Humboldt Bay Station Site

Samoa, OR

Also known as Humboldt Bay

The Humboldt Bay Station Site site was established in 1878

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This is an active site from 1878-present

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This is the original site location

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Designation number: 318 (316)

Station still active. 1936 station house survives. 1878 station house torn down after new station was built.

Station Site Notes:

1875 difficulty obtaining title to site causing delay in construction; 1876 unable to obtain construction proposals; 1878 completed and receiving equipment; 1879 annex added; 1885 improvements for newly-employed crew; 1889 under reconstruction (USLSS Annual Reports). Station built in 1878; occupied a portion of the lighthouse station (USCG Historian's Website).

Buildings at this Station Site

The 1936 station house is surviving at this site

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