North Beach Station Site
Unknown, MD
Also known as North Beach
The North Beach Station Site site was established in 1884
Station closed in 1952 and turned over to GSA in 1970. 1884 Station house was abandoned and destroyed by fire in 1965. Station site now part of Assateague Island National Seashore. Popes Island boathouse moved to the site of the North Beach Station and used as an interpretive center for Assateague Island National Seashore.
Station Site Notes:
1883 approaching completion; 1884 completed; 1920 boathouse which was destroyed by storm rebuilt (USLSS Annual Reports). Turned over to GSA in 1970; a lifeboat station at North Beach was constructed in 1893 (USCG Historian's Website).
Buildings at this Station Site
There are no surviving station houses at this site.