National Register of Historic Places - North Carolina (NC), Dare County

Dare County North Carolina has 27 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 9 places of National significance and 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Bodie Island Light Station, Cape Hatteras Light Station, Chicamacomico Life Saving Station, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Nags Head Beach Cottages Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these Dare County historic places including Orville and Wilbur Wright, Theodore S. Meekins, Rasmus Midgett and George Washington Creef.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Dare County places including John Ericsson, Samuel J. Twine, Theodore S. Meekins, National Park Service, Delaware River Shipbuilding Co., Ralph Lane, Rogers & Poor, U.S. Lighthouse Board, Kullman Dining Car Co. and US Life Saving Service. Prominent architectural styles found in Dare Country are Queen Anne, Shingle Style and Art Deco.

Ballance, Ellsworth and Lovie, House (added 2001 - - #01000558)

E side M.V. Australia Ln., 0.1 mi. S of Stowe Landing Rd. , Hatteras

Jasonspsyche, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Bodie Island Lifesaving/Coast Guard Station (added 1979 - - #79000251)

Also known as Bodie Island Ranger Station;Bodie Island Ranger Residence &

S of Nags Head on NC 12 , Nags Head

KudzuVine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Coast Guard Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Water-Related

Current Function:

Defense, Domestic, Government

Current Sub-function:

Coast Guard Facility, Government Office, Multiple Dwelling

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Bodie Island Light Station (added 2003 - - #03000607)

Also known as Bodie Island Visitor Center and Lighthouse, Bodie Island Lighthouse;Body's Island Lighthouse

Off NC 12 , Nags Head

Smial, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et.al., U.S. Lighthouse Board

Architectural Style:

Other, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Maritime History, Engineering, Architecture, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Water-Related

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Water-Related

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Caffeys Inlet Lifesaving Station (added 1978 - - #78001942)

N of Duck on SR 1200 , Duck

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

US Life Saving Service

Architectural Style:

Shingle Style

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Coast Guard Facility

Current Function:

Defense

Current Sub-function:

Coast Guard Facility

More Information:

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Cape Hatteras Light Station (added 1978 - - #78000266)

Also known as Museum of the Sea;Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

SE of Buxton off NC 12 in Cape Hatteras National Seashore , Buxton

CrazyLegsKC, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Social History, Commerce, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Water-Related

Current Function:

Defense, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Coast Guard Facility, Museum, Park, Water-Related

More Information:

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Chicamacomico Life Saving Station (added 1976 - - #76000164)

NC 12 and SR 1247 , Rodanthe

Mtsmallwood, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Meekins,Theodore S.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture, Military

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Defense, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Coast Guard Facility, Water-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Creef, George Washington, House (added 1982 - - #82004798)

304 Budleigh St. , Manteo

Herbie03, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Creef,George Washington

Significant Year:

1895

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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DIXIE ARROW (shipwreck and remains) (added 2013 - - #13000781)

Address Restricted, Ocracoke

Magicpiano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Military, Commerce, Social History, Engineering, Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Daniels, John T., House (added 2003 - - #03000339)

960 Burnside Rd. , Manteo

Jasonspsyche, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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First Colony Inn (added 1993 - - #92001835)

Also known as LeRoy's Seaside Inn;First Colony Motor Inn;First Colony Apar

6720 S. Virginia Dare Trail , Nags Head

Herbie03, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Leigh,Willis, Benton,Frank

Architectural Style:

Other, Shingle Style

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Hotel

More Information:

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Fort Raleigh National Historic Site (added 1966 - - #66000102)

Also known as Lane's New Fort in Virginia;Cittie of Raleigh

4 mi. N of Manteo on U.S. 158 , Manteo

Eoghanacht, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Exploration/Settlement

Cultural Affiliation:

English

Period of Significance:

1500-1599

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Fortification, Village Site

Current Function:

Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Government Office, Park, Theater

More Information:

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Hatteras Weather Bureau Station (added 1978 - - #78000268)

Off NC 12 , Hatteras

Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Communications

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Research Facility

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Research Facility

More Information:

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Kitty Hawk Life-Saving Station (added 1984 - - #84000073)

U.S. 158 , Kitty Hawk

Jasonspsyche, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Evans,Richard C.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Maritime History, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Water-Related

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Markham--Albertson--Stinson Cottage (added 2006 - - #05001544)

Also known as Stinson's Ranch

4300 W. Soundside Rd. , Nags Head

Jasonspsyche, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Meekins, Thedore S., House (added 1982 - - #82001295)

319 Sir Walter Raleigh St. , Manteo

Herbie03, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Dailey,Joe, Wilson,John

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Historic Person:

Meekins,Theodore S.

Significant Year:

1910, 1912, 1904

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Midgett, Mattie, Store and House (added 2004 - - #04001389)

Also known as Nellie Myrtle Pridgen's Beachcomber Museum

4008 S. Virginia Dare Trail , Nags Head

Jasonspsyche, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Museum

More Information:

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Midgett, Rasmus, House (added 2009 - - #09000847)

25438 NC Hwy 12 , Waves

Jasonspsyche, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Midgett, Rasmus

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Maritime History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Business, Cemetery

More Information:

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Nags Head Beach Cottages Historic District (added 1977 - - #77000997)

Also known as Nags Head Beach Cottage Row Historic District

U.S. 158 , Nags Head

Jasonspsyche, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Twine,Samuel J.

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Late Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Oregon Inlet Station (added 1975 - - #75001253)

12 mi. N of Rodanthe on Pea Island , Rodanthe

KudzuVine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation

Period of Significance:

1975-2000, 1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Coast Guard Facility, Water-Related

Current Function:

Defense, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Coast Guard Facility, Water-Related

More Information:

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Salvo Post Office (added 1993 - - #93000997)

Also known as United States Post Office,Salvo,NC

NC 12 W side, 0.1 mi. S of jct. with Park Rd. , Salvo

Wearlybird, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Douglas, Lafayette

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Sam's Diner (added 1999 - - #99000062)

Also known as Millie's Diner, Victory Diner

2008 S. Virginia Dare Trail , Kill Devil Hills

Wearlybird, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kullman Dining Car Co.

Architectural Style:

Moderne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Restaurant

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Restaurant

More Information:

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Sea Foam Motel (added 2004 - - #04001392)

7111 S. Virginia Dare Trail , Nags Head

Smallbones, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Modern Movement

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Hotel

More Information:

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U-701 (submarine) shipwreck and remains (added 2015 - - #15000806)

Buxton, Buxton

Flickr upload bot, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Maritime History, Military, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Period of Significance:

1925-1949 AD

U-85 (submarine) shipwreck and remains (added 2015 - - #15000805)

Nags Head, Nags Head

Ipoellet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Maritime History, Military, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Period of Significance:

1925-1949 AD

USS HURON (added 1991 - - #91001625)

Also known as North Carolina Site Number 0012BOB

Address Restricted , Nags Head

Newpersons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Delaware River Shipbuilding Co.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military, Engineering, Architecture

Cultural Affiliation:

American Naval

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense, Other, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Water-Related

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Underwater

USS MONITOR (added 1974 - - #74002299)

Also known as Shipwreck Site and Remains, U.S.S. MONITOR

Address Restricted , Cape Hatteras

Editor at Large, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ericsson,John

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Military, Invention, Maritime History, Social History

Cultural Affiliation:

American Naval

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Naval Facility, Water-Related

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Street Furniture/Object

Wright Brothers National Memorial (added 1966 - - #66000071)

U.S. 158 , Kill Devil Hills

Poisend-Ivy, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

National Park Service, Rogers & Poor

Architectural Style:

Art Deco

Historic Person:

Wright, Orville and Wilbur

Significant Year:

1903, 1932, 1900

Area of Significance:

Invention, Transportation, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Conservation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Air-Related, Camp, Research Facility

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Air-Related, Monument/Marker, Museum, Park

More Information:

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