{"nrhp_refnum":"00000692","name":"Cape Lookout Village Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Cape Lookout fron Lighthouse to Coast Guard St.; bounded by ocean and a concrete road, and concrete road across Bight","address_restricted":false,"city":"Harkers Island","county":"Carteret County","state":"NC","lat":34.610686209500074,"lon":-76.5363102159524,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-06-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture","Maritime History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A federally owned historic district at Cape Lookout on the southern tip of Core Banks, Carteret County, North Carolina, reached only by boat from Harkers Island. It covers about 300 acres and includes the 1859 lighthouse, life-saving and Coast Guard buildings, fishing and vacation houses, and World War II ruins.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district illustrates the Outer Banks fishing and life-saving village and its later change into a summer resort, and that it was a strategic military site in World War II. It also holds rare surviving examples of traditional Outer Banks houses, since most of the village's private dwellings have been lost. Criteria A and C are marked, with significance in social history, maritime history and architecture.","narrative":"Cape Lookout Village is a small cluster of lighthouse, life-saving, Coast Guard, fishing and vacation buildings on the southern tip of Core Banks, North Carolina, now within Cape Lookout National Seashore and accessible only by boat. The district spans about 300 acres and has 27 contributing resources. Its oldest element is the 1859 brick lighthouse, joined by a 1873 keeper's quarters, an 1888 Life Saving Station and boathouse, a 1907 keeper's quarters and a 1916-1917 Coast Guard station. Four traditional engaged-porch houses survive from a village that once had thirty-some homes, along with early vacation cottages such as the 1920s Seifert-Davis House and the circa 1930 Casablanca. Ruins of World War II harbor defenses for Beaufort Inlet also remain. The district was recognized for its role in maritime and social history and for architecture that reflects the shift from fishing village to summer resort, in a setting where traditional Outer Banks settlements are rare.","period_of_significance":"1857-1948","architect_builder":"Shull, W. J. B., contractor, Newport, North Carolina","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman, Shingle Style, Other: Outer Banks house","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Part of Cape Lookout National Seashore. Many buildings are used as vacation cottages, and the Coast Guard station and lighthouse complex are government-owned. Some resources are deteriorated, and the Moore House and Store was being refurbished as an environmental education center.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.738442-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/38/7194/47719438/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/00000692.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000692/30361e0c46-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000692/30361e0c46-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Jarek Tuszyński","credit_html":"Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Keeper%27s_Dwelling_at_Cape_Lookout_Village_-_2013-06_-_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719438","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Lookout_Village_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18148816"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/carteret-county/cape-lookout-village-historic-district-00000692/"}