Oregon Inlet Station, Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge

Oregon Inlet Station is a historic lifesaving station located near Rodanthe, Dare County, North Carolina. 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 has a porch that surrounds the building. 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. ()