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Nags Head, NC · Outer Banks

First Colony Inn

The last surviving original 1932 Nags Head shingle-style hotel — moved three miles to save it.

Refined AmericanaHistoric InnMonastic · NatureClapboard & Porch

First Colony Inn is a refined americana hotel in Nags Head, NC, part of the Outer Banks. The last surviving original 1932 Nags Head shingle-style hotel — moved three miles to save it.

It sits in our Refined Americana category, occupying a historic inn, with a monastic · nature mood and a material palette that leans clapboard & porch. 27 rooms. Independently owned and operated.

On the property

  • Activities: POOL.

A full review is still ahead

We haven’t published our first-person write-up of First Colony Innyet. When we do, it’ll land in the same voice as our Piaule, Troutbeck, and Inness reviews. In the meantime, the facts on the right and the tags above will tell you most of what we know.

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