Station Smith's Creek, Florida
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Location:
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20 miles south of Matanzas Inlet; 29-26' 10"N x 81-06' 25"W
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Date of Conveyance
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1884
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Station Built:
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Unknown
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Fate:
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Turned over to the Department of the Interior in 1948
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Keepers:
William Wallace was appointed keeper on 13 MAY 1886 and resigned on 20 NOV 1900.
Edward A. Lapp was appointed keeper on 15 JAN 1901 and resigned on an unknown date.
Walter C. Lapp (caretaker) was appointed on 5 MAY 1913 and left on 22 JUL 1913.
William A. Cookman was appointed keeper in 1913 and was still serving in 1915.
Remarks:
Station was placed in inactive status in 1918 and was reactivated in 1924.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.