Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site and Museum — Attraction in North Carolina

Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site, Museum, and gift shop is a great place to take the family. It is the most complete US Life-Saving Service Station site remaining in the nation. They do reenactments of a rescue drill once a week on Thursdays that are so exciting to watch. The Life Saving Station is a non profit organization whose sole purpose is to restore, preserve, protect, and interpret the buildings on the grounds with the history of Chicamacomico Life Saving Station and the early Coastguard on the Outer Banks. Originally Founded in 1871 and at that time managed by the US Treasury Department until retired. Local men in 1871 were hired and trained to rescue those in peril from the shoals of the Outer Banks and fury of the Atlantic Ocean. Chicamacomico means "Land of Shifting Sand" by the Algonquian-speaking Native Americans. So much history here that you have to go and see it for yourself. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit. It was a nice walk through the grounds and inside each building there is so much history preserved. A...

I love visiting these old places, much like visiting old fire stations. You can tour the various structures as well as the main building. There is a list of ships and models of the wrecks nearby, especially the ship sunk by a U-boat in WW1 with a fantastic rescue of most of the crew, as well as the WW2 U-boat sinking with no survivors but bodies recovered and buried here with military honors in the US. There is also a long film of the lifesaving station but we had no time to stay and watch it. This place is a great tribute to the old Life Saving Service, the Coast Guard and even similar services like the Royal Lifeboat Service. Anyone interested in the history of ship wreck rescues or even the Coast Guard should stop here. There is even a neat gift shop with a...

We stopped by here while visiting the Outer Banks for the first time this September. We had a wonderful experience. I wish I had gotten her name but the woman working there was so informative not only on the lifesaving station history but on the community history as well. The history is fascinating and it was nice to walk around and explore the grounds and buildings. It prompted us to go explore the nearby Oregon Inlet Station as well, which is currently closed up but beautiful. I purchased a few books there and am starting to learn more about the history of the Lifesaving Stations as well as the Coastguard and Carolina shipwrecks. Would definitely recommend a stop if you are...