Jarvisburg, North Carolina
Jarvisburg is an unincorporated community in rural Currituck County, North Carolina. A post office was established around 1890.
There is a post office, elementary school, cafe, Jarvisburg Church of Christ, and Sanctuary Vineyard winery.
A two room schoolhouse for "colored" students in the district was enlarged and remodeled in 1911, adding a second-story and central bell tower, the Jarvisburg Colored School is now a museum and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Corinth Baptist Church is also located in the area.
A 1929 building, once a working cotton gin, was destroyed by fire in 2019. At that time the building contained a well-known gift shop called "The Cotton Gin".
In 2022 a resident of Jarvisburg won $2 million dollars on a scratch-off game administered by the North Carolina Education Lottery.
Notes
- ^ Malvasi 2010, p. 50.
- ^ Butchko 1998, pp. 9, 15.
- ^ https://www.pilotonline.com/news/vp-nw-black-graves-20200229-wdf2obuuo5h5td2y6bahizucly-story.html
- ^ Blair, Renouf & Renouf 2000, p. 131.
- ^ Tabb 2020.
- ^ Pearman 2019.
- ^ https://www.outerbanksvoice.com/2022/02/23/jarvisburg-resident-becomes-2-million-dollar-man/
References
- Malvasi, Meg (2010). "Historic and Architectural Resources of Currituck County, 1790-1958" (PDF). North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office.
- Butchko, Thomas R. (May 8, 1998). "National Register of Historic Places, Registration Form (Grandy School)" (PDF). North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office.
- Blair, Howard; Renouf, Norman; Renouf, Kathy (2000). Adventure Guide to the Georgia & Carolina Coasts.
- Tabb, Kip (June 17, 2020). "With a little help, Cotton Gin moves to rebuild". The Outer Banks Voice.
- Pearman, Madison (October 12, 2019). "Massive fire engulfs popular Outer Banks gift shop, souvenir store 'The Cotton Gin'". WAVY-TV.
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