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Nonprofit fights to save Oregon Inlet life station on Outer Banks

The Oregon Inlet Life Station, a historic building built in 1898, is in danger of falling into disrepair.

RODANTHE, N.C. — Many people may notice a building sitting alone in the sand dunes near the Basnight Bridge on the Outer Banks. It turns out it has protected Oregon Inlet for more than a century and a new nonprofit is hoping to preserve it for years to come.

The Oregon Inlet Life Station has overlooked the Atlantic Ocean from Pea Island since 1898. 

James Charlet said the state renovated the building several years ago, but since it now sits vacant, it has fallen into disrepair.

The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources plans to move it off the island.

Click here to read more from WRAL.

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