White Head Life Saving Station
Title:
White Head Life Saving Station
Type:
Description:
Town - Tenants Harbor, Maine
Geographic Location - built on "White Head Island, one-half mile west of White Head Light"
Longitude & Latitude -
USLSS Station #5 - First District Coast Guard Station #6
Station Established - 1874
1874-June 1883 - called Whitehead Island Station.
1883 - called White Head Station
1889 - Repaired and improved.
Dwelling Constructed - 1921
Disposition - July 1955 - dropped from station lists.
1956 - turned over to the General Service Administration.
NRHP -
White Head Life Saving Station Keepers:
October 16,1874-June 30, 1882 - Horace F. Norton
September 5, 1882- August 5, 1911 - Freeman Shea
August 23, 1911 - October 23, 1917 - Alonzo Maker
October 1917 - November 1918 or later - Rollo A. Morton
June 24, 1919 - November 23, 1925 - Everett M. Mills and Lee R. Dunn
November 22, 1925 - October 1, 1926 - Alan R. Tabbutt
November 11, 1925 - April 25, 1929 - Wallace I. Brown
July 21, 1929 - July 12, 1935 - Everett M. Mills
July 10, 1935 - January 1. 1939 - Lee R. Dunn
Geographic Location - built on "White Head Island, one-half mile west of White Head Light"
Longitude & Latitude -
USLSS Station #5 - First District Coast Guard Station #6
Station Established - 1874
1874-June 1883 - called Whitehead Island Station.
1883 - called White Head Station
1889 - Repaired and improved.
Dwelling Constructed - 1921
Disposition - July 1955 - dropped from station lists.
1956 - turned over to the General Service Administration.
NRHP -
White Head Life Saving Station Keepers:
October 16,1874-June 30, 1882 - Horace F. Norton
September 5, 1882- August 5, 1911 - Freeman Shea
August 23, 1911 - October 23, 1917 - Alonzo Maker
October 1917 - November 1918 or later - Rollo A. Morton
June 24, 1919 - November 23, 1925 - Everett M. Mills and Lee R. Dunn
November 22, 1925 - October 1, 1926 - Alan R. Tabbutt
November 11, 1925 - April 25, 1929 - Wallace I. Brown
July 21, 1929 - July 12, 1935 - Everett M. Mills
July 10, 1935 - January 1. 1939 - Lee R. Dunn
Place:
St George ME, Tenants Harbor, Whitehead Island
State:
ME
Country:
USA
Located at
Part of
Includes
US Life-Saving Service
Citation
“White Head Life Saving Station,” Southwest Harbor Public Library, accessed November 21, 2024, https://demo.digitalarchive.us/items/show/10746.Item 14699