U.S. 158, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. County/parish: Dare.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000071.
2 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 2 contributing structures. 1 contributing object.
Wright Brothers National Memorial (originally the Kill Devil Hill Monument), located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, commemorates Wright Flyer; the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine. From 1900 to 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright came to North Carolina from Dayton, Ohio, based on information from the U.S. Weather Bureau about the area's steady winds. They also valued the privacy provided by this location, which in the early twentieth century was remote from major population centers.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719917