It was built in 1897 by the United States Life-Saving Service and remodeled in 1933 and 1970.

It is a 1 1/2-story, Shingle Style rectangular frame building with a lookout tower.

It was one of seven lifesaving stations established on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in 1874, to serve the ships that were lost in the treacherous waters off the North Carolina coast.

[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

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