The Roanoke River Lighthouse in Edenton, North Carolina. The screw-pile-style lighthouse was constructed in 1887. Traffic through the area decreased in the twentieth century, and in 1941 the light was decommissioned but left in place. It remained unoccupied into the mid 1950s, when in 1955 it was purchased from the U.S. Coast Guard by Elijah Tate, a local waterman, for $10. In 2007 the Edenton Historical society purchased the ighthouse for $225,000, and moved it to the town waterfront. Two years later, the State of North Carolina provided $1.2 million for the restoration of the lighthouse. Photo by Carol Highsmith