Jarvisburg store a landmark for generations of travelers
The original Cotton Gin store on the mainland was destroyed by fire yesterday. It was the sad passing of something special and iconic in our lives as Kip Tabb, writing on our Outer Banks Voice Hidden Outer Banks page reports.
“The Cotton Gin up in Grandy burned to the ground yesterday.
My daughter sent me a text reading, “Hey the Cotton Gin is on fire.”
“What? Which one?” I asked.
“Our Cotton Gin,” she answered.”
It was our Cotton Gin, the place we would go every December to buy a Christmas ornament to exchange on the first day of Chanukah. A way for us to honor our respective religious views, since I am Jewish and my daughter is strong in her Christian beliefs.
