1972 | Cape Lookout Light Station | 5 | 19th century (1857-59; 1873) | Communications; Transportation. Prototype of Outer Banks lighthouses. Part of system of Atlantic navigation aids. | State |
1978 | Portsmouth Village HD | 30 | 1800-1900; 1900- | Commerce; Social/Humanitarian. “Only existing village on Core Banks south of Ocracoke Inlet”; Shell Castle; role as “major shipping and trading center”; sea-related commerce; “zenith” in 1850s; lifesaving. | State |
1989 | Cape Lookout Coast Guard Station HD | 7 | 1900- (1916-45) | Commerce; Military; Transportation. History of lifesaving; maritime heritage of NC; one of rescue stations in NC when built in 1917; marine search and rescue along deadly Cape Lookout shoals area in critical transit route; connection to families in region as many had a relative work there. | State |
2000 | Cape Lookout Village HD | 27 (10 of which were previously listed in 1972 & 1989) | 1857-ca.1950 | Social History; Maritime History; Architecture. “Unique Outer Banks community”; “relatively intact” with history in navigation, life-saving, fishing, and resort uses. Connection between architecture and natural environment. Home of “hardy Banker fishing families.” | State (Criteria A&C) |
2005 | Salter-Battle Hunting & Fishing Lodge | 4 | 1945-57 | Recreational hunting and fishing along Core Banks. Larger history of area as prime location for waterfowl hunting from 1870 to 1950s. Local peoples’ role in supporting northern hunters. | State (Criteria A) |