Whalehead Club
Outer Banks
Historic Corolla NC
2015
by Jennifer

In three words I can sum up everything I know about life ~ it goes on ~Robert Frost

QUOTE: Awaken Your COURAGE

https://currituck.ces.ncsu.edu/2020/05/the-majestic-obx-live-oaks/

Outer Banks Majestic Live Oak Trees
These trees can reach impressive sizes and are expected to live for 200 to 300 years. The largest southern live oaks have crowns that reach 150 feet in diameter. That’s nearly half of a football field! However, on average, the crown reaches 80 feet in diameter and the tree grows 50 feet tall. Usually, the branches stem from a single trunk that can grow up to 6’ in diameter. When they have adequate room to grow, their long arching limbs grow toward the ground before shooting upward creating a brilliant array of branches.



The Historic Whalehead Club is a large 21,000-square-foot home located on a remote tract facing the Currituck Sound in North Carolina, United States. The structure was designed by owners Edward Collings Jr. and Marie Louise Label Knight and contracted by Daniel Peckham between 1922 and 1925.

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The prestigious Whalehead in Historic Corolla has been a dominant attraction to Corolla visitors since it was renovated and opened to the public in 2002. As part of the Historic Corolla Park, the Whalehead in Historic Corolla serves as a northern Outer Banks icon, and a living testament to Corolla and Duck's heyday as a secluded oceanfront retreat for the country's wealthy hunters and conservationists.

There are little discrepancies today between the opulent 1920s privately owned manor and the current popular Corolla attraction, and modern visitors will be able to enjoy the ornate details, the expansive 21,000' square foot premises, and the immaculately designed art-nouveau retreat that a wealthy Rhode Island couple once called their home away from home. Enjoy an exploration into Corolla's literally ruin history with a visit to the Whalehead in Historic Corolla, and see one of the country's best eras of architecture come to life in exquisite, full detail.

History of the Whalehead in Historic Corolla
As popular as the Outer Banks are today, specifically the northern regions of Corolla and Duck, it's hard to believe that less than a century ago, the area was all but deserted, and populated with just a small handful or residents and employees of the lifesaving station and the Currituck Beach lighthouse.
That remoteness was changed, albeit gradually, with the discovery of the area by a handful or wealthy and adventurous vacationers who were on the trail for exceptional wildfowl and small game hunting. The northern regions of the Outer Banks proved exceptional hunting grounds for geese, ducks, and a number of other migratory waterfowl, and the information was spread around the wealthy 1920s circles leading to a minor but gradual popularity of the otherwise deserted area. (In other words, there's a reason why the town of Duck is named "Duck.")