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The Price Creek Lighthouse, also known as the Price's Creek Lighthouse, is a structure located near Southport, North Carolina. It was one of two range lights at Price Creek in a series of lights to guide ships from Cape Fear to Wilmington, North Carolina. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Lighthouse/OIGCS Site OICGS Dock Area USCG 47' Motor Lifeboat. Eventually the Treasury Department acquired 57.2 acres of Fort Caswell by an act of Congress and in the late 1930s built the Oak Island Coast Guard Station. [3] Then in May 1958, the Oak Island Lighthouse immediately west of the Coast Guard Station became operational. [4]
North Carolina is a Dillon's rule state, [41] and municipalities are only able to exercise the authority that the General Assembly or state constitution explicitly gives them. [33] All municipalities in North Carolina operate under either mayor-council governments or council-manager government, [33] with most using the latter. [32]
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A 10-acre (4.0 ha) site on the west side of Bald Head Island, along the banks of the Cape Fear River, was selected for North Carolina's first lighthouse. The property was purchased from Benjamin Smith, who would later become the governor of North Carolina. In 1792, Congress appropriated $4,000 to complete the lighthouse that had been started by ...
A North Carolina state government building that had Department of Health and Human Services office space, it was set to be demolished in 2023, but still stands in May 2024. The land will be turned ...
In 2003, the Federal Government granted OBC the title to the lighthouse itself. The Coast Guard approved OBC's ownership proposal over that of an application submitted by Currituck County (the county in which the lighthouse is located). Through state and federal legislative maneuvering, the county sued OBC to try to acquire the property.