Station Avalon, New Jersey
Coast Guard Station #131
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Location:
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On Seven Mile Beach, at Avalon, N.J. 7/8 mile south of Townsend Inlet, and 3 3/4 miles south southwest of Ludlam Beach Light; 39-05' 50"N x 74-43' 10"W
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Date of Conveyance:
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1889
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Station Built:
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1894
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Fate:
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Abandoned in 1948
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Remarks:
After occupying the site for several years it was found that higher ground would have to be acquired. A site was acquired in 1893 and the old site abandoned in 1894.
Keepers:
John W. Swain was appointed on DEC 15, 1894 and was transferred to Tatham’s on October 6, 1904.
Frank Nichols a Gold Life Saving Medal recipient was appointed on October 29, 1906 and was still serving in 1915.
"AVALON."; no date/photo number; photographer unknown.
Courtesy of Van Field.
No official caption; no date/photo number; photographer unknown.
Courtesy of Van Field.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.