{"nrhp_refnum":"84000073","name":"Kitty Hawk Life-Saving Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"U.S. 158","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kitty Hawk","county":"Dare County","state":"NC","lat":36.06752629600004,"lon":-75.69065498099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-10-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Maritime History","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former U.S. Life-Saving Station on the beach east of Kitty Hawk village, Dare County, North Carolina. It is a one-and-a-half story frame building constructed in 1910-11 to replace an 1874 station.","why_significant":"The station is tied to the U.S. Life-Saving Service on the Outer Banks and reflects changes in life-saving equipment in the early twentieth century. It is also a good example of the shingle style with Colonial Revival features used for early twentieth century life-saving stations. It represents the work of local builder Richard C. Evans of Manteo.","narrative":"Built in 1910-11 on the beach east of Kitty Hawk village, this one-and-a-half story shingled building replaced an earlier life-saving station established in 1874, one of the first seven on the North Carolina coast. Its rectangular form, hip-roofed observation tower, and four dormers on each side reflect the shingle style, with Colonial Revival touches. The contract went to Richard C. Evans of Manteo, and the original plans were drawn by C. D. Swan. The nomination notes that the design may have come from Victor Mendleheff, who designed the similar Chicamacomico station. The earlier station became a boathouse. Surfmen based here aided vessels in distress off the Outer Banks, including the 1927 rescue of the tanker Kyzikes crew. The Coast Guard abandoned the station in 1946. It was later converted to a beach cottage, with the boatroom partitioned into bedrooms and two bathrooms added, though the 1910 plan is otherwise intact. Erosion prompted a move back on its lot. The cookhouse and stable are gone.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1910-11)","architect_builder":"Richard C. Evans","architectural_style":"Shingle style with Colonial Revival features","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied and in good condition; the station has been adaptively reused as a private beach cottage. The 1910 interior plan is largely intact, and the building was moved once, from the front of its lot to the rear.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.823241-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/99/7198/47719899/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84000073.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000073/5a45672d2f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000073/5a45672d2f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jasonspsyche","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kitty_Hawk_Lifesaving_Station.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jasonspsyche</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kitty_Hawk_Lifesaving_Station.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719899","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Hawk_Life-Saving_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106879966"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/dare-county/kitty-hawk-life-saving-station-84000073/"}