{"nrhp_refnum":"79003304","name":"U.S. Coast Guard Station","other_names":["Seatack Life Saving Station"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Atlantic Ave. and 24th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Virginia Beach (Independent City)","county":"Virginia Beach","state":"VA","lat":36.85308191800004,"lon":-75.97597796899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-07-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Maritime History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story, gable-roof, wood-frame former lifesaving station at Atlantic Avenue and 24th Street in Virginia Beach, Virginia, erected in 1903 and slated to be moved about 100 yards to a new oceanfront site in 1979.","why_significant":"It was built for the U.S. Lifesaving Service, a predecessor of the Coast Guard, and is described as one of the few such facilities remaining on the Atlantic Coast. It was constructed to rescue victims of shipwrecks and maritime disasters, and it was renovated in 1933 after a major storm. The form also notes its local and regional architectural value as a utilitarian turn-of-the-century beach building.","narrative":"Built in 1903 at Atlantic Avenue and 24th Street in Virginia Beach, this wood-frame station served the U.S. Lifesaving Service, a forerunner of the Coast Guard. Its first floor held a boat room, office and other service spaces, while the second floor housed the crew and provided space for rescued people. A four-story lookout tower faces the ocean, and large double doors once released rescue boats. A lifesaving station is thought to have stood on the site since 1878, and the property was known as the Seatack Station. After a severe storm in 1933 the building survived with little harm and was renovated, including a rebuilt tower and added garage and officers' suite. The Coast Guard abandoned it in 1969, and it passed to the City of Virginia Beach after litigation. It is described as one of the few such stations left on the Atlantic Coast. Plans called for moving it to the ocean front in 24th Street's right-of-way and reusing it as a visitor information center.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Abandoned by the Coast Guard in 1969 and now city-owned; listed as unoccupied and used for storage, with a move and conversion to a visitor center planned.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.312697-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/6840/41684003/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/79003304.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003304/86bb21f601-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003304/86bb21f601-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"SueCorcoran","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CoastGuard_Station_24th_Atlantic_Va_Beach_Va_9_2012.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">SueCorcoran</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CoastGuard_Station_24th_Atlantic_Va_Beach_Va_9_2012.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41684003","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Beach_Surf_%26_Rescue_Museum","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7083708"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/virginia-beach/u-s-coast-guard-station-79003304/"}