Ocracoke Lighthouse (N.C.)

found: Hitchcock, Susan L., Ocracoke Light Station cultural landscape report, 2016:p. 1 (Ocracoke Light Station, Ocracoke Island, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Hyde County, North Carolina; U.S. Coast Guard owned and managed the light station until 1955, when it issued a revocable permit to the NPS for the use and occupancy of the quarters, in 1957 an amendment added the garage, chicken house, carpenter shop, and pump house as long as the NPS keep them in good repair; in 1986 a revised agreement included the grounds and fence; on June 7, 1999 the USCG transferred title for the lighthouse and two acres of land to the NPS; the USCG still owns/operates the Fresnel lens) p.2 (in 1977, the light station was listed in the National Register of Historic Places)

found: U.S. National Park Service website December 14, 2016(Ocracoke Light Station; Ocracoke Lighthouse; Decimal Degrees: 35.108960, -75.985951; Degrees Minutes Seconds: 35° 6' 32.256", 75° 59' 9.4236"; the lighthouse was constructed by Massachusetts builder Noah Porter and finished in 1823; Ocracoke Light is the second oldest operating lighthouse in the nation)