Carolina treasure. No other street has the history and charm it boasts. |
![]() | Bragg-Howard House | This house is representative of the basic island home, the historic "story and a jump," a diminutive frame house, one and a half stories high. |
![]() | Ocracoke Lighthouse | Ocracoke Island’s most prominent landmark is its 75′ tall lighthouse built in 1823. |