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Wood End Station Site

Provincetown, MA

Also known as Wood End

The Wood End Station Site site was established in 1896

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This is not an active site. It was active 1896-1953 (1947?)

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This site was closed (in) 1947

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This is the original site location

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Designation number: 32

Station closed in 1953 (1947?) and turned over to GSA in 1957. Property transferred to the National Park Service as part of Cape Cod National Seashore. Station house intentionally burned down in 1961.

Station Site Notes:

1896 erected and now receiving equipment; 1897 put into commission; 1910 less extensive repairs and improvements (USLSS Annual Reports). First keeper assigned 9/23/1896; disappears from 1948 listing of stations; Turned over to GSA in 1957 (USCG Historian's Website).

Buildings at this Station Site

There are no surviving station houses at this site.

View Buildings at this Station Site

Wood End Station House (built 1896)

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