This home in Southern Shores has been granted historic landmark status on the North Carolina Outer Banks. It’s known as a “flat top.” Street View image from ...
Norman Wayne “Norm” Sparks, 93, of the Avery Point community in Richmond, VA (formerly of Southern Shores, NC, and formerly of Northern Virginia), died February 25, 2026 in Richmond Virginia.
The Outer Banks of North Carolina are notorious for chewing up island homes and spitting them out in pieces, so it’s a feat when one stands long enough to be deemed historic. That happened on Oct. 7, ...