There are two weekend events coming to The Whalehead Club in Currituck County you won't want to miss! The first is this evening, the next is the following weekend.
6/13/2008 Corolla, NC, Currituck County
The United States Air Force Heritage of America Band Concert at Whalehead Club
The Langley Winds woodwind quintet from the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band is performing a free concert on Friday, June 13th, 2008 from 3:00 – 4:00pm. Bring a blanket or beach chair to enjoy this concert on the north lawn of the Whalehead Club at Currituck Heritage Park in Corolla, NC. Featured on the program will be American composer Samuel Barber’s Summer Music, as well as works by Shostakovich and Rimsky-Korsakov. Parking is free. Pets on leash are welcome. Concessions will be available.
Admission: Free 252-453-9040
6/18/2008 Corolla, NC, Currituck County
The 7th Annual "Under the Oaks" Arts Festival at Whalehead Club
Enjoy an annual outdoor art show on the grounds of Currituck Heritage Park with over 100 quality artists, local musicians, food concessions, and children's activities. Admission is free - parking donation requested. Proceeds from this festival support the Whalehead Preservation Trust.
Admission: Free (Parking donation requested) 252-453-9040
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Welcome to The Whalehead Club at Currituck Heritage Park
The sleepy village of Corolla on the Outer Banks of North Carolina began an unforeseen journey into the future in October of 1922. Northern Industrialist Edward Collings Knight, Jr and his bride Marie Louise LeBel took up winter residency in their newly acquired Lighthouse Club and began construction of a 21,000 sq.ft. private residence. Its location on Currituck Sound and the Atlantic Flyway was perfect to satisfy the Knight's passion for waterfowl hunting. Three years and $385,000 later Edward and Marie Louise moved into their "cottage" on the sound. It was unlike any structure that local folks had ever seen or even imagined.
Corolla Island's Art Nouveau architecture, Tiffany lighting fixtures, copper shingled roof, yellow exterior and five stately chimneys stood majestically on the shores of Currituck Sound. It withstood hurricanes and northeasters, witnessed a series of owners, and entertained hundreds of visitors from 1925 to 1970. In 1940, the second owner, Ray T. Adams, renamed his new investment, the Whalehead Club, leasing it to the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II and entertaining guests and waterfowl enthusiasts when the war was over. The sequence of events that followed weave a fascinating and intriguing history, including a school for boys, testing of solid rocket fuel for America's space program and development of the original 4 1/2 miles of land. The 1970's and 1980's saw the first spurt of development on the Whalehead Club tract of land with different groups of developers taking ownership. In 1992, Currituck County purchased the badly deteriorated Whalehead Club in the interest of historic preservation.
Today, the Whalehead Club is an intricate part of Currituck Heritage Park. Situated on 39 acres of sound front property, the public is invited to tour this newly restored "jewel by the sea". Please continue your online visit to learn more about the Whalehead Club and Currituck Heritage Park.
Map to Whalehead Club in Corolla
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