The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-03-27
SUMMER COTTAGES SPROUT
LIKE FLOWERS in SPRING
Beach Homes for Rental Property or Owners
Occupancy Under Way AS Warm Days Re-
mind That Vacation Season Is Near

Birds are singing, buds are
bursting and every warm day sees
another cottage started on the
poses and others are for the own
ers' occupancy.
beach. Some are for rental pur-
C. L. Kelly of Portsmouth, Va,
for instance, hopes to have his cot
tage ready for the opening of the
season, for, after renting cottages
for the last Is summers, he has
decided he might as well have his
own.
The new cottage is located on
the oceanside in the Kitty Hawk
area. Of concrete block construc-
ton, it will include a living room,
kitchen, two bedrooms and bath,
the whole cottage surrounded by a
wide porch 1t will have a fiat roof.
The others will be raised high
enough so that good view of the
ocean can be had. Mr.. and Mrs.
Kelly expect to occupy the cottage
this summer and possibly remain
the year around.
On the other hand, G. Sauls of
Norfolk, Va, is building in the
Kill Devil Hills area as an invest
ment. His concrete block structure
is on the land side, opposite the
Kill Devil Hills Coast Guard sta
ton.
The concrete block building will
be "a 80 feet in dimension. For
the present, he is not sure whether
the building is to be used for bust
ness or residence property. 1t is so
arranged that it could be used for
a restaurant, as Mr.. Sauls said his
niece might use it for that purpose.
In case that falls through, the
plans can be changed to make two
two-room apartments, each with
bath.
| What was the Burgess. store, on
the land side in the Kitty Hawk
area, is being remodeled into a
rental cottage by Grover Cart
wright of Elizabeth City, who is
connected with the Smithfield Pack
ing Co.
Inside, the remodeled building
will have livingroom, kitchenette,
four bedrooms and bath. Outside,
white shingles will be used and the
porch will be remodeled to make
the building look like a home in
stead of store.
B. F. Pritchard of Elizabeth City
Route 2 is building a concrete block
cottage on the land side, opposite
the cottage of C. C. Edwards of
Sunbury and next to Ben Rest.
This will be a two-bedroom cot
tage, with livingroom, kitchen and
bath. With A-type roof, the ga
bles, roofing and blinds are to be
green.
Another house going up, this
one topping small dune on the
oceanfront, in the Kitty Hawk area,
is being constructed by Beverly
Blanchard and Cliff Sawyer, both
of Elizabeth City. Mr.. Blanchard
who is connected with the Carolina
, theater, and Mr.. Sawyer of the
Sawyer Realty Co., are doing all
the work themselves. They plan
to rent the cottage, which is near
that of ]. C. Simpson of Norfolk
Va.
G. L. Sawyer of Norfolk, Va,
is the owner of a cottage under
construction on the Landslide in the
Kitty Hawk area. He has had the
lot filled to the level of the high
way and is having a concrete block
house, 26x26 feet, built. AS soon
as the plumbing is in, concrete will
be poured and the laying of the
concrete blocks will be started.
The house will have livingroom,
kitchenette, two bedrooms and
bath. This cottage is located across
the highway from the one owned
by M. w. Davenport. Mr.. Sawyer
was here Sunday in connection with
the construction.
In the Kill Devil Hills area, ]. F.
Burrus of Manns Harbor is erect
ing cottage, just east of one he
already has there. This buildingA
24x26, will have a livingroom, two