So typical of  many of the old Hatteras houses, opportunitic speculators with no any regard for historic significance buy these properties and  raze them only to sell the cleared land for high profits.  Such had been the case with this home.

The W. H. Gaskins House ca. 1860

Built in another location the W. H. Gaskins house remained virtually intact with only a few alterations until a few years ago.  The timber frame of the one-and-a-half story dwelling was mortised, tenoned, and pegged and has down corner bracing.  The house had a two room center passage plan.  The stairs to the upper floor featured a chamfered newel with lambs tongue stop and straight balusters.  An original closet with a beaded board door, was located under the stairs.  The interior walls and ceilings were sheathed with tongue-and-groove horizontal boards.  Original chairrail with quarter-round molding and beaded board was found in the second-floor passage.  All interior doors were raised four panel doors.  Until the early twentieth century, most houses in Hatteras had separate kitchen buildings and often included a dining room.  The kitchen was razed many years before the distruction of this historic home in 2001.