Remember we wrote a little blog last Valentine’s day about the love that Keeper William Shinault had for his wife and the sweet letters he wrote to her before he died? And how that same …
By: Meghan Agresto, Outer Banks Conservationists – Currituck Beach Lighthouse Site Manager Long Point Island, Gas works, and Light Station Long Point Light Station in the Currituck Sound, a project of the United States Light-House …
By: Meghan Agresto, Currituck Beach Lighthouse Site Manager & Historian Corolla, NC – One hundred and fifty years ago, on June 19, 1874, at the Currituck Beach Light Station “the driving of the piles for …
By Jane Bailey and Meghan Agresto Acts of love – from sending a heartfelt letter, to preserving those letters for over a century – have ripple effects. Our lighthouse was recently the recipient of some …
Artisans, surfers, photographers and beach bums: those single-mindedly dedicated to their craft flock to the Outer Banks, NC for inspiration and musing. A unique chain of islands, with a history as powerful as the sand …
On the grounds of the Currituck Beach Light Station are two homes: a white, two-and-a-half story, 1876 duplex built from plans for a “First Order Dwelling” to house three keepers west of the newly constructed …
What’s in a Photograph? A Second Look at the Oldest Image of the Currituck Beach Lighthouse By: Meghan Agresto, Currituck Beach Lighthouse Site Manager & Historian Prefer to learn about this with a video? Click here if …
By: Meghan Agresto, Currituck Beach Lighthouse Site Manager and Historian In 2018, the State Archives of North Carolina posted a blog about the many photos they had of North Carolina children in goat carts. Our State …
By: Meghan Agresto, Currituck Beach Lighthouse Site Manager & Historian After its illumination in 1875, the Currituck Beach Lighthouse supplied a need “long felt by the commerce of the country” after 56 vessels had gone …
By: Outer Banks Conservationists Staff As we do every so often, the Outer Banks Conservationists (OBC) signed a contract for big preservation work to be done on the Currituck Beach Lighthouse; the work began early …
