Historic Building Plan of the Day
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is an important aid to the navigation of the Atlantic Coast. The Diamond Shoals, which extend up to ten miles out from Cape Hatteras, coupled with the Gulf Stream currents, earned this area its reputation as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."
- Time to build: 1869–1870, per HABS record
Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. Library of Congress item. Full drawing: North Elevation at loc.gov. No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted.