Cape Fear Light

Cape Fear Lighthouse

Cape Fear Lighthouse
Location	North Carolina
Coordinates	33°53′34″N 78°02′05″W / 33.8927°N 78.0348°W / 33.8927; -78.0348Coordinates: 33°53′34″N 78°02′05″W / 33.8927°N 78.0348°W / 33.8927; -78.0348
Year first lit	1903
Construction	steel skeleton
ARLHS number	USA-1028
USCG number
Cape Fear Lighthouse Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Kure Beach, North Carolina
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1903
Demolished	1958
Governing body	Private
NRHP Reference #	78001931[1]
Added to NRHP	August 29, 1978

Cape Fear Lighthouse was built in 1903, replacing the Bald Head Lighthouse as the main navigation aid for Cape Fear and the Frying Pan Shoals off the coast of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It stood near the cape on Bald Head Island. It was a steel skeleton frame lighthouse, as opposed to the brick lighthouses usually associated with the state. It was painted red and white horizontal stripes: three white and two red. It was maintained for most of its lifetime by Capt. Charlie Swan, its lighthouse keeper. On December 5, 1932, first assistant lighthouse keeper, Devaney F. Jennette, died while in the watch tower. He was talking to Capt. Swan at the time. The Cape Fear Lighthouse was demolished in 1958 and replaced by the powerful Oak Island Lighthouse.

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External links

• The Cape Fear Light.

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