Stereograph of the New Shoreham Life-Saving Station, Block Island, R.I., undated

Description

A stereograph of the front of the boathouse of the New Shoreham Life-Saving Station at Old Harbor on Block Island, Rhode Island. The door stands open, affording a view of the surfboat inside. A flag flies from the lookout cupola. The Stick Style building was constructed in 1874 as a station of the United States Life-Saving Service, which later became the Coast Guard in 1915. "The New Shoreham Life-Saving Station is one of the last survivors of the many Atlantic seaboard stations built to government specifications from Maine to Florida. It was in use for about sixteen years in Old Harbor on Block Island, Rhode Island. Before the turn of the century it was auctioned off, moved several hundred feet, and used as a stable and blacksmith shop. In 1967 it was purchased by the Block Island Club and moved another two miles overland to Great Salt Pond, where it was to be converted to a clubhouse. In July 1968, it was brought to Mystic Seaport by barge in exchange for a reproduction." (www.mysticseaport.org)