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Title: Coast watch
Identifier: coastwatch00uncs_16 (find matches)
Year: 1979 (1970s)
Authors: UNC Sea Grant College Program
Subjects: Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology
Publisher: (Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College Program)
Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina
Digitizing Sponsor: North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

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lawsuit, which allows 11 leasees to occupy their cabins under special-lease permits until Sept. 4, 2003, while officials assess the historic and nonhistoric structures. "We will have a public planning process in 2003," says Bob Vogel, park superintendent. "The Park Service is looking at a variety of options for the use of the cabins, including establishing a historic leasing program that allows private citizens to lease structures in exchange for maintaining them according to historic standards. Six buildings in the historic Portsmouth Village on the northern end of the seashore are in that program." New Bern attorney Hugh Overholt, who represented several leaseholders in the federal lawsuit, says that the settlement was "reasonable given the facts and circumstances." In addition to historic leasing, Vogel says, other options will be considered, including opening one or more of the structures to the public as a museum or an educational center. The Park Service also is considering using the structures for administrative needs, such as housing for volunteers and park staff stationed on the Banks, he adds. Now, the brick Keeper's Quarters, which was built in 1873 and sits next to the Cape Lookout Lighthouse, is the only structure in the historic district open to the public. The district — which is anchored by the diamond lighthouse at the north end and the former U.S. Coast Guard Station to the south — contains 21 principal structures. Village's Rich History From the 1870s to about 1920, the area flourished as a fishing village. Fishing families or U.S. Coast Guard employees built several of the historic private dwellings as residences. After that, the Cape became a haven for hardy vacationers. During World War U, the Cape was buzzing with military activity. After Germany U-boats attacked and sank many ships near Cape Lookout in 1942, the Cape was developed as a temporary defensive base. Along the beach on
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the Atlantic side, you can still find ruins of machine guns and searchlight towers. TOP: David Yeomans' buoy tree in his front yard is favorite stop for tourists on Core Banks. Continued BOTTOM: The Coca-Cola House has a front porch that faces Core Sound COASTWATCH 9

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