Cape Lookout National Seashore, Guthrie-Ogilvie House, Historic Structure Report
Jones TH and NPS Southeast Regional Office, Cultural Resources Division. 2004. Cape Lookout National Seashore, Guthrie-Ogilvie House, Historic Structure Report. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Atlanta, Georgia
The Guthrie-Ogilvie house is one of the primary structures that contribute to the Cape Lookout Village Historic District. The structure was built around 1924 by Luther Guthrie, who was stationed at Cape Lookout beginning in the early 1920s. He sold his house to Robert and Henry Ogilvie in 1928. They enlarged the house and used it as a retreat for fishing expeditions in the 1930s and 1940s. Like most other buildings at Cape Lookout, the house is a utilitarian structure of vernacular design, built in response to needs and circumstances. The goal for treatment of the historically-private dwellings in Cape Lookout Village, including the Guthrie-Ogilvie House, is restoration of the exteriors to their appearance around 1950 and rehabilitation of the interiors for continued residential use, if that can be accomplished without compromising their historic character. This would include removal of the front porch addition, restoration of the historic roof line, replacement of modern aluminum windows, removal of asbestos siding, and restoration of the original tongue-and-groove siding. On the interior, treatment would include complete rehabilitation of the kitchen, installation of a new bathroom, replacement of electrical and plumbing systems, and limited structural improvements to improve the building’s capacity to withstand wind and flood. This report identifies needs that must be addressed in order to provide for the restoration and preservation of the Guthrie-Ogilvie House at Cape Lookout National Seashore.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Jones, Tommy; NPS Southeast Regional Office, Cultural Resources Division
- Date of Issue
- 2004
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- CALO , HIST , SER
- Keywords
- Architecture, Cape Lookout, Coast Guard, Construction, Cultural Resources, ehistory, fishing, Guthrie, History, Preservation, private residence, Resource Management, Restoration, salvage, vernacular style
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 091832: Guthrie-Ogilvie House , CRIS-HS: 091829: Luther Guthrie House, Cape Lookout Village