Type:
Year Established:
1798
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
hatteras beam portrait .jpeg (710.36 KB)
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2022
Photo Credit:
Dave Zapatka
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
LOCATION
Location:
N. OF CAPE HATTERAS POINT/OUTER BANKS
Latitude:
35° 15.3'
Longitude:
75° 31.2'
City / Town:
BUXTON
U.S. State:
North Carolina
Location County:
DARE
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1870
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Tower Foundation:
GRANITE/TIMBER/RUBBLE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
191
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
189
Tower Shape:
CONICAL W/BLACK LANTERN
Tower Daymark:
Black and White Spiral
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1871
Keeper's Quarters Style:
VICTORIAN
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK
Other Structures:
DUPLEX KEEPERS QUARTERS (1854), CISTERN, OIL HOUSE (1892), STORAGE BUILDING, RUINS OF 1803 TOWER
OPTICS
Current Optic:
DCB-24
Original Optic Type:
FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1870
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017
1999 - the entire Station was moved 2,900 feet from the original location further inland away from the eroding shoreline.
2020 - the lighthouse closed to climbers
2024 - $19.2 million restoration project begun. Several layers of paint will be removed and extensive masonry work will follow. Approximately 40,000 bricks (or 15% of the total) are to be replaced. Original brick was produced in Maryland. The cast iron around the windows is to be replicated from unique molds and replaced.