U.S. Coast Guard Historic District

Historic district in South Carolina, United States

United States historic place


U.S. Coast Guard Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Lifesaving station and quarters, March 2015
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 No.	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

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Elias B. Bull and Carol Stevens (January 1973). "U.S. Coast Guard Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
^ "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 August 1, 2014. and accompanying map.