{"nrhp_refnum":"78001942","name":"Caffeys Inlet Lifesaving Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Duck on SR 1200","address_restricted":false,"city":"Duck","county":"Dare County","state":"NC","lat":36.22599190300008,"lon":-75.77047671499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-01-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A shingle-style frame lifesaving station on the Outer Banks, east side of SR 1200 north of Duck in Dare County, North Carolina, sited between the ocean and the sound. The present building is believed to date from reconstruction in 1897-1898.","why_significant":"The station was one of the lifesaving stations established on the Outer Banks in 1874 to aid ships wrecked in the dangerous waters off North Carolina. The present building is a well-preserved, almost unaltered example of the functional, picturesque shingled stations typical of the early twentieth century. It recalls an often heroic era of Outer Banks history, including its 1883 rescue of the crew of the Italian ship Angela.","narrative":"Caffey's Inlet Lifesaving Station is a shingle-style frame building on a narrow strip of land between the Atlantic Ocean and Currituck Sound, north of Duck. Its hipped-roof lookout tower, broad ramped boat-room openings and low profile suit the dune landscape and reflect its working purpose. Nearby are cylindrical wooden water tanks and a smaller support building. The station was one of the lifesaving stations set up on the Outer Banks in 1874 to aid ships wrecked in the area's treacherous waters. The standing building appears to date from reconstruction reported in 1897-1898 and survives almost unaltered. Its crews kept tower and beach watches and used Lyle guns and surfboats; in 1883 they rescued the nine-man crew of the Italian ship Angela. The Coast Guard abandoned the station in the late 1950s, and it passed into private ownership. It was listed as a well-preserved example of its type.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Shingle style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Abandoned by the Coast Guard in the late 1950s and sold into private hands; the form reports the 1977 owner planned to use it as a restaurant while preserving it. Condition is listed as good.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.491974-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/7198/47719891/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/78001942.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001942/289acb0ba3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001942/289acb0ba3-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Packer1028","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caffeys_Inlet_Lifesaving_Station_(formerly).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Packer1028</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caffeys_Inlet_Lifesaving_Station_(formerly).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719891","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeys_Inlet_Lifesaving_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18205749"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/dare-county/caffeys-inlet-lifesaving-station-78001942/"}