Station Santa Rosa, Florida
Coast Guard Station #212
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Location:
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On south side of Santa Rosa Island, Fla. 1 3/4 miles east southeast of Fort Pickens, and 3 3/16 miles southeast by east of Pensacola Light; 30-19' 00"N x 87-15' 30"W
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Date of Conveyance
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1884
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Station Built:
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1885
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Fate:
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Still in operation
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Remarks:
In 1906 the station was swept away and was then rebuilt.
Keepers:
Jon Sutherland (?) was appointed keeper on 1 SEP 1885 and resigned on 7 JAN 1889.
Robert Broadbent was appointed keeper on 25 FEB 1889 and resigned 31 AUG 1911.
Borger Holst was appointed keeper on 24 AUG 1911 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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.