Save This Old c.1850 North Carolina Fixer Upper Minutes to Albemarle Sound’s Leary Beach Under $50K

OHU50K Notes $49,500

Beautiful rural area! The fixer upper property is located on the South side of the Albemarle Sound in the agricultural area of Pea Ridge. Leary Beach is just down the road. Wouldn’t you love to read the writing on the wall and those newspapers and magazines on the wall? Old newspapers and other discarded paper were sometimes used as insulation in older homes.

OHU50K featured this home back in 2021. To view the old listing with more photos, click here.

Realtor Comments

675 Arnold Loop Rd, Roper, NC 27970    $49,500

• Contact Realtor: Cindy Twiddy with Cindy Twiddy Realty, Inc.
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Family History

This property is known as “The Arnold House.” The Arnolds owned it for many years. In fact, they had a huge land holding that ran all the way to Albemarle Sound at Arnold Beach.  The family left the Pea Ridge property vacant for a long time after moving elsewhere and selling off the land bit by bit. The Arnold Beach residential development along the sound being one of the larger chunks. The property was eventually left with less than a half acre and was subsequently sold out of the Arnold’s hands in 2021 for $41,000. The house is now back on the market.

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I found a teenage Lillie Collins living close by this house on Pea Ridge Rd. in Skinnersville in 1920. She had a bunch of sisters which may be the other names on the wall.

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