Oak Island Life Saving Station

Oak Island Life Saving Station

Oak Island Life Saving Station, June 2010
Location 217 Caswell Beach Rd., Caswell Beach, North Carolina
Coordinates 33°53′29″N 78°2′1″W / 33.89139°N 78.03361°W / 33.89139; -78.03361Coordinates: 33°53′29″N 78°2′1″W / 33.89139°N 78.03361°W / 33.89139; -78.03361
Area 0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built 1889 (1889)
Built by Parkinson, J. Lake
Architectural style Stick/eastlake
NRHP Reference # 00001553[1]
Added to NRHP December 28, 2000

Oak Island Life Saving Station is a historic life saving station located at Caswell Beach, Brunswick County, North Carolina. It was built in 1889 by the United States Life-Saving Service. It is a 1 1/2-story, front-gabled frame structure. It features a large lookout tower projecting from the roof. It's siding trusswork, and brackets are characteristic of the Stick style. The station was sold to a private owner in 1938 and moved directly across the road from its original location.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. M. Ruth Little (August 2000). "Oak Island Life Saving Station" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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