Avalon Life Saving Station

	Avalon Life Saving Station
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	New Jersey Register of Historic Places
	Avalon Life Saving Station in 2010.
Location	76 West 15th Street, Avalon, New Jersey
Coordinates	39°6′14″N 74°42′46″W / 39.10389°N 74.71278°W
Built	1894
Built by	Hiram Godfrey
Architectural style	Shingle Style
NRHP reference No.	79001480
NJRHP No.	986
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 2, 1979
Designated NJRHP	December 28, 1978

The Avalon Life Saving Station, also known as the Avalon Coast Guard Station, is located at 76 West 15th Street in the borough of Avalon in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. The historic coastal maritime station was built in 1894 by Hiram Godfrey, a local contractor. The Shingle Style building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 2, 1979, for its significance in architecture, commerce, and transportation.^[1]^[3] It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1992.^[4]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System – (#79001480)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Cape May County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. March 25, 2024. p. 1. listed as the Avalon Lifesaving Station
^ Hinderliter, Edward T. (December 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Avalon Life Saving Station". National Park Service. With accompanying 7 photos
^ "Avalon Life Saving Station". Historic American Buildings Survey. 1992.

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Media related to Avalon Life Saving Station at Wikimedia Commons
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NJ-1109, "Avalon Life Saving Station, 76 West Fifteenth Street, Avalon, Cape May County, NJ", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page

[nris-1] "National Register Information System – (#79001480)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[NJRHP-2] "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Cape May County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. March 25, 2024. p. 1. listed as the Avalon Lifesaving Station

[nrhpdoc-3] Hinderliter, Edward T. (December 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Avalon Life Saving Station". National Park Service. With accompanying 7 photos

[4] "Avalon Life Saving Station". Historic American Buildings Survey. 1992.

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Landmarks	Cape May Historic District
Districts	Dennisville Historic District Marshallville Historic District Naval Air Station Wildwood Historic District Ocean City Residential Historic District South Tuckahoe Historic District
Places of worship	Calvary Baptist Church Cold Spring Presbyterian Church New Asbury Methodist Episcopal Meeting House Saint Peter's-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church Woodbine Brotherhood Synagogue
Houses	J. Thompson Baker House Thomas Beesley Jr. House Thomas Beesley Sr. House Caribbean Motel Chateau Bleu Motel Owen Coachman House Joseph Falkinburg House Judge Nathaniel Foster House John Wesley Gandy House George Hildreth House John Holmes House Thomas Leaming House Henry Ludlam House Thomas Ludlam Jr. House Jonathan Pyne House Reeves-Iszard-Godfey House Rufwud Cottage William S. Townsend House Whilldin–Miller House
Buildings	Avalon Life Saving Station Battery 223 Cold Spring Grange Hall Hangar No. 1-United States Naval Air Station Wildwood Fire Control Tower No. 23 Fishing Creek Schoolhouse The Flanders Hotel Goshen School Marine National Bank Ocean City 34th Street Station Ocean City City Hall Ocean City Life-Saving Station Ocean City Tenth Street Station Octagonal Poultry House Old Cape May County Courthouse Building Rio Grande Station Tuckahoe Station U.S. Life-Saving Station No. 35
Structures	Brandywine Shoal Light Cape May Lighthouse Hereford Inlet Light TBM-3E Avenger Torpedo Bomber
Sites	John Corson Jr. House Site
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Cape May County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey

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