Oregon Inlet Station

Coordinates: 35°46′06″N 75°31′28″W / 35.76833°N 75.52444°W / 35.76833; -75.52444
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Oregon Inlet Station
Oregon Inlet Station is located in North Carolina
Oregon Inlet Station
Oregon Inlet Station is located in the United States
Oregon Inlet Station
Location12 miles N of Rodanthe on Pea Island, near Rodanthe, North Carolina
Coordinates35°46′06″N 75°31′28″W / 35.76833°N 75.52444°W / 35.76833; -75.52444
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1897 (1897)
Built byUS Life Saving Service
Architectural styleShingle Style
NRHP reference No.75001253[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 23, 1975

Oregon Inlet Station is a historic lifesaving station located near Rodanthe, Dare County, North Carolina. It was built in 1897 by the United States Life-Saving Service and remodeled in 1933 and 1970. It is a 1 1/2-story, Shingle Style rectangular frame building with a lookout tower. It has a porch that surrounds the building. It was one of seven lifesaving stations established on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in 1874, to serve the ships that were lost in the treacherous waters off the North Carolina coast.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ William M. Whittington (August 1975). "Oregon Inlet Station" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.

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