{"nrhp_refnum":"75001253","name":"Oregon Inlet Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"12 mi. N of Rodanthe on Pea Island","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rodanthe","county":"Dare County","state":"NC","lat":35.768415631500034,"lon":-75.52398567172139,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-12-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Oregon Inlet Station is a story-and-a-half, shingle-sided Coast Guard station on the northern end of Pea Island near Rodanthe, Dare County, North Carolina. It was built in 1897 as a Lifesaving Service prototype station.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the oldest active Coast Guard station in North Carolina. It continues the Oregon Inlet Lifeboat Station, one of the first seven Lifesaving Service sites on the Outer Banks, established in 1874. It is also described as a well-preserved example of the functional Shingle style used by the federal government on coastal buildings.","narrative":"Oregon Inlet Station is a Coast Guard station on the northern end of Pea Island, near Rodanthe on North Carolina's Outer Banks. Built in 1897 and remodeled in 1933 and 1970, it is a story-and-a-half frame building sided with white-painted wood shingles and roofed with shakes. Eight dormer windows pierce the roof, a porch wraps the south, east and west sides, and an observation tower rises on the east side, though it has lost its original pyramidal roof and catwalk. Three wooden water tanks stand just to the north. The building continues the Oregon Inlet Lifeboat Station, one of the first seven sites the Lifesaving Service chose on the Outer Banks in 1874. The original station sites, along with the Bodie Island Lighthouse and a Confederate fort, were lost to the shifting inlet. The station is listed as the oldest active Coast Guard station in North Carolina and as a representative example of the Shingle style.","period_of_significance":"1897/1933","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Shingle style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as an active Coast Guard station; remodeled in 1933 and 1970, with the form marking its condition as good and altered, on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.931844-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/11/7199/47719911/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/75001253.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001253/f433172c29-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001253/f433172c29-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Carl Anderson, Photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oregon_Inlet_Coast_Guard_Station,_Northern_end_of_Pea_Island,_East_side_of_State_Roa,_Rodanthe_vicinity_(Dare_County,_North_Carolina).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Carl Anderson, Photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oregon_Inlet_Coast_Guard_Station,_Northern_end_of_Pea_Island,_East_side_of_State_Roa,_Rodanthe_vicinity_(Dare_County,_North_Carolina).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719911","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Inlet_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18209373"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/dare-county/oregon-inlet-station-75001253/"}