Documenting the American South

Monument Name

Aycock Brown Welcome Center, Kitty Hawk

Type

Public Space

Plaque

Subjects

Historic Civic Figures

Geography

Local History

City

Kitty Hawk

County

Dare

Description

The Aycock Brown Welcome Center dedication plaque is a simple rectangle made of bronze. It is inset into a large lectern shaped stone with a finished top and rough-hewn sides standing about three feet tall. The plaque has the Dare County seal centered near the top with the inscription below.

Images: Plaque with the Dare County seal | Aycock Brown Welcome Center

Inscription

AYCOCK BROWN / THIS WELCOME CENTER IS DEDICATED WITH DEEP / APPRECIATION AND AFFECTION TO THE MEMORY OF / CHARLES BRANTLY AYCOCK BROWN, PIONEER OF / TOURISM IN DARE COUNTY AND ALONG THE OUTER / BANKS, WHO FOCUSED HIS CAMERA AND CREATIVE / ENERGIES ON THE AREA FOR YEARS SO THAT YOU, THE / VISITOR, MIGHT KNOW OF ITS NATURAL BEAUTY AND / HISTORIC ATTRACTIONS

Custodian

Outer Banks Tourism Bureau

Dedication Date

November 1984

Decade

1980s

Geographic Coordinates

36.098400 , -75.717230 View in Geobrowse

Supporting Sources

Eaton, Lorraine. “An Outer Banks Legend: How One Man Turned Obscure Barrier Beaches Into an International Tourist Destination,” The Virginia Pilot (Norfolk, Virginia), May 20, 2016, (accessed September 16, 2020) Link

“Aycock Brown Welcome Center,” OuterBanks.com, (accessed September 16, 2020) Link

“Aycock Brown” Ocracoke Island Journal, (accessed September 22, 2020) Link

Public Site

Yes

Materials & Techniques

Bronze plaque

Sponsors

Outer Banks Tourism Bureau

Location

The Aycock Brown Welcome Center is located at 5230 Croatan Highway, The Bypass, MP 1, Kitty Hawk, NC.