Station Green Hill, Rhode Island
Coast Guard Station #56
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Location:
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6 miles west of Point Judith Light; 41-20' 23"N x 71-36' 00"W
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Date of Conveyance:
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1908
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Station Built:
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1911-1912
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Fate:
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Turned over to the GSA in 1954
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Remarks:
Mention of this station first occurs in 1908 with the report that title for the site had been secured. Then, in 1910, "advertisement was issued for proposals for the construction of the station, but the single proposal received up to the date set for opening bids was deemed excessive, and a second advertisement has been published." Finally, in 1912, the station was completed and put in commission. The early position for the station was given as " "west six miles of Point Judith Light.’’
The station was listed as discontinued subsequent to 1934 and disappeared from the records in 1939. The property was turned over to the GSA in 1954.
Keepers:
The first keeper was William F. Hooper, appointed on April 29, 1912 and retiring on August 16, 1928. He is followed by Eli Sprague, Jr. (reassigned from the New Shoreham station on February 21, 1928 and reassigned to the Block Island station on April 15, 1933).
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.