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Nags Head cottage from 1860

Nags Head cottage from 1860




I went to look at a Nags Head oceanfront that the tax records show as being built in 1860. It is a little south of the NH hysterical district and it has the typical added on section making it L shaped. I don't think I have ever seen a house here that old before. I bet there weren't many back then.

It is certainly old school inside with a few upgrades.


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...how much did they want for it tim?...


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...how much did they want for it tim?...

vanative


It looks like it would list for $1.6 to 1.8 mil. I personally think that is way too high, but the house next door sold in 2022 for 1.7 mil.


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...how much did they want for it tim?...

vanative


It looks like it would list for $1.6 to 1.8 mil. I personally think that is way too high, but the house next door sold in 2022 for 1.7 mil.

Tim-OBX


Any laws against making that a Tear Down and putting a modern home there?

And it is just a question, curious on this is all, not looking to start a flaming war.




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Just gotta be mindful of the 51% “rule”




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...how much did they want for it tim?...

vanative


It looks like it would list for $1.6 to 1.8 mil. I personally think that is way too high, but the house next door sold in 2022 for 1.7 mil.

Tim-OBX


Any laws against making that a Tear Down and putting a modern home there?

And it is just a question, curious on this is all, not looking to start a flaming war.

Bill


It's vary possible for it to be a tear-down. But then it's value would be as a lot which is a lot less than its value with the house on it. There is one vacant lot in Nags Head listed for $1,250,000


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This article mentions an 1860 house.

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I would totally keep it. Americans tear down too much. Our first home...a log cabin.... We bought in 1985 was built in 1860. Sure...we added a wing to it and modernized it, but kept the main house with a fireplace that was as tall as me with a hook in it to cook. (Not that we did). I just love the vintage or antique homes that can be modernized.


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That's cool there is a house that old there. Is it listed?


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This article mentions an 1860 house.

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ezbuckwheat


Frances Inglis (the lady interviewed in the article) photo collection. Her father was the driving force in rebuilding Saint Andrews by the Sea after it was destroyed during the Civil War. It had been built in 1849.


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I would totally keep it. Americans tear down too much. Our first home...a log cabin.... We bought in 1985 was built in 1860. Sure...we added a wing to it and modernized it, but kept the main house with a fireplace that was as tall as me with a hook in it to cook. (Not that we did). I just love the vintage or antique homes that can be modernized.

Bentmtn

I would keep it too. Old houses have some interesting things that were 'modern' back in the day. Just like your fireplace with the pot crane.


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I would totally keep it. Americans tear down too much. Our first home...a log cabin.... We bought in 1985 was built in 1860. Sure...we added a wing to it and modernized it, but kept the main house with a fireplace that was as tall as me with a hook in it to cook. (Not that we did). I just love the vintage or antique homes that can be modernized.

Bentmtn

I would keep it too. Old houses have some interesting things that were 'modern' back in the day. Just like your fireplace with the pot crane.

Greg MD


So true! I get it that some people tear down if it's so contractor build and crummy, but antique homes need to be kept just for the history. Sure, we probably paid more to keep it and we had log walls added to the wing in keeping with the original, but so wanted to keep the original part and decorate accordingly. It was owned by General Starkey from the civil war and the itty bitty house at the bottom of the steep driveway was the carriage house. The logs were vertical vs horizontal. Pretty cool!

It's kinda funny that our home now...two homes later....is also a log cabin...built in the 90's and totally modern and has the horizontal logs. I guess we know what we like!

Anyway...whomever buys it should surely try and preserve a good bit of this beach home.


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We have had the privilege of owning and living in a house that was built in 1781 (the year Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at Yorktown - just to give some perspective). We have been here 30 years this September. There was an addition built in the 1860’s and we added an addition in 2009.
We love it so much! I can’t imagine tearing down the treasure of an old house from the 1860’s. What a loss that would be. I hope it doesn’t happen.


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We have had the privilege of owning and living in a house that was built in 1781 (the year Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at Yorktown - just to give some perspective). We have been here 30 years this September. There was an addition built in the 1860’s and we added an addition in 2009.
We love it so much! I can’t imagine tearing down the treasure of an old house from the 1860’s. What a loss that would be. I hope it doesn’t happen.

LollyGirl


I love that you guys have done that! I have seen pics of your home and it is beautiful. Wonderful history!


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We have had the privilege of owning and living in a house that was built in 1781 (the year Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at Yorktown - just to give some perspective). We have been here 30 years this September. There was an addition built in the 1860’s and we added an addition in 2009.
We love it so much! I can’t imagine tearing down the treasure of an old house from the 1860’s. What a loss that would be. I hope it doesn’t happen.

LollyGirl


That is so cool. 1781!!! I love American history. I love Yorktown too. That was my first Coast Guard assignment and it was right next to the battlefield.






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"This article mentions an 1860 house."

Thanks, interesting article and it mentions one cottage has been moved 3x already.

An article written in 1997 called COTTAGE CHARM was about a one-day tour/open house of the Nags Head Beach Cottage Row Historic District and other buildings.

"About a dozen houses built between 1860 and 1940 flank the flattened dunes. This is Nags Head's historic cottage row, featuring the oldest original beach homes on the Outer Banks."

It includes some descriptions and some family history and an explanation of why, even in 1997, some were unfinished or roughly finished on the inside and had few if any modern amenities. They were built to be moved.

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"Shuttered and shingled, their thick piling legs perched in the sand, some of the houses have been moved away from the sea four times."




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That was my first Coast Guard assignment and it was right next to the battlefield.


My $.02 one of the most scenic/beautiful USCG facilities on the planet!


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This article mentions an 1860 house.

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ezbuckwheat

Interesting article. This is the house these days. The original house was the part on the left side, not the part with the hip roof.




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This article mentions an 1860 house.

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ezbuckwheat

Interesting article. This is the house these days. The original house was the part on the left side, not the part with the hip roof.

Tim-OBX


Did you mean to post a pic with that?


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Another "glad they're not tearing it down" example: there's a small old cottage at 3600 S Va. Dare Trail in Nags Head that just went on the market a few weeks ago. It was built in 1970 and I'm told the elderly couple that owned it both passed away in the last year. The house went on the market, and all us nearby neighbors were sure it would be a tear-down and there would be a big rental machine house on the lot.

To our pleasant surprise, the house sold quickly, and renovation crews have been working non-stop since, keeping the old foot-print. New decking, windows, doors, paint, cleared out a bunch of brush, etc. Not sure what's going on inside, but the exterior looks great.

Check out the interior photos from the listing, the walls and floors are classic old wood: Click to follow link...


RE: Nags Head cottage from 1860




Another "glad they're not tearing it down" example: there's a small old cottage at 3600 S Va. Dare Trail in Nags Head that just went on the market a few weeks ago. It was built in 1970 and I'm told the elderly couple that owned it both passed away in the last year. The house went on the market, and all us nearby neighbors were sure it would be a tear-down and there would be a big rental machine house on the lot.

To our pleasant surprise, the house sold quickly, and renovation crews have been working non-stop since, keeping the old foot-print. New decking, windows, doors, paint, cleared out a bunch of brush, etc. Not sure what's going on inside, but the exterior looks great.

Check out the interior photos from the listing, the walls and floors are classic old wood: Click to follow link...

W&M OBX


I went to see that house and did write up an offer to buy it for one of the OBC's members. I'll let him comment if he wants to, his offer was not accepted. It needed a LOT of work as much has been on hold for what looked like years.


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This article mentions an 1860 house.

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ezbuckwheat

Interesting article. This is the house these days. The original house was the part on the left side, not the part with the hip roof.

Tim-OBX


Did you mean to post a pic with that?

ezbuckwheat


I forgot - but I added it.


RE: Nags Head cottage from 1860




This article mentions an 1860 house.

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ezbuckwheat

Interesting article. This is the house these days. The original house was the part on the left side, not the part with the hip roof.

Tim-OBX

Why in the world qould anyone tear that down??? Sounds like the value of the land is the largest part of the asking price, but I think that place is priceless. I do understand that old houses require even that much more upkeep, and it doesn't always make sense unless that's your mission, to keep something historic going. Which, by the way, makes me ask if the house is registered.


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Oceanfront lots at a bargain price




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And that is the same Dr. William G. Pool who became a player in the mystery of the disappearance of Theodosia Burr, daughter of the Vice President.


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