ABOUT ROOSEVELT RESERVE

For generations, this stretch of Pine Knoll Shores was never part of the open market. In 1949, members of the Roosevelt family conveyed this land to the Diocese of East Carolina with a clear purpose: to preserve it as a place for gathering, retreat, and reflection. 

 

The property was intentionally restricted for use as a camp and conference setting, and remained under those conditions for more than half a century. While the surrounding coastline gradually evolved, this tract was held apart, protected as maritime forest, shaped only by time, wind, and tide.

 

Only now, after decades of stewardship, has the land been thoughtfully prepared for its next chapter.

 

Roosevelt Reserve represents the final release of this preserved landscape — a limited collection of eight homesites set within one of the last untouched maritime environments on this stretch of the North Carolina coast.

 

Here, the character of the land remains intact:

• mature live oaks and native forest canopy

• natural dune formations

• a quiet, private setting removed from through traffic

• direct access to the Atlantic shoreline

 

Each homesite offers the opportunity to create something enduring — a home designed not just for today, but for generations to return to. In a region where most oceanfront land has long since been subdivided and built out, Roosevelt Reserve stands apart — not as a redevelopment, but as a rare continuation of a carefully preserved place.

 

Once these homesites are claimed, there will be no opportunity to recreate what exists here today.