National Historic Landmark · North Carolina

USS Monitor

Added to the National Register in 1974, and a National Historic Landmark.

National Historic LandmarkListed 1974

The record

Property typeSite
AddressNC
CountyDare County
ListedOct 11, 1974
Listed forMilitary, Engineering, Maritime history, Social history, Invention
Level of significanceNational
Also known asShipwreck Site and Remains, U.S.S. MONITOR
Reference number74002299
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark

Visiting

Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.
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The National Park Service withholds the location of this landmark to protect it, so this page shows no address, map or nearby places.

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Reference

Questions people ask

When was USS Monitor listed on the National Register?

Oct 11, 1974. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

Where is USS Monitor?

Dare County, North Carolina.

Source: National Park Service

Sources

Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The spreadsheet marks its address as restricted, so no coordinates are shown from any source. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 74002299. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.