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Allen H. (A. H.) Watkins (1906-2003) was a Greensboro, North Carolina business man and a graduate of Sewanee University in Sewanee, Tennessee. Watkins, an aviation enthusiast, received his pilot's license in 1923. He served during World War II as a base commander of Coastal Patrol Base #16, at Manteo, North Carolina. After the war he had a career in business as secretary-treasurer of the Bogle-Watkins Corporation and president-treasurer of the Watkins Oil Company. He later worked for Triangle Hosiery. He married Elizabeth Adams of Greensboro, daughter of John Hampton "Hamp" Adams and his wife Elizabeth. In 1936, he began corresponding with Frank Stick and Theodore S. Meekins regarding the purchase of land on the Outer Banks to build a summer home. He bought land from the S. E. Tillett Company and began constructing a house in Kill Devil Hills in 1939. The house was designed by Louis Voorhees, an architect based in High Point, North Carolina. Watkins corresponded with Frank Stick during the much of the construction of his house.

Allen H. (A. H.) Watkins (1906-2003) was a Greensboro, North Carolina business man and a graduate of Sewanee University in Sewanee, Tennessee. Watkins, an aviation enthusiast, received his pilot's license in 1923. He served during World War II as a base commander of Coastal Patrol Base #16, at Manteo, North Carolina. After the war he had a career in business as secretary-treasurer of the Bogle-Watkins Corporation and president-treasurer of the Watkins Oil Company. He later worked for Triangle Hosiery. He married Elizabeth Adams of Greensboro, daughter of John Hampton "Hamp" Adams and his wife Elizabeth. In 1936, he began corresponding with Frank Stick and Theodore S. Meekins regarding the purchase of land on the Outer Banks to build a summer home. He bought land from the S. E. Tillett Company and began constructing a house in Kill Devil Hills in 1939. The house was designed by Louis Voorhees, an architect based in High Point, North Carolina. Watkins corresponded with Frank Stick during the much of the construction of his house.

[Identification of item], 33MSS-97, A. H. Watkins Papers, Outer Banks History Center, Manteo, N.C., U.S.A.

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The A. H. Watkins Papers contain materials related to the building of a summer cottage located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. It contains bank statements, account books, correspondence, blueprints, canceled checks, deposit slips, receipts, payroll records and blueprints. There is considerable correspondence between Watkins and a number of local businessmen, including S. E. Tillett, E. W. Baum, R. Bruce Etheridge, Theodore S. Meekins, and Frank Stick. The correspondence deals with the purchase of land and building supplies, accounts due, and the possible purchase of the Croatan Hotel.

This collection is arranged into two main series: Correspondence and Personal Papers.

The A. H. Watkins Papers contain materials related to the building of a summer cottage located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. It contains bank statements, account books, correspondence, blueprints, canceled checks, deposit slips, receipts, payroll records and blueprints. There is considerable correspondence between Watkins and a number of local businessmen, including S. E. Tillett, E. W. Baum, R. Bruce Etheridge, Theodore S. Meekins, and Frank Stick. The correspondence deals with the purchase of land and building supplies, accounts due, and the possible purchase of the Croatan Hotel.