Lighthouse cottages in North Carolina

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Lighthouse cottages in North Carolina

Captain Charlie's Cottages, rental cottage, reproduction of lighthouse keepers cottage, living room. The interior of one of the three renovated lighthouse keeper cottages now available for rental on Balkd Head Island, NC. The three wood-frame dwellings overlooking the wide beach were built in the early-1900s.

Bald Head Lighthouse ("Old Baldy") was built in 1817 and is North Carolina's oldest standing lighthouse.

The renovated lighthouse keeper cottages are furnished with modern conveniences, and each has at least two bedrooms.

Captain Charlie's Cottages, rental cottage, reproduction of lighthouse keepers cottage, living room. The interior of one of the three renovated lighthouse keeper cottages now available for rental on Balkd Head Island, NC.

Source: Visitors to Bald Head Island, N.C., can temporarily live like onetime lighthouse keeper "Cap'n Charlie," thanks to three renovated lighthouse keeper cottages now available for rental.

The Smith Island Museum of History on Bald Head Island, NC, is located in a reconstructed 1 1/2-story lighthouse keeper's cottage from the 1850s.

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Bald Head Lighthouse ("Old Baldy") was built in 1817 and is North Carolina's oldest standing lighthouse.

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