National Park Service ~ Ocracoke, NC ~ 6,640 SF ~ Construction $3,031,275
ST JOHN Principal Ed Setzler served as AE Project Director for historic preservation due-diligence and full AE design for the campus of the third oldest lighthouse in the United States, built in 1823 under President John Monroe.
AE services included historic preservation assessment, coastal hazard analysis, value analysis workshop, full NEPA Environmental Assessment (EA), HABS/HAER/HALS photo documentation, and full AE design documents for the historic rehabilitation of the 1823 lighthouse keeper’s quarters and light station campus at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The wood structured keepers’ quarters and supporting wood buildings sustained severe damage during hurricanes Florence, Matthew, and Dorian between 2016 and 2019. The AE team’s comprehensive pre-design study, value analysis, and full AE design included the rehabilitation of foundations, roofing, stairs, doors, windows, and walls, resiliency upgrades for the cultural landscape, and the raising of the entire original wood structure of the 1823 keeper’s quarters by 2’-6” to protect it from sea level rise and storm surge during hurricane events.