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National Register listings in Dare County, North Carolina

35 listings 5 districts 3 National Historic Landmarks 22 with nomination summaries Updated October 2026
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Most notable listings

Cape Hatteras Light Station NHL Buxton · District · listed 1978 Wright Brothers National Memorial NHL Kill Devil Hills · District · listed 1966 USS MONITOR NHL Cape Hatteras · Site · listed 1974 Ballance, Ellsworth and Lovie, House Hatteras · Building · listed 2001 Bodie Island Lifesaving/Coast Guard Station Nags Head · District · listed 1979 Caffeys Inlet Lifesaving Station Duck · Building · listed 1978 Chicamacomico Life Saving Station Rodanthe · Building · listed 1976 Creef, George Washington, House Manteo · Building · listed 1982 Daniels, John T., House Manteo · Building · listed 2003 First Colony Inn Nags Head · Building · listed 1993

Historic districts (5)

All listings

Places: Nags Head (9) · Manteo (6) · Buxton (4) · Hatteras (3) · Cape Hatteras (3) · Rodanthe (2) · Kill Devil Hills (2) · Mann's Harbor (1) · Duck (1) · Ocracoke (1) · Kitty Hawk (1) · Waves (1)

NamePlaceTypeListed
Ballance, Ellsworth and Lovie, House Hatteras Building 2001
Bodie Island Lifesaving/Coast Guard Station Nags Head District 1979
Bodie Island Light Station Nags Head District 2003
C.S.S. CURLEW (side-wheel steamer) Mann's Harbor Structure 2018
Caffeys Inlet Lifesaving Station Duck Building 1978
Cape Hatteras Light Station NHL Buxton District 1978
Chicamacomico Life Saving Station Rodanthe Building 1976
Creef, George Washington, House Manteo Building 1982
Daniels, John T., House Manteo Building 2003
DIXIE ARROW (shipwreck and remains) Ocracoke Site 2013
E.M. CLARK (shipwreck and remains) Cape Hatteras Site 2013
EMPIRE GEM (shipwreck and remains) Cape Hatteras Site 2013
Etheridge, Adam Dough, House Manteo Building 2025
First Colony Inn Nags Head Building 1993
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Manteo Site 1966
Hatteras Weather Bureau Station Hatteras Building 1978
Herbert and Ann Creef House Manteo Building 2025
Kitty Hawk Life-Saving Station Kitty Hawk Building 1984
LANCING (shipwreck) Buxton Site 2013
LIGHT VESSEL 71 (shipwreck) Buxton Site 2015
Markham-Albertson-Stinson Cottage Nags Head Building 2006
Meekins, Thedore S., House Manteo Building 1982
Midgett, Mattie, Store and House Nags Head Building 2004
Midgett, Rasmus, House Waves Building 2009
Nags Head Beach Cottages Historic District Nags Head District 1977
Oregon Inlet Station Rodanthe Building 1975
Salvo Post Office Salvo Building 1993
Sam's Diner Kill Devil Hills Building 1999
Sea Foam Motel Nags Head Building 2004
U-576 and BLUEFIELDS (shipwrecks and remains) Hatteras Site 2015
U-701 (submarine) shipwreck and remains Buxton Site 2015
U-85 (submarine) shipwreck and remains Nags Head Site 2015
USS HURON Nags Head Structure 1991
USS MONITOR NHL Cape Hatteras Site 1974
Wright Brothers National Memorial NHL Kill Devil Hills District 1966

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Nominations, tax-credit certifications and official records for North Carolina go through the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. See how to nominate a property.