Hunniwells Beach Station Site
Phippsburg, ME
Also known as Hunniwells Beach (1883-1922); Kennebec River (1923-1971)
The Hunniwells Beach Station Site site was established in 1883
Station closed in 1971. Station house survives at this site and is the Popham Beach Bed & Breakfast.
Station Site Notes:
1882 site selected and title secured; 1883 completed; 1889 repairs and improvements, and moved because of encroachment of the sea; 1921 contracts awarded for repair and remodeling of station building and extension of launchway; 1922 work completed(?) (at 22 stations) (USLSS Annual Reports). First keeper appointed 10/29/1883); closed on October 15, 1971 (USCG Historian's Website).
Buildings at this Station Site
The 1883 station house (with Coast Guard era addition) is surviving at this site