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Outer Banks Architecture John F. Blair, Publisher The four million annual visitors to North Carolina's Outer Banks would be amazed if they could see the place as it was 150 years ago, when there was no human habitation on the oceanfront. The few villages huddled on the sound side of the barrier islands, away from the vengeful Atlantic. That began to change after the Civil War, when the government made the shipping lanes off the Outer Banks less hazardous by constructing lifesaving stations and a new generation of lighthouses. Around that same time, wealthy Northeasterners began buying Outer Banks property to create exclusive hunt clubs, and the affluent citizens of North Carolina's upper Albemarle started building cottages at Old Nags Head. The late 1940s saw the beginning of another vernacular style—the famous Flat Top cottages of Southern Shores. The facts, anecdotes, and photos in Outer Banks Architecture form an anthology of the area's most notable structures. These range from the simple (like the Outlaw Cottage at Old Nags Head) to the spectacular (like the Whalehead Club in Corolla). If you've never seen Frank Stick's original Flat Top, the Chicamacomico Lifesaving Station (where two restored stations of different eras stand on the same site), or the Currituck Shooting Club (the oldest hunt club in North America), this book will help you peel back today's development and discover the Banks as they were in days past.
Reviews “Marimar McNaughton's Outer Banks Architecture: An Anthology Of Outposts, Lodges And Cottages is a compendium of facts, anecdotes, and photos showcasing the North Carolina Outer Banks' architectural history and styles that range from simple cottages to elaborate custom-built homes and striking commercial buildings to lodges, light houses, life-saving stations, and community structures. Outer Banks Architecture is a superb regional architectural study and a valued contribution to the growing literature of American architectural history and accomplishment.”
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