Wright Brothers National Memorial
| Wright Brothers National Memorial | |
|---|---|
Monument at Wright Brothers National Memorial. | |
| Location | Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, USA |
| Coordinates | 36°00′51″N 75°40′04″W / 36.0143°N 75.6679°W |
| Area | 428 acres (173 ha) |
| Authorized | March 2, 1927 |
| Visitors | 482,191 (in 2021) |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
| Website | Wright Brothers National Memorial |
| Official name | Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center |
| Designated | January 3, 2001 |
| Designated | October 15, 1966 |
| Reference no. | 66000071 |
| Architects | Rogers & Poor; National Park Service |
| Architecture | Art Deco |
| Designated | December 4, 1953 |
Wright Brothers National Memorial, located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, commemorates the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine. From 1900 to 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright came here 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.