On State Highway 343 0.2 miles north of U.S. 158, on the left when traveling north.
Built in 1847, the historic Camden County Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. "A jewel among the state's Greek Revival buildings," the two-story building with hip roof and five-bay main facade replaced a . . . — — Map (db m57038) HM
On State Highway 343 at NC Highway 34 North (U.S. 158), on the left on State Highway 343.
Member of provincial congresses, 1775–1776; lieutenant colonel of militia in Revolution; Congressman, 1795–99. Grave is 7 miles S.E. — — Map (db m2768) HM
On McPherson Road (State Highway 1231) 0.1 miles south of U.S. 17, on the right when traveling south.
North Carolina's Civil War stories are as diverse as its landscape. Northeastern North Carolina, including Camden County, the Outer Banks, and the coastal rivers, saw action early in the war as Union forces occupied it. Stories abound of naval . . . — — Map (db m165188) HM
On U.S. 158 at State Highway 343, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 158.
Member provincial congress, 1775; brigadier general of militia in Revolution; member N.C. conventions, 1788-1789. Home is 4 miles S.E. — — Map (db m165197) HM
On State Highway 343 0.1 miles south of U.S. 158, on the right when traveling south.
Member provincial congress, 1775; brigadier general of militia in Revolution; member N.C. conventions, 1788-1789. Home was 4 mi. S.E. — — Map (db m165199) HM
On Highway 158 just east of Havenwood Drive (County Road 1257), on the right when traveling west.
Author of "Blackbeard, a Comedy," 1824, an early drama on North Carolina, & other works. Member of Congress. Grave 160 yds. N.W. — — Map (db m165205) HM
On State Highway 343 0.1 miles north of Plank Bridge Road, on the right when traveling south.
Colonel William Byrd II proposed digging a series of ditches and a channel through the Dismal Swamp in 1728. Construction began on the Dismal Swamp Canal in 1793, after the North Carolina and Virginia General Assemblies passed similar acts for . . . — — Map (db m165196) HM
On Highway 343 0.1 miles north of Bunker Hill Road (State Highway 1217), on the right when traveling north.
This location is the site of the original "McBride Colored School". The school was erected in 1926 during the era of segregation in the rural South for the education of African American children grades 1-12.
Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. . . . — — Map (db m211237) HM
On McPherson Road (State Highway 1231) 0.1 miles west of U.S. 17, on the right when traveling south.
Dismal Swamp Canal
c. 1805
Has Been Placed on The
National Register
of Historic Places
[Additional block to the right:]
National Historic
Civil Engineering Landmark
The Dismal Swamp Canal
Designated . . . — — Map (db m165189) HM
On Canal Drive 0.3 miles south of Main Street (U.S. 17), on the left when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
Early in 1862, Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside led an expedition to secure the coast of North Carolina and occupy strategically important sites such as New Bern and Elizabeth City. After Burnside learned of the March 9 clash between USS . . . — — Map (db m282666) HM
On Canal Drive 0.3 miles south of Main Street (Business U.S. 17), on the left when traveling south.
In December 1861, a drum's loud rattle shattered the silence here as the 3rd Georgia Infantry marched by this lock north to winter quarters in Portsmouth, Virginia. Lt. William W. Turner wrote, "The regiment took up its line of march to South . . . — — Map (db m282665) HM
On State Highway 343 at Main Street (U.S. 17), on the right when traveling north on State Highway 343.
Methodist since 1792. Begun as Anglican c. 1733. Visited by bishops Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke. Building erected 1837; remodeled 1882. 2½ mi. E. — — Map (db m56764) HM
On Coinjock Canal Road north of Worth Guard Road, on the right when traveling north.
Beginning in the 1820s, "canal fever" swept the country and Americans built dozens of canals to improve transportation. Some, such as the Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal that was completed in 1859, are still in use today. As constructed, this canal . . . — — Map (db m276264) HM
Near Old Coinjock Canal Road 0.2 miles east of Worth Guard Road, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
After the Battle of Elizabeth City and the destruction of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in February 1862, the Confederates scuttled ships to block the North Carolina cut. The Federals had the same idea to stall Confederate traffic and sent five . . . — — Map (db m56979) HM
On Coinjock Canal Road 0.2 miles north of Cromwell Drive.
Planted November, 2003
to commemorate the dedication of
Veterans Memorial Park
in the year 2003
The American Liberty Elm was named after “The Liberty Tree. Our Country’s First Symbol of Freedom.” On the morning of August 14, . . . — — Map (db m205433) HM WM
Near Coinjock Canal Road 0.2 miles east of Worth Guard Drive, on the right when traveling north.
This Veterans Memorial Park
is dedicated
to all servicemen and women of Currituck County
that ever served in the Armed Forces of the
United States, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine.
Their devotion to duty and country
can never be . . . — — Map (db m205388) WM
Due to its remote location on the Currituck Outer Banks, the Whalehead Club has been used in various ways for national defense. Shortly after Ray T. Adams purchased this property, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) and the U.S. . . . — — Map (db m82188) HM
With its gracious proportions, unusual pink color, and sloping rooflines, the Corolla Island boathouse built by Edward Collings Knight Jr. and his wife complemented their main house.
Even more than the main house, the boathouse was the center . . . — — Map (db m10433) HM
On Corolla Village Road, on the left when traveling north.
Currituck Outer Bankers depended on the land and the water for their livelihoods. Besides waterfowl hunting and fishing, the Sound provided an important transportation route to and from the Currituck mainland and up and down the Banks. The first . . . — — Map (db m91802) HM
On Corolla Village Road at Persimmon Street, on the left when traveling north on Corolla Village Road.
Historic Corolla Chapel
In 1885, the Corolla community formed an inter-denominational congregation in Corolla Village and built the original one-room chapel. Circuit-riding preachers were sent to the Village by horse and buggy by way of the . . . — — Map (db m91795) HM
On Corolla Village Road at Schoolhouse Lane, on the left when traveling south on Corolla Village Road.
Twiddy & Company began preservation in Corolla Village in 1986. The first effort was the Kill Devil Hills Lifesaving Station built in 1878. Relocation from the original oceanfront site was a requirement of the sale, so the station was moved to . . . — — Map (db m76660) HM
Near Ocean Trail (State Highway 12) near Club Road.
When Edward Collings Knight Jr. and his wife, Marie-Louise leBell, purchased this property in 1922, the Lighthouse Club, a hunting club, already existed on land just to the south. After the Knights completed a new private residence in 1925, they . . . — — Map (db m10437) HM
On Schoolhouse lane at Corolla Village Road, on the left when traveling west on Schoolhouse lane.
Restoration began in the fall of 1999, revealing wonderful insights into life in this isolated coastal village.
Upon raising the building to repair rotten sills, workers discovered ship timbers in the foundation that were salvaged from . . . — — Map (db m10434) HM
On Corolla Village Road at Schoolhouse Lane, on the left when traveling south on Corolla Village Road.
Establishing the First Unified Corolla School
The Corolla Schoolhouse was built circa 1890 by residents Sol Sanderlin and Val Twiford and established as the first unified Corolla school in 1905. The County's one-room schoolhouse accepted . . . — — Map (db m76658) HM
On Corolla Village Road 0.1 miles west of Ocean Trail (North Carolina Highway 12), on the right when traveling west.
On December 1, 1875, the beacon of the Currituck Beach Lighthouse filled the remaining "dark spot" on the North Carolina coast between the Cape Henry light to the north and Bodie Island to the south. To distinguish the Currituck Beach Lighthouse . . . — — Map (db m114514) HM
On Village Lane 0.2 miles north of Club Road, on the left when traveling west.
A Working Lighthouse
On December 1, 1875 the beacon of the Currituck Beach Lighthouse filled the remaining "dark space" on the North Carolina coast between the Cape Henry Lighthouse to the north and Bodie Island Lighthouse to the . . . — — Map (db m114498) HM
When the last inlet to Currituck Sound closed in 1828, the water began to change. As rain, rivers, and streams poured in to the sound, the water became less salty and tall-grass marsh and wild celery attracted large flocks of migratory waterfowl in . . . — — Map (db m10686) HM
The Whalehead Club has always been associated with wealth and leisure pursuits. When Edward Collings Knight Jr. and his wife, Marie-Louise LeBel, built their residence here in the 1920s, they made it as opulent as possible. The estate included the . . . — — Map (db m10687) HM
On Corolla Boulevard (State Highway 12) at Schoolhouse Lane, on the left when traveling north on Corolla Boulevard.
The Kill Devil Hills Life Saving Station was built in 1878, one of 11 stations erected along the Outer Banks at the turn of the century. At that time, the lifesaving service relied on members of the local community to bravely respond to the frequent . . . — — Map (db m91796) HM
Near Club Road at Ocean Trail (North Carolina Route 12), on the left when traveling west.
“Currituck” is from the Algonkian word meaning “land of the wild goose.”Currituck Sound is located in Currituck and Dare Counties in Northeast North Carolina.
Currituck Sound, a brackish water estuary separated from the . . . — — Map (db m257087) HM
Near Ocean Trail (State Highway 12) at North Beach Access Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
Brackish Marsh
According to the description found in William Byrd’s diary from 1728, Currituck Banks was a wind-swept, overwash island that was sparsely vegetated with low shrubs and salt-tolerant red cedar. At that time, inlets opened . . . — — Map (db m259686) HM
When Ray T. Adams bought this estate for just $25,000 in 1940, he dreamed of opening a hunt club and selling parcels of land for real estate. He changed the name to the Whalehead Club and invited potential investors, politicians (including Dwight . . . — — Map (db m10688) HM
Architectural drawings suggest that the caretaker's residence dates to the 1920s and was designed to house two families who worked for the Knights. Cleveland lewark, chief hunting guide and superintendent of the property, lived in one side of the . . . — — Map (db m10689) HM
Due to excellent wildfowl hunting conditions in the second half of the 19th century, private hunt clubs owned most of the land on the Currituck Outer Banks. In 1874 a group of wealthy Northeaster industrialists build the Lighthouse Club just south . . . — — Map (db m10690) HM
Near Ocean Trail (State Highway 12) near Club Road.
Constructing the Residence
In 1922, Edward Collings Knight, Jr. and Marie-Louise LeBel Knight purchased this property for its access to excellent waterfowl hunting and to entertain guests. They named the property "Corolla Island" due to the . . . — — Map (db m79260) HM
On Ocean Trail (State Highway 12) at Club Road on Ocean Trail.
After second owner Ray T. Adams died in 1957, the Whalehead Club was used as a summer boy's school, housed a rocket fuel testing facility, and was proposed for resort development. With restoration in mind, Currituck County purchased the club in . . . — — Map (db m10691) HM
Near Village Lane 0.3 miles west of Ocean Trail (State Highway 12), on the left when traveling west.
Waterfowl hunting is an essential piece of Currituck history and culture. Hunting accelerated rapidly during the 19th century and is a proud tradition carried on by many Currituck natives.
Market Hunting
In the mid 19th . . . — — Map (db m114497) HM
The Knights did not choose this location for their hunting retreat randomly. It sits on the Atlantic Flyway, a primary migratory route for waterfowl. Currituck, as in Currituck County, comes from the Native American work carotank or "land of the . . . — — Map (db m10719) HM
On Corolla Village Road 0.1 miles west of Ocean Trail (North Carolina Highway 12), on the left when traveling west.
Where land and water meet.
Once considered worthless, North Carolina’s wetlands are now recognized as priceless resources for their roles in conserving water and providing habitat for wildlife.
What good is a Wetland? . . . — — Map (db m76669) HM
On Courthouse Road (Route 615) east of Caratoke Highway (North Carolina Route 168), on the right when traveling west.
The town of Currituck has been the seat of county government since 1723, and the core of the courthouse to your right and jail in front of you were here before the Civil War. By 1860, the county had 7,415 residents, of whom 4,669 were white, . . . — — Map (db m276262) HM
On Courthouse Road (State Highway 1242) near Caratoke Highway (State Highway 168), on the right when traveling north.
Thursday the 31st December 1767
"On motion the following Bills were ordered to be read ... A Bill to impower the justices of Currituck County to build a prison pillary and stocks in the said county on the lot were the Court House stands for the . . . — — Map (db m9468) HM
On Courthouse Road 0.3 miles east of Caratoke Highway (North Carolina Route 168), on the left when traveling east.
Erected by the citizens of Currituck County in honor of those who so heroically served in the armed forces of World War I, 1917 – 1918 and World War II, 1941 – 1945, and dedicated to the sacred memory of those who sacrificed their lives for . . . — — Map (db m256494) WM
On Marsh Causeway (County Route 615) near Knotts Island Road.
Commissioners drove
the first stake for
the Virginia - Carolina
boundary, Mar. 18, 1728,
three miles N. E. across
Currituck Sound. — — Map (db m11286) HM
Near Brumley Road 0.2 miles east of South End Road (North Carolina Highway 615), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
During the Civil War, salt—essential for the preservation of meat—was vitally important to the massive Union and Confederate armies. Currituck County's location was ideal for salt works, and Knotts Island's residents made salt both here and across . . . — — Map (db m76552) HM
Near Brumley Road east of South End Road (State Highway 615), on the right when traveling east.
Salt is so common today that doctors warn against overuse, but during the Civil War, it was desperately needed to preserve meat for the massive armies. Currituck County's location was ideal for salt works, and Knotts Island's residents had long . . . — — Map (db m301906) HM
On Knotts Island Road east of Knotts Island Road (State Highway 615), on the left when traveling east.
A place of quiet beauty, Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge is located on Knotts Island, at the northeast corner of North Carolina. Nature lovers are drawn to the nearly 8000 acres of marsh, timberland and cropland.
A Place in . . . — — Map (db m302076) HM
On MacKay Island Road west of Knotts Island Road (State Highway 615), on the left when traveling west.
Endeavors on the behalf of waterfowl conservation were broadened substantially through the early inspiration of Mr. Joseph Palmer Knapp. In 1918, Mr. Knapp acquired the part of the refuge known as Mackay Island. To support his keen interest in . . . — — Map (db m302077) HM
On Caratoke Highway (State Highway 168) at Maple Road, on the right when traveling south on Caratoke Highway.
Here on June 10, 1863 twigs cracked and leaves rustled in the woods around you as escaped prisoners of war moved cautiously in the dusk. Earlier that day, the troop transport Maple Leaf had steamed away from Fort Monroe, Va., carrying 97 . . . — — Map (db m208580) HM
On Caratoke Highway (State Highway 168) at Maple Road, on the right when traveling south on Caratoke Highway. Reported missing.
Currituck County played a vital role in a prisoner-of-war escape in 1863. At 1:30 P.M. on June 10, the troop-transport steamer Maple Leaf sailed from Fort Monroe, Va., for Fort Delaware, carrying 97 captured Confederate officers bound for . . . — — Map (db m56981) HM
On Shingle Landing Road (County Road 1222) west of Fire Station Court (County Road 1216), on the right when traveling west.
By 1863, Moyock and the surrounding area were under Union control, but vicious guerrilla attacks continued unabated. Peaceable local farmers and merchants who wished to sell their goods in Norfolk, Va., suffered as a result. Union Gen. Henry M. . . . — — Map (db m276257) HM
On Caratoke Highway (Route 168) at North Point Road, on the right when traveling south on Caratoke Highway.
In 1728 the Virginia-Carolina boundary was first surveyed from the Atlantic coast to a spot two hundred twenty miles west of here. — — Map (db m2762) HM
On Caratoke Highway (Route 168) at Courthouse Road (North Carolina Highway 1242) on Caratoke Highway.
Preached first Methodist sermon in colony, 1772, at Currituck Courthouse. Pilmoor Memorial Methodist Church is near the site. About 300 ft. north. — — Map (db m2763) HM
On Shingle Landing Road 0.1 miles north of Puddin Ridge Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
Currituck Sound and the surrounding area were under Union control by 1863. Local farmers and merchants sought permission from Federal authorities to sell their produce in Norfolk. They followed this route to the city. Union Gen. Henry M. Naglee, . . . — — Map (db m211220) HM
Near Kitty Hawk 0.5 miles east of Caratoke Highway (U.S. 158), in the median. Reported permanently removed.
For many years before the war, Currituck Sound was a busy avenue of commerce sheltered from the Atlantic Ocean by the Outer Banks. Vessels carried produce and goods between North Carolina and Virginia. After hostilities began, the sound became . . . — — Map (db m56980) HM
On Shawboro Road (Route 34) at North Indiantown Road, in the median on Shawboro Road.
Member N.C. Assembly and U.S. Congress. Confederate colonel. Killed in attack on New Bern, Feb. 1, 1864. Home & grave about 150 feet West. — — Map (db m9507) HM
On South Indiantown Road 0.4 miles north of Trotman Road, on the left when traveling south.
Indiantown, a commercial center with a shipyard, store, and mill, became a focal point for military activity during the Civil War. On June 10, 1862, U.S. Navy Lt. Charles W. Flusser led several gunboats up the North River to capture a prominent . . . — — Map (db m56814) HM
On Highway 32 N (State Highway 32) at Corapeake Road, in the median on Highway 32 N.
The road from New England to Charleston, over which mail was first carried regularly in North Carolina, 1738-39, passed near this spot. — — Map (db m2783) HM
On Highway 32 N (State Highway 32) north of Adams Swamp Road, on the left when traveling north.
North Carolina. Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1775
Virginia. First permanent English colony in America, 1607; one of . . . — — Map (db m2787) HM
On Court Street (North Carolina Route 137) at New Ferry Road, on the right when traveling east on Court Street.
The Civil War was a major event in US history that cost the lives of thousands of citizens and left the landscape in ruins. Despite losing the war, there was a movement in the South during the era of Jim Crow to memorialize and honor veterans who . . . — — Map (db m251508) HM
On Court Street (State Highway 137) at New Ferry Road (County Road 1111), on the right when traveling east on Court Street.
To our Confederate dead
1861-1865
1915
Confederate Monument Organization
Gates Co.
To our Confederate soldiers.
Gates Co. furnished the youngest general officer in the Confederates States Army. Wm. P. Roberts without military . . . — — Map (db m60702) WM
On Church Street at Court Street ( Highway 137), on the left when traveling south on Church Street. Reported missing.
The Gates County militia had its headquarters here in the 1836 Gates County Courthouse. When the war began, the Gates Guards were organized and were mustered into Confederate service here as Co. B, 1st North Carolina Infantry. Other Gates County . . . — — Map (db m251507) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 37) 0.5 miles south of Alternate U.S. 158, on the left when traveling south.
Still on its original site, the Reid's Grove School educated African American students in the Gatesville area. Completed on November 5, 1927 and closed in 1951, it was one of seven schools in Gates County (and one of over 800 in North Carolina) . . . — — Map (db m79796) HM
On Dismal Swamp Canal Trail, on the left when traveling north.
On February 10, 1862 CSS Beaufort steamed past this spot, racing for Norfolk. She and CSS Appomattox were the survivors of fights with Union naval forces off Roanoke Island in Albemarle Sound in North Carolina. Beaufort , a . . . — — Map (db m260169) HM
Near Elizabeth River Way at Truxton Street, on the right when traveling south.
1926 Congress passed Pub. Bill No. 272 on May 22nd to finance the bridge.
1927 Construction began on August 15th.
1928 The bridge opened on August 24th, Gov. Harry F. Byrd cutting cutting the ribbon.
1939 The . . . — — Map (db m247271) HM
On Dismal Swamp Canal Trail near Ballahack Road, on the left when traveling north.
You are in Walllaceton, a community named for the Wallace family home, with the Dismal Swamp Canal and Great Dismal Swamp in front of you. Before the war, runaway slaves found refuge in the swamp. Confederate guerrillas later hid there, while the . . . — — Map (db m260163) HM
Near Elizabeth River Way at Truxton Street, on the right when traveling south.
June 3rd
1939
A Texaco Oil ship, the Rhode Island, miscalculated a turn and collided into the Jordan Bridge. One of the spans collapsed in the water causing $350,000 in damages. No deaths were reported, but two bridge workers in the . . . — — Map (db m247269) HM
On Battlefield Boulevard South (Virginia Route 168) north of Albermarle Drive, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
In this vicinity, in 1775, was the southern end of a causeway, with bridges, by which the swamp and stream were crossed. Here William Woodford's Virginia riflemen defended the passage. When Lord Dunmore's British regulars attempted to cross the . . . — — Map (db m281930) HM
On South Battlefield Boulevard north of Albemarle Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Early in Dec. 1775, colonial troops under Col. William Woodford, including the 2d VA Regiment and Culpeper Minutemen, erected breastworks near here to guard the southern end of a narrow causeway between Norfolk and North Carolina. Royal Governor . . . — — Map (db m289733) HM
On Shell Road at George Washington Highway (Business U.S. 17), on the right when traveling east on Shell Road.
Justin Holland was a 19th-century pioneer African American of the classical guitar, community leader, and abolitionist. Born in Norfolk County about 1819, he left for Massachusetts in 1833. There he took music lessons and learned to play the guitar. . . . — — Map (db m76794) HM
On Shell Road at Owens Terrace, on the right when traveling south on Shell Road.
James Edward Owens and Grace Catherine Melvin Owens, the college-educated children of formerly enslaved people, built this Queen Anne-style house ca. 1915. Their son Hugo Armstrong Owens, dentist and civil rights activist, was born here in 1916. . . . — — Map (db m211946) HM
Before you is the Deep Creek Lock of the Great Dismal Swamp Canal. The canal was an important thoroughfare, connecting the North Carolina Sounds with Hampton Roads and the Chesapeake Bay. The Dismal Swamp Canal is the oldest operating artificial . . . — — Map (db m4773) HM
On Luray Street 0.3 miles north of George Washington Highway North (Business U.S. 17), on the right when traveling north.
This is the Deep Creek Lock of the Dismal Swamp Canal, the northern end of the waterway linking the North Carolina sounds with Hampton Roads and the Chesapeake Bay. Deep Creek village evolved on the canal to serve workers, boatmen, and the . . . — — Map (db m165286) HM
Near Albemarle Drive at Holt Drive, on the left when traveling west.
The British erected a fort at Great Bridge early in November 1775. The first decisive land battle of the American Revolution in the south was fought here December 9, 1775. Virginia forces under Col. William Woodford united with the militia of South . . . — — Map (db m241916) HM
On South Battlefield Boulevard (Virginia Route 168) 0.1 miles north of Albemarle Drive, on the right when traveling south.
(front)
This stone
marks the Battlefield of
Great Bridge
Dec 9 1775
(rear)
This monument
was moved to this location
December 9, 1964
on the 189th anniversary of
the Battle of Great Bridge.
The site of . . . — — Map (db m281932) HM WM
Near Albemarle Drive at Holt Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Lower and upper Norfolk Counties were formed from the Elizabeth City County in 1637. Princess Anne County was carved out of the eastern portion of Norfolk Country in 1691.
The establishment of the Gosport Shipyard in 1767; The first marine . . . — — Map (db m221843) HM
Near Albermarle Drive at Holt Drive, on the left when traveling east.
Honoring the Public Safety Heroes of New York City
Never Forget
September 11, 2001 was the greatest loss of public safety personnel lives in the United States in a single day during a senseless terrorist attack on the World Trade . . . — — Map (db m191762) WM
On Library Drive at Shea Drive, on the left when traveling north on Library Drive.
During the colonial period, the established church cared for the poor as in Great Britain. Beginning in the late 18th century, local governments began to appoint overseers of the poor instead to support indigents with donated funds or house them in . . . — — Map (db m37940) HM
On South Battlefield Boulevard (Virginia Route 168) at Cedar Road ( Route 165), on the right when traveling south on South Battlefield Boulevard.
Site of
Southern Branch Chapel
A Chapel of ease of the Anglican Church
for the
Elizabeth River Parish 1701 - 1761
St. Brides Parish 1761 - 1845
Encampment area for American Patriots
Battle of Great Bridge
December 1775 . . . — — Map (db m48944) HM
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