Oregon Inlet Station is a historic lifesaving station located near Rodanthe,

Dare County, North Carolina Dare County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,915. Its county seat is Manteo. Dare County is included in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which ...

. It was built in 1897 by the

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and remodeled in 1933 and 1970. It is a 1 1/2-story,

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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 The Outer Banks (frequently abbreviated OBX) are a string of barrier islands and spits off the coast of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, on the east coast of the United States. They line most of the North Carolina coastline, separatin ...

of North Carolina in 1874, to serve the ships that were lost in the treacherous waters off the North Carolina coast. It was listed on the

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in 1975.

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* Historic American Buildings Survey in North Carolina Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Shingle Style architecture in North Carolina Government buildings completed in 1897 Buildings and structures in Dare County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Dare County, North Carolina 1897 establishments in North Carolina {{DareCountyNC-NRHP-stub