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Currituck Mainland  ·  Est. 1947

Waterfield
Place

A family homestead, ten minutes from the Outer Banks
The house and the Garage across the drive
Pl. I   The house & the Garage, across the drive
No. I — The invitation

The door was always open.

Herbert Lee Waterfield kept a bar stocked in the Garage and left the door open, so that any friend driving through Currituck could stop in for a pick-me-up whether or not he was home.

He set the rocking chairs in the window facing the drive, because that's the direction company came from. The decoys and old prints are still up, and the same easy welcome with them. The chairs haven't moved.

The rocking chairs in the Garage
Pl. II   The Garage — rocking chairs facing the drive
Where the wild geese fly.
Coratank — the Algonquian root of "Currituck"
No. II — The home

Sleeps seven, with a sun porch that wraps the front.

A coastal farmhouse with three bedrooms and two baths: a queen and a twin downstairs, a queen and two twins up. The living room and kitchen are made for gathering, and a glassed-in sun porch runs the front of the house for morning coffee and afternoon light.

Waterfowl prints that have hung here longer than we have.

The living room
Pl. III   The living room
The sun porch along the front
Pl. IV   The sun porch, along the front
No. III — The Garage

The club room, across the drive.

Across the drive from the house sits its twin: white clapboard, black shutters, and the club room Herbert Lee called the Garage. Inside there's a bar, a kitchenette, a half bath, an outdoor grill, and a row of rockers in the window.

It's where everyone ends up. Come back from the beach or the blind, fire up the grill, and settle in without tracking through the house.

The Garage from the lawn
Pl. V   The Garage, across the drive
The Waterfield's Garage sign
Pl. VI   The sign, still over the door
The rocking chairs in the Garage
Pl. VII   The rocking chairs — in the Garage, facing the drive
Duck and mallard, geese, swans, teal, widgeon.
John Lawson, A New Voyage to Carolina, 1709
No. IV — The Grounds

Five acres, and the pond out back.

The house sits on five quiet acres. Herbert Lee dug the pond out back and dropped a fountain in the middle of it, and there are usually swans on it by morning.

A carport, plenty of room to park, and lawn enough to lose the kids in for an afternoon. After a day outdoors, it's an easy place to come back to.

The pond with a fountain and swans
Pl. VIII   The pond he dug, out back
No. V — The Rooms

The rest of the house, for the record.

Here's where you'll cook, sleep, and wash up.

The kitchen
Pl. IX The kitchen
The main-floor bedroom
Pl. X Main-floor bedroom
Upstairs queen bedroom
Pl. XI Upstairs, the queen room
Upstairs twin bedroom
Pl. XII Upstairs, the twin room
The full bath
Pl. XIII The full bath
The second bath
Pl. XIV The second bath
The history

Built by hand, over a lifetime.

1947
Herbert Lee bought the land from his uncle and built the house and the clubhouse across the drive with his own hands. Caratoke Highway was two lanes then, and a dirt road when he was born.
Over the years
He raised his family in the house and kept adding to it, shaping it around the life they lived here. He dug the pond out back by hand in the late 1980s, and the wood in the back shed came from the first bridge to connect Currituck to Dare County.
2004
He lived in the house until his passing.
2014
Debra (Herbert Lee's daughter) and her husband Kenny became sole owners, and spent the next ten years modernizing the house while welcoming hunters and families.
2026
Terry (Herbert Lee's grandson) and his wife Sarah acquired the property, honored to carry his grandfather's legacy forward.
No. VI — Come stay

Tell us when.

Rates below, availability on the calendar. Tell us when you'd like the house and we'll be in touch.

Peak Season
June 1 – August 31
$200/ night
$1,200/ week
3-night minimum · Saturday to Saturday
Standard Season
September 1 – May 31
$150/ night
$900/ week
2-night minimum · Sat to Sat · a free 7th night
Plus a $150 cleaning fee per stay, and any applicable taxes.

Prefer email? waterfieldplace@gmail.com  ·  or book on VRBO and Airbnb.
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