Ocracoke Island Lighthouse. (Credit: NPS | E. Mitchell) (Cape Hatteras National Seashore) Two hundred years ago, on this day in 1824, the Ocracoke Island Lighthouse was lit for the first time.

It took Ocracoke Island native Dale Mutro to research and uncover documents pointing to August 15, 1824, as the original date the lighthouse was lit. For more information click here .

Note: While we now know when the Ocracoke Lighthouse was first lit – August 15, 1824 – the Ocracoke Light Station site with its numerous structures was first constructed in 1823, and a 200 th ...

The Ocracoke Preservation Society did not know. The island historian Philip Howard, who had discovered numerous amazing island facts, could not find the elusive date, and independent researchers such ...

When was the Ocracoke Island lighthouse first lit? Read on for the answer. The short and fast answer from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials is August 15, 1824, which was 200 years ago.