Port Orford Coast Guard Station

Port Orford CG

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From the Point Orford Heritage Society
in Port Orford, Oregon:

(January, 2002)
We have opened a museum in a former Coast Guard station that is almost identical to the Fire Island station as pictured in a 1935 book we have in our collection. Here is the photo:

Our building:

Note that East Coast and Great Lake Chatham-type stations were finished with clapboard and painted white, the Pacific coast stations were finished in unpainted cedar shingles and allowed to weather, giving a particular Pacific Northwest appearance.

Question: When was the Chatham-type building on Fire Island built. Since our book has a photo in 1935, and it appears to be identical to ours, down to pantry extension and chimney placement, we assume it is in the 1930-1934 range.

If you do not have this information, is there a local historical society or museum that might?

Thanks.

Point Orford Heritage Society
Port Orford Lifeboat Station Museum www.portorfordlifeboatstation.org
station@francona.com

Revised: 01/14/2004