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National Park Service U.S. Departmentofthe Interior Cape Hatteras National Seashore North Carolina Bodie Island Light Station Double Keepers Quarters Historic Structure Report Cultural Resources Southeast Region Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://archive.org/details/bodieislandlifesOOoppe Cape Hatteras National Seashore Bodie Island Light Station Double Keepers Quarters Historic Structure Report 2009 for Cultural Resources Division SoutheastRegion,National Park Service by Joseph K. Oppermann -Architect, P.A. NC Winston-Salem, The historic structure reportpresented here exists in two formats.Atraditional,printedversion isavailable forstudyatthepark,the Southeastern Regional Office ofthe NPS (SERO),andatavarietyofother repositories. Formorewidespreadaccess,the historic structure reportalso exists inaweb-basedformat through ParkNet,thewebsiteofthe National Park Service. Pleasevisitwww.nps.govformore CulturalResources information. SoutheastRegion NationalParkService 100AlabamaSt. SW Atlanta, GA30303 (404) 507-5847 2009 HistoricStructureReport Bodie Island LightStation Double KeepersQuarters HistoricStructureReport LCS#:007244 Coverimage: Cape Hatteras National Seashore Bodie Island Light Station Double Keepers Quarters Historic Structure Report 2009 jWuoU APP™edby: UilMJlM 7-30-/0 fi Superintendent, Cape HatterayNational Seashore Date Recommended by^ Chief,Cultural Resources Division, Southeast Region Date Q»^^^^c/^^V Recommended by: d//,/f/z> Deputy Regional Director, Southeast Region Date ^IMUAJH^O- 8-30-10 Approved by: Regional Director, Southeast Region Date TableofContents Table of Contents Management Summary ProjectTeam 1 ExecutiveSummary. 3 Administrative Data 5 PartI - DevelopmentalHistory A. Historical Background and Context 7 ForcesofNature 7 The GraveyardoftheAtlantic 8 What'sinaName? 8 America's Lighthouse Program 9 Establishmentofthe U. S. Lighthouse Board (1852-1910) 10 TheU. S. LighthouseService (1910-1939) 10 From Lighthouse Serviceto CoastGuard 11 SendingoutaLight 11 ALightatBodie Island 13 TheCivilWar 14 CrossingtheInlet 14 The Life ofaKeeper 15 EverCleaning 16 More thanaLighthouse 16 Supplies andDemands 18 The HardshipsofProximity& Isolation:AppointmentsandTransfers 20 The LastKeeperandthe LongestService 21 B. ChronologyofDevelopmentandUse 23 Post-warRecovery. 23 Plansof1872 25 1900:ABusyYear 28 (Unfulfilled) HopesforaPrincipal Keeper's House 29 AVisitfromtheNational Geographic 30 1939:The CoastGuard 31 1953:The ParkServiceTakes Over 32 Plansof1954 33 Afterthe 1950s 36 1990-1992 Work 36 Outbuildings 40 Timeline 45 National ParkService i C. Physical Description 51 General Description 51 Construction Characteristics 54 Structural Systems 54 UtilitySystems 56 Exterior Features 57 Interior Features 61 Description By Room 64 & Outbuilding OtherAncillaryStructures 86 Cisterns 86 Mechanical System Enclosure 86 Concrete Slab Foundation - Wood Shed 86 The Storage Shed 87 The Public Restroom Building 89 Character-DefiningFeatures 89 SummaryofConditions & Code Compliance Issues 90 & Part II -Treatment Use A. UltimateTreatment& Use 93 B. RequirementsforTreatment 95 C. Alternatives forTreatment 97 D. Recommendations 99 Bibliography. 101 Appendices Documentation Drawings -TheQuarters ByHistoric Period 1872 FirstFloorPlan A-l 1872 Second FloorPlan A-2 1945 FirstFloorPlan A-3 1945 Second FloorPlan A-4 1954 First FloorPlan A-5 1954 Second FloorPlan A-6 1989 First FloorPlan A-7 1989Second FloorPlan A-8 Documentation Drawings -TheQuartersAs Found FirstFloorPlan B-2 Second FloorPlan B-2 Elevationsand Sections: InteriorDoor - Original B-3 Elevationsand Sections: InteriorDoor - 1992 B-4 Elevationsand Sections: ExteriorDoor- Original B-5 Elevationsand Sections: Wall Baseboard B-6 Elevationsand Sections: Interior DoorCasing B-7 Elevationsand Sections: WindowApron - FirstFloor B-8 Elevationsand Sections: WindowApron - Second Floor B-9 Elevationsand Sections: Window Casing -Typical B-10 Elevations and Sections: Staircase Balustradeand Handrail B-l1 Details:Trim atWall BelowStairand StairUndercarriage B-12 ii BodieIsland LightStationDoubleKeepers'QuartersHSR TableofContents C. Documentation Drawings - OutbuildingsAs Found FloorPlan:The Garage C-l Floor Plan:The Wood Shed C-2 D. HABS Documentation (2002) Indexto Photographs D-l Keyto Photographs D-5 Selected PhotosShowingDouble Keepers' Quarters & Outbuildings D-7 SelectedDrawings ShowingDouble Keepers' Quarters & Outbuildings D-33 National ParkService iii