Chester Shoal (House of Refuge) Station Site

Titusville, FL

Also known as Chester Shoal

The Chester Shoal (House of Refuge) Station Site site was established in 1885

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This is not an active site. It was active 1885-1936 and 1938-1940 (Listed as inactive 1937)

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This site was closed (in) 1940

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This is the original site location

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Designation number: 204

Station closed in 1940 and turned over to the Department of the Interior in 1949. Station may be part of Canaveral National Seashore. 1885 station house does not survive.

Station Site Notes:

1884 contract entered into; 1885 in the process of completion or completed; 1886 put into operation (USLSS Annual Reports). Turned over to the Department of the Interior in 1949 (USCG Historian's Website).

Buildings at this Station Site

There are no surviving station houses at this site.

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