Station South Chicago, Illinois
Coast Guard Station #278
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Location:
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On harbor, Calumet Park, South Chicago, 1 5/8 miles southwest by south from Calumet Harbor Light and fog signal
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Date of Conveyance
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1873
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Station Built:
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1934
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Fate:
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Turned over to the GSA in 1956; See "Remarks" section below
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Keepers:
Edmond Dionne was appointed keeper on 26 FEB 1890 and was removed on 13 MAR 1896.
Angus G. Morrison was appointed keeper on 17 FEB 1896 and was still serving in 1915.
Remarks:
Station was renamed Calumet Harbor Station. Originally occupied a portion of the Lighthouse property in the harbor of South Chicago.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.