ID: 700040563 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700040563	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (lighthouse; construction authorized by the United States Congress ; 1870; Cape Hatteras National Seashore (North Carolina, United Stat...)

Note: Located in: Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, United States Iconic lighthouse located on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks in the town of Buxton, North Carolina. The current tower, dating from 1870, is well known for its black and white spiral bands with red brick base with granite corners. After years of being threatened by the encroaching sea, in the 1999 Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was moved from its original location at the edge of the ocean to safer ground 2,900 feet inland, and 1,500 feet from the shoreline.

Titles:

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (preferred,C,U,D,English-P,,N)

Cape Hatteras Light Station (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

lighthouse [300007741] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, transportation structures, transportation buildings, water transportation buildings)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1870

Creator Display:

construction authorized by the United States Congress [preferred,BWR]

governmental body United States. Congress (American governmental body, founded 1776) [500356368]

unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Current: Cape Hatteras National Seashore [7593688] (Geographic)

Address Note: +35.303611,-75.511389; Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, United States

Display Materials: brick, granite

	brick (clay material) [300010463]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)

	granite (rock) [300011183]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), igneous rock, <igneous rock by composition>, <igneous rock by composition: chemical>, acid igneous rock)

	brick (clay material) [300010463]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)

	granite (rock) [300011183]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), igneous rock, <igneous rock by composition>, <igneous rock by composition: chemical>, acid igneous rock)

Dimensions: unavailable

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

Specific Subjects:

	lighthouse [300007741]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, transportation structures, transportation buildings, water transportation buildings) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, urban planning, and engineering works

Sources and Contributors:
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse	........ [BWR,VP]
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3739127
	........ National Park Service [online] (1998-) "Cape Hatteras Light Station," accessed 16 August 2018
Cape Hatteras Light Station	........ [VP]
	........ National Park Service [online] (1998-) "Cape Hatteras Light Station," accessed 16 August 2018

Subject: ....... [VP,BWR]

....................... National Park Service [online] (1998-) "Cape Hatteras Light Station," accessed 16 August 2018

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3739127

....................... BWR-12 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3739127

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 65338

....................... ARTstor: SAHARA (2010-) 117148

Note:
English	..... [BWR]
	..... National Park Service [online] (1998-) "Cape Hatteras Light Station," accessed 16 August 2018
	..... BWR database (2010-)