This is a list created and maintained by the USLSSHA to keep you informed of stations in danger of destruction.  What we mean by "danger" is anything from a station about to be torn down to public policy that may lead to a station's demise ten years in the future.  By "stations," we mean Houses of Refuge, US Life-Saving Stations, and Coast Guard sites on our seaboards and Great Lakes.  This list is our tool for focusing public attention on threatened structures.  We hope this list encourages you to help save one of these stations.

Many of these sites and structures face neglect or loss by demolition due to their locations along the country's seaboards and Great Lakes where property values have escalated.  It is our intent that this list will become our organization's tool for focusing public attention on threatened structures.  In many documented instances, publication of threatened stations has lead directly and sometimes indirectly to the start of a number of preservation campaigns.  We hope this list encourages you to help save one of these stations.

The USLSSHA can support you and offer our experience, guidance and resources from our many members in the organization. The endangered stations list is updated monthly if an immediate threat is reported or quarterly for regular updates for non-urgent matters.

The list may not include all endangered or threatened sites, but our hope is to add new sites as information is provided to us.  We encourage you to contact us through this website to report a station facing demolition or if one is currently in a deteriorated condition not listed here.  Please keep us informed of any news, including any print, audio, public meetings, or other updates regarding one of these or other stations in need of help.  We will insure that these are posted to this website.
    
The assessments are based on the information provided by local residents, and preservation groups involved with these sites.


                    

Station Name	City	State	Condition Description
Portsmouth Harbor Life Saving Station (Wood Island)	Kittery	ME	Pending Demolition Threat by Town Council
Cahoon's Hollow Life Saving Station	Wellfleet	MA	Threatened by beach erosion
Galloo Island Life Saving Station	Hounsfield	NY	Abandoned with no restoration plans
Ocean City Life Saving Station	Ocean City	NJ	Sale Pending, but restoration needed
Cape Lookout LSS (1887 Station Only)	Core Banks	NC	Abandoned with no restoration plans
Oregon Inlet Lifeboat Station	Rodanthe	NC	Exterior recently restored, erosion, no permanent plans
Bolinas Bay Lifeboat Station	Bolinas	CA	Threat of demolition
Tillamook Bay Life Saving Station (1907 Station Only)	Barview	OR	Abandoned with no restoration plans
Milwaukee Lifeboat Station	Milwaukee	WI	Destroyed by demolition in 2008
Portage Life Saving Station (1902 & 1935 Station)	Houghton	MI	Abandoned with no restoration plans
Vermillion Life Saving Station	Vermillion	MI	Abandoned with no restoration plans
Plum Island Life Saving Station	Washington	WI	Abandoned, but some work is taking place
Long Branch LSS (1878-79, and 1904 stations)	Long Branch	NJ	Demolition for proposed housing development
Wallops Beach (1933)	Wallops Beach	VA	Demolition threat
Cross Island (1874)	Cross Island	ME	Station collapse and in ruins
Cobb Island  (1880)	Cobb Island	VA	Station near collapse
Little Kinnakeet LSS (1904 Station Only)		NC	No restoration started yet
Tawas LSS	East Tawas	MI	Saved in 2007
Whitefish Pt. Boathouse (1923)	Paradise	MI	Abandoned with no restoration plans

The station is not in danger of actual destruction at the present time, but it appears to need repairs or urgently needs restoration. Contact public or private owners to educate them on the historical importance of the structure and offer advice on how to make economical repairs now before more damage has occurred which will require more money to repair.
  

The station is in danger of actual destruction within ten years due to public planning decisions or lack of proper maintenance. Action is needed now to prevent loss of the station later.  For public structures this includes documenting organized groups as interested parties for consultation prior to planning documents being finalized.  Private property owners should be contacted to provide information on the importance of the structure and to provide access to information that would help them to make repairs or find qualified individuals to make repairs on their behalf.


The station is in imminent danger of destruction. Immediate action is needed to save the structure. The station could be lost in less than a year.
Documentation by measured drawings and photographs should be undertaken.  State Historic Preservation Officers, State and Federal Legislators should be contacted to delay demolition to publicly owned structures.


The station has been demolished. Major structure has collapsed and in ruins.  Salvage of any remaining significant features should be undertaken. Any work would require reconstruction of a new building, using modern materials to replicate historic appearance.