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WBM december 2011
For decades the Davis siblings from
Charlotte have been coming down to
Wrightsville Beach.
“We spent so much time in
Wilmington and Wrightsville with
our grandparents, uncles, cousins and
extended family,” Alison explains.
“We had always known that if we
were going to buy something, we
really wanted to be in that area of
the beach between the bridges on the
sound side. We had always loved being
within walking distance to Roberts
and the restaurants.” With their mom
just a few doors away, and Uncle Peter
even closer, the Davis siblings have
lots of friends and family nearby.
“We talked about it for a lot of
years before we bought the house,”
Alison says. “It’s really a way to keep
the family together.”
Already tucked into the fabric of
the historic community that developed
after the Great Fire in 1934, the Davis
Cottage was built in 1941.
With three master suites that the
three couples rotate, a four-bed dorm
room upstairs for the younger girls
and a downstairs suite and bunk room
for the older girls and all of the boys,
the Davis clan—six adults and eight
children, ages six to 20—can occupy
the stately shingled cottage all at once.
“We have a bed for everybody,”
Alison says. “All families can be there
comfortably, we really enjoy each
other.”
The living room is used all of the
time, but a favorite time to be there is
in the morning.
“We love hanging out drinking coffee,
reading the paper—it truly is a
fun part of the day … there are always
funny stories being told, kids are
coming in and out, breakfast is being
served and plans are being made. We
purposely did not put a TV in the living
room so that we could focus on
each other,” Alison says.
The location and the porches were
one of the first things that attracted
the family to the house.
“They are truly an extension of the