Historic Corolla Village Unlike most places on the Outer Banks, Historic Corolla Village is a pedestrian experience with many significant landmarks within walking distance of one another: Currituck Beach Lighthouse, Whalehead, Corolla schoolhouse and the Corolla chapel. Walk down the narrow roads and pause to listen, read the signage about the buildings, go inside. Coming to these landmarks helps visitors connect to the original and current inhabitants. While the Village, as locals call it, has food and shopping, it’s far from a shopping center. All the shop owners know and easily share their stories. The stores are unique. What they sell gives you a sense of place as well as community. This place reflects a simpler time. Life slows under a canopy of live oaks. During the school year, kids ring the school bell at 3:30 as they’re dismissed from the K-7, multi-aged classroom. Everyone in Corolla Village hears that and understands the link between what is, was, and will be. 6 On the Beach Corolla Village is home to the Corolla Wild Horse Museum and Corolla Wild Horse Fund, a non-profit organization that raises funds to protect the horses. The museum offers fun, educational activities for children during the summer months. There is no admission fee and only nominal fees for children’s programs. 1129 Corolla Village Rd. • Corolla, NC 27927 252-453-8002 • www.corollawildhorses.com Corolla Schoolhouse Corolla’s two-room historic schoolhouse, built in the late 1800s to serve the children of lighthouse keepers and surfmen, reopened in 2012 as the first charter school on the Outer Banks. In its first year, it served 16 children in grades K-6. 1126 Schoolhouse Ln. Corolla, NC 27927 • 252-455-9449 www.watersedgevillageschool.com Wild Horse Museum and Store
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