U.S. Coast Guard Historic District


U.S. Coast Guard Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Lifesaving station and quarters, March 2015
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Location	Ion Ave. between Station 18 and Station 18 1/2, Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°45′27″N 79°50′33″W / 32.75750°N 79.84250°W / 32.75750; -79.84250Coordinates: 32°45′27″N 79°50′33″W / 32.75750°N 79.84250°W / 32.75750; -79.84250
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1919 (1919)
NRHP Reference #	73001703^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 19, 1973

U.S. Coast Guard Historic District is a national historic district located at Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. The district encompasses three contributing buildings and one contributing structure on Sullivan's Island. The property was established as a life saving station in 1891. The district contains the station house/administration building (c. 1891), boathouse (c. 1891), garage (c. 1938), and signal tower (c. 1938), which are laid out in an "L"-shaped court loosely organized around the bunker/sighting station (c. 1898). Also on the property is the non-contributing Charleston Light (ca. 1962).^[2]^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

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References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Elias B. Bull and Carol Stevens (January 1973). "U.S. Coast Guard Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
↑ "U.S. Coast Guard Historic District, Charleston County (Ion Ave., Sullivan's Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01. and accompanying map.

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina

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