Ocean City Life-Saving Station
Ocean City, United States
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The Ocean City Life-Saving Station, located at 4th Street and Atlantic Avenue in Ocean City, New Jersey, is a Carpenter Gothic structure designed by architect James Lake Parkinson and completed in 1886. One of only six remaining examples of the 1882 life-saving station type built across the United States, and the sole survivor of its design in New Jersey, the building originally stood near the shoreline but has since moved inland as sand accumulated. After its closure in 1936 in favor of the larger Great Egg Coast Guard Station, it served variously as a private residence and during World War II as a Coast Guard storage facility. Following decades of threatened demolition and legal intervention by historic preservation groups, Ocean City purchased the property in 2010, completed a $1.5 million renovation, and reopened it on December 31, 2017, as the Ocean City Life-Saving Museum.
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- National Register of Historic Places listed place
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- Ocean City, United States
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