Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station

Chicamacomico Life Saving Station
The 1874 station.
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station is located in North Carolina
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station is located in the United States
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station
LocationNC 12 and SR 1247, Rodanthe, North Carolina
Coordinates35°35′42″N 75°27′54″W / 35.59500°N 75.46500°W / 35.59500; -75.46500
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1874
NRHP reference No.76000164 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 1976

The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station (/ˌtʃɪkəməˈkɒmɪkoʊ/;[2] CLSS) is a former station of the United States Life-Saving Service and United States Coast Guard. It is located in Rodanthe, North Carolina, on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks, on the east side of what is today Highway 12. Today, the surviving buildings of the station form a museum.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Talk Like A Tarheel Archived 2013-06-22 at the Wayback Machine, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2013-02-08.