{"nrhp_refnum":"12000133","name":"Nahant Life-Saving Station","other_names":["Nahant Coast Guard Station"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"96 Nahant Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Nahant","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.430548619000035,"lon":-70.93383977399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-03-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Maritime History"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A life-saving station complex at 96 Nahant Road, Nahant, Massachusetts, on Short Beach. It consists of a 1900 Shingle Style Station House designed by Victor Mindeleff and a 1938 Colonial Revival equipment building, on a 1.4-acre lot.","why_significant":"The station was one of 33 life-saving stations established in Massachusetts before the Coast Guard was formed in 1915, and one of only twelve that survive. It is the only surviving one-of-a-kind station in the state, since the others were built from standardized plans. The nomination argues it is a largely intact example of a coastal rescue station important to maritime history, qualifying under Criteria A and C at the local and state levels.","narrative":"Built in 1900 at Short Beach in Nahant, Massachusetts, this life-saving station housed crews who rescued victims of coastal shipwrecks. The two-story, wood-frame Station House, designed by Victor Mindeleff in the Shingle Style, has a steep shingled roof, inset porches, a fieldstone foundation and a lookout tower where crews watched the coast. A Colonial Revival equipment building was added in 1938. The station served the U.S. Life-Saving Service until 1915, the Coast Guard until 1964, and then a Coast Guard recreational facility until 1999, when the Town of Nahant took ownership. It was one of 33 such stations in Massachusetts and is one of twelve still standing. It is the only survivor in the state built to a unique design rather than a standardized plan. Its largely intact layout, with separate quarters for the keeper and crew around a central boatroom, supports its recognition for architecture and maritime history.","period_of_significance":"1900-1950","architect_builder":"Victor Mindeleff, architect","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Shingle Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Owned by the Town of Nahant since 1999; the exterior has been restored to the 1915-1920 period and the first floor interior has been restored. Current uses are listed as civic.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:10:51.645442-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/30/7949/63794930/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/12000133.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000133/8b752a82dd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000133/8b752a82dd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NahantMA_LifeSavingStation.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NahantMA_LifeSavingStation.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794930","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahant_Life-Saving_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16895649"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/nahant-life-saving-station-12000133/"}