Wright Brothers National Memorial
Wright Brothers National Memorial | |
Monument at Wright Brothers National Memorial | |
| Location | 1000 North Croatan Highway Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. |
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| Coordinates | 36°00′51″N 75°40′04″W / 36.0143°N 75.6679°W |
| Area | 428 acres (173 ha) |
| Architect | Robert Rodgers and Alfred Easton Poor |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| Visitation | 406,593 (2024) |
| Website | www |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000071 |
| Significant dates | |
| Authorized | March 2, 1927 |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
| Designated NMEM | December 4, 1953 |
| Designated NHL | January 3, 2001 |
Wright Brothers National Memorial (originally the Kill Devil Hill Monument), located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, commemorates Wright Flyer; the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine. From 1900 to 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright came to North Carolina from Dayton, Ohio, based on information from the U.S. Weather Bureau about the area's steady winds. They also valued the privacy provided by this location, which in the early twentieth century was remote from major population centers.