S of Southport on Smith Island at Bald Head, Southport, North Carolina. County/parish: Brunswick.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 28, 1975. NRIS 75001242.
2 contributing buildings.
Bald Head Lighthouse, known locally as Old Baldy, is the oldest lighthouse still standing in North Carolina. It is the second of three lighthouses that have been built on Bald Head Island since the 18th century to help guide ships past the dangerous shoals at the mouth of the Cape Fear river.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719103