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There's plenty of bargains in Emerald Isle, NC, and condos can range under 200k. There are vacant lots, and the island is only one mile wide, so bayside (or 'bogue') is preferable for the occasional hurricane. Most houses are on stilts to prevent flooding, and
the Camp LeJeune Marina base is nearby.
Emerald Isle is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Crystal Coast and is located entirely on the Bogue Banks. The population was 3,488 at the 2000 census, but as many as 50,000 visitors inhabit the area during the summer season, filling up vacant rental properties that do not count toward official census results.
Today, the oceanfront is lined with both large and small homes. While there is a scattering of condominiums, there are no oceanfront hotels, and Emerald Isle has maintained a family-oriented atmosphere.
From about 1 AD to colonial times, Emerald Isle was home to Native Americans. Later, the area was settled by a small number of whalers and fishermen.[4]
In the 1920s Henry Fort, who owned the Emerald Isle beaches and land surrounding them, hoped to open a large summer tourist attraction and ocean resort. Fort worked with developers, but the plans never materialized. After his death, his daughter Anita Maulick inherited Emerald Isle.
In 1951, seven individuals purchased the 12-mile stretch of island for $350,000 from Anita Maulick. Emerald Isle was sliced into 54 blocks of 1,000 feet, each going from ocean to sound. The partners drew from a hat for the ownership of blocks. Because they wanted Emerald Isle to be family-oriented, the owners limited commercial development and mobile homes to five blocks each.
In 1960 ferry service began, and provided wider access to the Bogue Banks beaches of modern-day Emerald Isle. In 1971 the Cameron Langston Bridge was opened to provide access from Cedar Point to the western end of Bogue Banks and Emerald Isle. The bridge, spanning the Intracoastal Waterway, offers a great view of the Bogue Sound and Bogue Banks. The opening of the bridge increased island development. Emerald Isle is a popular vacation spot and is also known for excellent fishing and a wealth of marine life. Notably it's beaches are a favorite location for nesting sea turtles. http://www.emeraldisle-nc.org/turtles/default.htm
the Camp LeJeune Marina base is nearby.
Emerald Isle is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Crystal Coast and is located entirely on the Bogue Banks. The population was 3,488 at the 2000 census, but as many as 50,000 visitors inhabit the area during the summer season, filling up vacant rental properties that do not count toward official census results.Today, the oceanfront is lined with both large and small homes. While there is a scattering of condominiums, there are no oceanfront hotels, and Emerald Isle has maintained a family-oriented atmosphere.
From about 1 AD to colonial times, Emerald Isle was home to Native Americans. Later, the area was settled by a small number of whalers and fishermen.[4]
In the 1920s Henry Fort, who owned the Emerald Isle beaches and land surrounding them, hoped to open a large summer tourist attraction and ocean resort. Fort worked with developers, but the plans never materialized. After his death, his daughter Anita Maulick inherited Emerald Isle.
In 1951, seven individuals purchased the 12-mile stretch of island for $350,000 from Anita Maulick. Emerald Isle was sliced into 54 blocks of 1,000 feet, each going from ocean to sound. The partners drew from a hat for the ownership of blocks. Because they wanted Emerald Isle to be family-oriented, the owners limited commercial development and mobile homes to five blocks each.
In 1960 ferry service began, and provided wider access to the Bogue Banks beaches of modern-day Emerald Isle. In 1971 the Cameron Langston Bridge was opened to provide access from Cedar Point to the western end of Bogue Banks and Emerald Isle. The bridge, spanning the Intracoastal Waterway, offers a great view of the Bogue Sound and Bogue Banks. The opening of the bridge increased island development. Emerald Isle is a popular vacation spot and is also known for excellent fishing and a wealth of marine life. Notably it's beaches are a favorite location for nesting sea turtles. http://www.emeraldisle-nc.org/turtles/default.htm
BLACKBEARD the Pirate
These two pictures (right and below) are the Hammock House and when it comes up for sale, I am buying it...It was owned by the famous pirate, BlackBeard....
Blackbeard headquartered out of what was shown on ancient maps as the "white house" which was located on what is now Taylor's creek, overlooking the inlet to the Atlantic Ocean at Beaufort. After nearly 300 years, things have changed. Today the house is known as the Hammock House, and the the house is over 500 feet from water due to build up and filling in over the centuries.
The Hammock House, oldest home in Beaufort dates back to approximately 1700 and has been used for a variety of purposes during its nearly 300 year history. It has had 31 owners who held it for periods varying from less than one year to over 21, the average possession being a little over 9 years. It is probable that it was originally built as an "ordinary", or inn - the owners hoping to profit from sea or land travelers overnight needs. But it's been used, also, as a home, a residence for Union soldiers, a summer house and a school.
The name comes from the fact that the house was built on a "hammock", a "fertile raised area." Because its' two stories made it visible from considerable distance and it occupied land at the entry to the inlet, it served as a shipping landmark until the late 18th century. Originally Taylor's Creek came up to the front lawn of the house and one could paddle up to the area in a small boat and dock.
There are many legends and stories connected with the house. Some people have believed it to be haunted and it is told that Blackbeard stayed here for a while with an 18 year old French common-law wife who was not a willing occupant. The pirate got so angry with her that he hanged her on an oak tree in the back yard when he departed. Some people say her screams can be heard to this day when conditions are just right. (A scale model of Blackbeard's sloop, "Adventurer", commissioned by the owners and created by Harkers Island boat builder and model makes, James Allen Rose, is on display in the Hammock House today.)
Another tale frequently told has to do with one Richard Russell, Jr., who, upon his return from a sea voyage decided to take a slave up into the Hammock House attic to punish him. The slave overpowered Russell and pushed him down the stairs, breaking his neck..
Another story has it that a British Navy Captain, engaged to a Beaufort women, upon arriving in town mistakenly thought that his fiancee has been untrue and killed her alleged lover in the upper area of the house; traces of the victim's blood can be detected on the treads of the steps.
During the Civil War Union officers were quartered in the house. Three of them set out for the building and were never seen again. In 1915 workmen digging near the back porch found their remains. Recently, during renovations, a human scapula bone was uncovered.
So many tragic stories were associated with the house that many citizens became uneasy. Was it really haunted? Could it be that the voices of all these unfortunates can be heard from time to time? This may account for the years of neglect, abuse and vandalism to which the Hammock House fell victim.
Blackbeard, who went by the name Edward Teach (or Thatch, depending on things I don’t understand), commanded four vessels and some 400 crewmen at the peak of his piracy at the beginning of the 18th century. He would entwine treated cannon fuses into his
hair and beard and then light them to augment his already fierce and diabolical appearance. He captured at least 45 vessels in his career, many of which didn’t even offer a fight because of his reputation. He once blockaded the entire city of Charleston, SC, for a week until they surrendered medical supplies to him. He died in battle at Ocracoke Inlet, NC, with 20 sword cuts and five musket-ball wounds before being beheaded. I’m telling you, this guy was bad, bad Leroy Brown. And if you still have doubt, lean in closer to your computer screen and listen to me tell of the resting place of his cranium. While his body was thrown to the caprices of Ocracoke Inlet, his decapitated head ended up shoved on a pike in Hampton Harbor, VA. John the Baptist, William Wallace, James Earl Jones in Conan the Barbarian. You pretty much have to shake the world a bit to have your head valued as a trophy.
Oh, and did I mention he did all of this in a time span of less than two years? Any man that can make a myth of himself in that short a period deserves all the romanticizing that people do to him. Including me. So from here on out, tons of “-ly” adverbs.
Back to his house, though. The coastal town of Beaufort, NC, was founded in 1709 so that the word idyllic could be invented and used without irony. Wild horses graze on marsh grasses there. Boats of pleasant sizes find safe harbor there. Seafood is inhaled like incense there. Most interestingly perhaps, the Old Burying Ground is there. It has nothing to do with Blackbeard, but definitely Google that one sometime when you’re bored at work. Just about every house in the town is a few centuries old and has been christened. You know this because each one bears a blue and white shield on the front stating the name of the house and the year it was built. The homeowners association there must be tyrannical. Just kidding. Every homeowners association is tyrannical.
So what’s a scurvy pirate like Blackbeard doing in a nice place like Beaufort?
These two pictures (right and below) are the Hammock House and when it comes up for sale, I am buying it...It was owned by the famous pirate, BlackBeard....
Blackbeard headquartered out of what was shown on ancient maps as the "white house" which was located on what is now Taylor's creek, overlooking the inlet to the Atlantic Ocean at Beaufort. After nearly 300 years, things have changed. Today the house is known as the Hammock House, and the the house is over 500 feet from water due to build up and filling in over the centuries.
The Hammock House, oldest home in Beaufort dates back to approximately 1700 and has been used for a variety of purposes during its nearly 300 year history. It has had 31 owners who held it for periods varying from less than one year to over 21, the average possession being a little over 9 years. It is probable that it was originally built as an "ordinary", or inn - the owners hoping to profit from sea or land travelers overnight needs. But it's been used, also, as a home, a residence for Union soldiers, a summer house and a school.
The name comes from the fact that the house was built on a "hammock", a "fertile raised area." Because its' two stories made it visible from considerable distance and it occupied land at the entry to the inlet, it served as a shipping landmark until the late 18th century. Originally Taylor's Creek came up to the front lawn of the house and one could paddle up to the area in a small boat and dock.
There are many legends and stories connected with the house. Some people have believed it to be haunted and it is told that Blackbeard stayed here for a while with an 18 year old French common-law wife who was not a willing occupant. The pirate got so angry with her that he hanged her on an oak tree in the back yard when he departed. Some people say her screams can be heard to this day when conditions are just right. (A scale model of Blackbeard's sloop, "Adventurer", commissioned by the owners and created by Harkers Island boat builder and model makes, James Allen Rose, is on display in the Hammock House today.)
Another tale frequently told has to do with one Richard Russell, Jr., who, upon his return from a sea voyage decided to take a slave up into the Hammock House attic to punish him. The slave overpowered Russell and pushed him down the stairs, breaking his neck..
Another story has it that a British Navy Captain, engaged to a Beaufort women, upon arriving in town mistakenly thought that his fiancee has been untrue and killed her alleged lover in the upper area of the house; traces of the victim's blood can be detected on the treads of the steps.
During the Civil War Union officers were quartered in the house. Three of them set out for the building and were never seen again. In 1915 workmen digging near the back porch found their remains. Recently, during renovations, a human scapula bone was uncovered.
So many tragic stories were associated with the house that many citizens became uneasy. Was it really haunted? Could it be that the voices of all these unfortunates can be heard from time to time? This may account for the years of neglect, abuse and vandalism to which the Hammock House fell victim.
Blackbeard, who went by the name Edward Teach (or Thatch, depending on things I don’t understand), commanded four vessels and some 400 crewmen at the peak of his piracy at the beginning of the 18th century. He would entwine treated cannon fuses into his
hair and beard and then light them to augment his already fierce and diabolical appearance. He captured at least 45 vessels in his career, many of which didn’t even offer a fight because of his reputation. He once blockaded the entire city of Charleston, SC, for a week until they surrendered medical supplies to him. He died in battle at Ocracoke Inlet, NC, with 20 sword cuts and five musket-ball wounds before being beheaded. I’m telling you, this guy was bad, bad Leroy Brown. And if you still have doubt, lean in closer to your computer screen and listen to me tell of the resting place of his cranium. While his body was thrown to the caprices of Ocracoke Inlet, his decapitated head ended up shoved on a pike in Hampton Harbor, VA. John the Baptist, William Wallace, James Earl Jones in Conan the Barbarian. You pretty much have to shake the world a bit to have your head valued as a trophy.Oh, and did I mention he did all of this in a time span of less than two years? Any man that can make a myth of himself in that short a period deserves all the romanticizing that people do to him. Including me. So from here on out, tons of “-ly” adverbs.
Back to his house, though. The coastal town of Beaufort, NC, was founded in 1709 so that the word idyllic could be invented and used without irony. Wild horses graze on marsh grasses there. Boats of pleasant sizes find safe harbor there. Seafood is inhaled like incense there. Most interestingly perhaps, the Old Burying Ground is there. It has nothing to do with Blackbeard, but definitely Google that one sometime when you’re bored at work. Just about every house in the town is a few centuries old and has been christened. You know this because each one bears a blue and white shield on the front stating the name of the house and the year it was built. The homeowners association there must be tyrannical. Just kidding. Every homeowners association is tyrannical.
So what’s a scurvy pirate like Blackbeard doing in a nice place like Beaufort?
Well, living there, of course. Blackbeard stayed for a time in what is now the oldest house in Beaufort. It was buil
t around the same time as the town’s founding and came to be called Hammock House because of one of the rarely used definitions of the word hammock. Nobody’s really sure whether Blackbeard owned it at one time or just rented one of the rooms occasionally, but he definitely resided there. Doesn’t matter, anyway. It’s Blackbeard’s house now. Over the course of the house’s history, it saw other-than-pirate types of violence, too, spawning quite a few tales that have inevitably evolved into ghost stories. It’s also changed hands like 31 times in its three-century history. Currently, it’s a private residence. Yup, private. Somebody microwaves macaroni where a notorious pirate once murdered one of his 14 wives.
t around the same time as the town’s founding and came to be called Hammock House because of one of the rarely used definitions of the word hammock. Nobody’s really sure whether Blackbeard owned it at one time or just rented one of the rooms occasionally, but he definitely resided there. Doesn’t matter, anyway. It’s Blackbeard’s house now. Over the course of the house’s history, it saw other-than-pirate types of violence, too, spawning quite a few tales that have inevitably evolved into ghost stories. It’s also changed hands like 31 times in its three-century history. Currently, it’s a private residence. Yup, private. Somebody microwaves macaroni where a notorious pirate once murdered one of his 14 wives. 
Why didn't the town buy it up at one of the many opportunities and turn it into a museum?
Blackbeard’s house is located on a small dead-end road called Hammock Lane. There are only about five houses on the court, and the only reason you know which one is Hammock House is because of an obligatory-seeming sign well-hidden in an unobtrusive patch of bushes in the front yard. It's the first house on the left, and a small “No Trespassing” sign on the front step pleads for peace.
Other than snapping a few self-conscious photos in front of the house, there’s nothing really much else to do at Blackbeard’s place. But you’re so not done with Blackbeard in Beaufort. A few blocks down the road stands the North Carolina Maritime Museum.
It’s free, and besides some nice displays on the animals, history, and shipcraft of the area, they have a small section dedicated to Blackbeardia, including a model of his flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, some pop culture relics influenced by the pirate, and a massive 
portrait of him.
portrait of him. They also have relics dredged from the bottom of Beaufort Inlet from a wreck that they believe to actually be the Queen Anne’s Revenge. It’s always been known that the ship was sunk somewhere in Beaufort Inlet during a “crew downsizing” by Blackbeard, but a possible wreck site wasn’t discovered until 1996.
You can see the inlet where the salvage is taking place from Fort Macon, a simple little civil war fort that is camouflaged as, well, flat ground. Like the museum, it’s free, and it’s part of a state park, so it’s worth visiting for other reasons than just wringing a bit more Blackbeardia from your travels.
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