Kitty Hawk Life-Saving Station | |
Location: | U.S. 158, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina |
Coordinates: | 36.0672°N -75.6911°W |
Architecture: | Carpenter Gothic with Stick style accents |
Builder: | Richard C. Evans |
Added: | October 11, 1984 |
Refnum: | 84000073 |
Mpsub: | 64501177 |
Kitty Hawk Life-Saving Station was a life-saving station on Kitty Hawk, on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It was built in 1874 and put in service until 1946.[1] The building is registered with National Register of Historic Places since October 11, 1984.[2]
The Life-saving stations like Kitty Hawk typically built after the 1857 North Carolina Hurricane. They generally consisted of a crew of seven men, a keeper who acted as a captain and six other men who volunteered because of their experience as mariners, sailors and fishermen. The station's first keeper was W.D. Tate who was replaced by a man named James R. Hobbs.[3]
In 1911, a watch room above the second floor living quarters was added.