Block Island Station Site
New Shoreham, RI
Also known as Block Island (southwest point) (1873-1876 or 1877); Block Island (1877 or 1878-present)
The Block Island Station Site site was established in 1873
Station closed in 1937 at this site and moved to a new location. 1886 station house survives at this site and is privately owned. Station still active at new site.
Station Site Notes:
1872 site selected and in the process of construction; 1873 completed and equipped 1/1873; 1886 reconstructed and enlarged (USLSS Annual Reports). First keeper appointed 12/12/1872 (USCG Historian's Website). Operated only as a seasonal detachment from Station Point Judith since 1986.
Buildings at this Station Site
The 1886 station house is surviving at this site