Station Jackson Park, Illinois
Originally- Station Chicago
USLSS Station #11, Eleventh District
Coast Guard Station #279
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Location:
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In Jackson Park, Chicago, on west side of Yacht Harbor, 7 7/8 miles south by east of Chicago Harbor Light, and 2 3/8 miles west by south of Hyde Park Crib Light.
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Date of Conveyance
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1892
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Station Built:
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1892
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Fate:
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Turned over to GSA in 1963.
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Station Chicago / Jackson Park:
Station was originally named Chicago and located on south side entrance to Chicago River, at north end of main inner breakwater, about 7 miles south by east of Chicago River Light, Lake Michigan. A new location was acquired in 1904.
Coast Guard Lifeboat Station Jackson Park in Chicago, Illinois was established in 1890. On January 20, 1904 and ordinance was passed by the South Park Commissioners to erect a new station at a different site. That new station was operational in 1905. The station was disestablished on July 1, 1963. The property was disposed of in March 1964 by a Quitclaim Deed to the Chicago Park District.
Keepers:
John Taylor was appointed keeper on 28 JUL 1876 and left in 1878(?)
Telesford St. Peter was appointed keeper on 17 JUL 1878 and transferred to Station Ludington on 15 MAR 1893.
Charles Tufts was appointed keeper on 25 FEB 1893 and transferred to Station Ludington on 16 NOV 1893.
Telesford St. Peter was reappointed keeper on 16 NOV 1893 and transferred to Station North Manitou on 6 DEC 1899.
William L. Andres was appointed keeper on 6 DEC 1899 and resigned on 15 APR 1902.
Henry Sinnigen was appointed keeper on 14 MAY 1902 and was still serving in 1915.
Sources:
Station History File, CG Historian’s Office
Dennis L. Noble & Michael S. Raynes. “Register of the Stations and Keepers of the U.S. Life-Saving Service.” Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.
Ralph Shanks, Wick York & Lisa Woo Shanks. The U.S. Life-Saving Service: Heroes, Rescues and Architecture of the Early Coast Guard. Petaluma, CA: Costaño Books, 1996.
U.S. Treasury Department: Coast Guard. Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers and Cadets and Ships and Stations of the United States Coast Guard, July 1, 1941. Washington, DC: USGPO, 1941.