National Register Listing

Cape Hatteras Light Station

a.k.a. Museum of the Sea;Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

SE of Buxton off NC 12 in Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Buxton, NC
Local significance of the district:
Engineering; Commerce; Social History; Transportation

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.