Rebuilding process underway as famed Currituck landmark rebuilds after devastating fire.
With a little help from Currituck County and resolve to reopen, the Cotton Gin in Jarvisburg is working toward reopening next year. Kip Tabb, writing for the Outer Banks Voice, tells the story of how hard word and community effort is helping an important part of Currituck County’s history reopen.
“The original Cotton Gin in Jarvisburg burned down in a massive blaze last October. There’s not much left of it now, just a building on the north end that was the least damaged. Work is now underway to save that one section of an iconic piece of Currituck history as the process of working toward an eventual re-opening begins.
“It’s been pretty challenging because that was pretty bad fire. It’s next spring at best,” Tommy Wright, owner of the Cotton Gin said, referring to a re-opening.”
