Ocracoke Preservation Society is readying for its first historic home tour since before Hurricane Dorian hit the region in 2019.
Set for 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28, tickets are $50 each and can be purchased online.
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The tour features four homes along Lighthouse Road within the nationally recognized Ocracoke Historic District and wraps up at 4:30 p.m. with a first look at the renovation of the Island Inn. Built in 1901, the building has been an Odd Fellow’s Lodge, a school, Navy officer’s club, a coffee shop and more. Ocracoke Preservation Society purchased the building and is renovating the structure to serve as a community, education and visitors center.
Holiday lighting of the Commons, the public garden space next to the Inn, is at 5:30 p.m., followed at 6 p.m. by a boat parade sponsored by the Fish House. Spectators can view the parade from anywhere on Silver Lake Harbor.
The night will close with an Ocrafolk Opry Concert with music provided by island residents at Ocracoke Alive’s Deepwater Theater at 8 p.m.
“The home tour is an incredible opportunity to step back in time and experience the design and details of historic structures on the island from folks so intimately involved,” the society’s Administrator Warner Passanisi said in a release. “This event is a unique opportunity for visitors to experience Ocracoke inside and out.”
The Ocracoke Preservation Society was founded in 1983 and has maintained since 1992 a museum in the David Williams House built around 1900.
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