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

Dare County North Carolina (Historic Districts) has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Bodie Island Light Station, Cape Hatteras Light Station, Nags Head Beach Cottages Historic District, Wright Brothers National Memorial and Cape Hatteras Light Station.

The famous person Orville and Wilbur Wright is associated with one of more of the Dare County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Dare County places including National Park Service, U.S. Lighthouse Board, Samuel J. Twine, Rogers & Poor and Allen A. McCullough. Prominent architectural styles found in Dare Country are Art Deco, Italianate and Late Gothic Revival.

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

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

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

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

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