Inventory of Historic Light Stations--North Carolina Lighthouses--Currituck Beach Light

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CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT

State: NORTH CAROLINA
Location: OUTER BANKS / WHALE HEAD BAY
Nearest City: COROLLA
County: CURRITUCK
U.S.C.G. District: 5
Year Station Established: 1873

NPS photo by Ralph Eshelman, 1996

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1875
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1939
Foundation Materials: TIMBER/BRICK
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: NATURAL RED BRICK W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CONICAL ATTACHED TO "REPAIR ROOM"
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 162
Original Optic: FIRST ORDER, POLYGONAL FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1875
Present Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Present Lens Installed: 1875
Height of Focal Plane: 158
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL LENS STILL IN OPERATION
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1876
Number of Stories: 2.5
Architectural Style: STICK STYLE DUPLEX
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: PRIVY, CURRITUCK LIGHTHOUSE DEPOT (MOVED TO SITE IN 1920 TO BE USED AS 2ND KEEPERS QUARTERS, NOW A MUSEUM SHOP), 2 CISTERNS, STOREHOUSE/PRIVY (NOW USED AS OFFICE)

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/MUSEUM

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO OUTER BANKS CONSERVATIONISTS, INC.

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site: Link

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #73001333
Name of Listing: CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
RESTORATION BEGUN 1982

Last Modified: Wed, Mar 06 2002 9:06:02 am EDT
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