Kinnakeet Shores Resort

The original Master Plan of Kinnakeet Shores, Hatteras Island, that included approximately 610 lots was a dream of Greenwood Development Company of South Carolina in the early 1980s. While they were here, they developed much of the ocean front side of the development.

In the late 1980s, they left to start developing in Hilton Head, S.C. At that time, there was a group of local businessmen that formed a General Partnership and started developing on the Pamlico Sound side. After running into some difficulties with the partnership, they left in the mid 90s. The present developer, Ray Hollowell, purchased the remaining portion of Kinnakeet Shores in 1999. Since then, Kinnakeet Shores Resort has become an all inclusive resort community with numerous amenities and still more on the way. Kinnakeet Shores Resort has certainly become "The Last One of Its Kind."

Avon, N.C.

The village of Kinnakeet, now Avon, was the heart of a thriving shipbuilding industry. Materials were gathered from the oak and cedar forests on the sound side of the island. The islanders built their homes there, in the woody hammocks, seeking safety from high waters and winds. Timbers also were used to fashion clipper ships. Kinnakeet was a base for a large fleet of small schooners, many of which were used to harvest oysters.

The Little Kinnakeet Station plays a huge role in the history of Avon. This Lifesaving Station was the southernmost of the seven original lifesaving stations built on the Outer Banks in 1874. A larger building was added in 1904, and the site remained active under the U.S. Coast Guard until 1954, when it was decommissioned and transferred to the National Park Service as a part of Cape Hatteras National Seashore. This U.S. Lifesaving Service watched over American shores and rescued numerous sailors and passengers from 1871 to 1915. Although Stations were located around the United States, this Park Service site focused on the stations of North Carolina's Outer Banks, known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic." Little Kinnakeet still stands today on the sands of Hatteras Island, untouched by development and a monument to the lifesavers it once housed.