East Beach Station


US Coast Guard Station--St. Simons Island
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Coast Guard Station in 2015

Location	4201 First St., St. Simons Island, Georgia
Coordinates	31°08′44″N 81°22′23″W / 31.14562°N 81.37316°W / 31.14562; -81.37316Coordinates: 31°08′44″N 81°22′23″W / 31.14562°N 81.37316°W / 31.14562; -81.37316
Area	2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built	1936 (1936)
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference #	98000297^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 1, 1998

Maritime Center at Historic Coast Guard Station

East Beach Station (or US Coast Guard Station-St. Simons Island or Historic Coast Guard Station) is a station of the U.S. Coast Guard in St. Simons, Georgia, located at 4201 1st Street. It was built in 1933 as a part of the Works Progress Administration initiated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Coast Guard Station played a part in World War II when it helped save the crew of two merchant ships, the SS Oklahoma and the Esso Baton Rouge, both tankers. These two ships were torpedoed by a German submarine U-123. The station is one of the forty-five originally built by President Roosevelt, and is one of the few that have survived to this day.

East Beach Station is now operated by the Coastal Georgia Historical Society as the Maritime Center at the Historic Coast Guard Station, with exhibits about the military history of St. Simons Island and the ecology of the islands off the coast of Georgia.

The Coastal Georgia Historical Society also operates the St. Simons Island Lighthouse and adjacent A. W. Jones Heritage Center on St. Simons Island.

References

↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

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