Station Brant Rock, Massachusetts
Coast Guard Station #29
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Location:
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At Brant Rock, near Marshfield on Green Harbor Point; 42-05' 30"N x 70-38' 40"W
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Date of Conveyance
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1891
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Station Built:
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1892-1893
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Fate:
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Turned over to GSA 1953. Sold to Town of Marshfield, Plymouth County, in 1963 for use as public park and recreation purposes.
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Remarks:
A station was built and placed in operation "at Brant Rock, on Green Harbor Point" in the 1892-1893 time period. Mention is made in 1919 that the station was extensively repaired and, in 1921, the building was repaired and remodeled and heat, light, and water systems were installed. Also in 1921, a new well was driven. The first keeper, Benjamin B. Manter, was appointed on January 3, 1893 and retired at age 64 with more than thirty years service on March 22, 1915. He was succeeded by Cyrus H. Merrit (acting until his appointment on September 5, 1916 and retiring on May 10, 1928). Next, Chief Petty Officer R. W. Cahoon is shown as being in charge in 1928, having been transferred from the Monomoy Point station. He was relieved by Chief L. S. Baker. On November 4, 1937, Everett M. Mills assumed command after being reassigned from the Straitsmouth station.
The station was still listed in 1945; subsequently the property was turned over to the GSA in 1953.
Keepers:
Benjamin B. Manter was appointed JAN 3, 1893 and served until 1915.
Cyrus H. Merritt (acting-1915; officially appointed 1916) served until his retirement in 1928.
CBM (L) R. W. Cahoon was the OIC in From 1928 to ?.
CBM (L) L. S. Baker served from ? to 1937.
CBM (L) Everett M. Mills was appointed OIC on 4 November 1937.
Photography:
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.