Historic Structure Report: Cape Lookout National Seashore, Cape Lookout Lighthouse

摘要

A wealth of literature--poetic, technical and historic--has been generated about the lighthouses in America. Scholars such as F. Ross Holland and Robert and Cheryl Roberts have dedicated lifetimes to the study and dissemination of information on this topic. As a distinctive architectural form, the lighthouses function shifted in the twentieth century from a place of work to one of recreation. Improved transportation made lighthouses more accessible. That brought increasing awareness of their historical significance and widespread appreciation of their architecture. The history of America's lighthouses records their decline as a navigational aid and a corresponding rise in their perception as a romantic icon of our nautical past.