Surfside Station Site

Nantucket, MA

Also known as Surf Side (1874-1876 or 1877); Surfside (1877 or 1878-1921)

The Surfside Station Site site was established in 1874

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This is not an active site. It was active 1874-1921

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This site was closed (in) 1921

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This is the original site location

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Designation number: 46

Station closed in 1921. 1874 station house survives at this site and is a youth hostel.

Station Site Notes:

1873 contracts for construction made; 1874 erected; 1893 repairs and improvements (USLSS Annual Reports). First keeper appointed 10/15/1874; station discontinued in 1921 (USCG Historian's Website).

Buildings at this Station Site

The 1874 station house is surviving at this site

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