Station Marblehead, Ohio
Formerly Marblehead Point
USLSS Station #9, Ninth District
Coast Guard Station #241
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Location:
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Point Marblehead, near Quarry Dock, Lake Erie
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Date of Conveyance:
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1876
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Station Built:
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1875
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Fate:
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Still in operation
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Remarks:
Marblehead (from an article by Merlin D. Wolcott, "Marblehead Lifesaving Station," in: Inland Seas: The Journal of the Great Lakes Historical Society 22/4 (Winter 1966, pp. 295-300.)
Marblehead Lifeboat Station was established on June 20, 1874. It is located in the village of Marblehead, near Lakeside, on the shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio. Official opening of the station was in September 1876 with Lucien M. Clemons as the first keeper. A more modern station was built in 1921 and by the time the article was published there were plans to enlarge the facilities in order to accommodate a growing number of crewmen.
Keepers:
Lucien M. Clemons was appointed keeper on 9 SEP 1876 and resigned on 31 MAR 1897.
Daniel L. Griesser was appointed keeper on 2 APR 1897 and was still serving in 1915.
Photography:
Station Marblehead; no photo number; original caption reads "Life Saving Station at Marblehead, Ohio, Capt. L. M. Clemons was for years keeper"; date/photographer unknown.
Station Marblehead. Photo No. 241/3; Original caption reads: "View looking south from breakwater showing north end of Sta. building and shed for life boat"; 29 May 1918; photographer unknown.
1921 Station Marblehead. No photo number or caption; date/photographer unknown; [1921 station; inspection photo after construction?]
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.