United States Coast Guard History and Heritage Sites information
This is a list of United States Coast Guard historical and heritage sites that are open to the public. This list includes National Historic Landmarks (NHL), the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), cutters, museums, monuments, memorials and more. It includes only NHL Lighthouses. There are many more resources dedicated to lighthouses, this list attempts to collect everything else in one list. The United States Lighthouse Society, Lighthouse Friends and the many Wikipedia pages dedicated lighthouses are a few of the many excellent resources for those interested in lighthouses. This list captures the most important historical features, that is the NHL and the often overlooked U.S. Coast Guard sites.
The Revenue Cutter Service is not as well represented in this list compared to the other constituent agencies; those other agencies had a head start. The service did not even have a proper name for three-quarters of a century until 1863 when Congress voted to name them the "Revenue Cutter Service."[1] The service established its first permanent shore infrastructure around 1900 at Curtis Bay, Maryland and it is still in operation today as the Coast Guard Yard.[2] Revenue cutters operated out of their respective port and were under the operational control of the Collector of Customs of that port.[1] Before Federal Income Tax, customs duties were the primary form of revenue, the customs house was often the hub of activity for the Federal Government in a harbor town. Beyond the customs house and perhaps a pier, it is unlikely that more shoreside infrastructure was required in the early days.
The Sites are mapped in Open Street Map, recommend searching with the name, city, and state.
U.S. Revenue Cutter Service 1790-1915
U.S. Life-Saving Service 1848-1915
U.S. Coast Guard 1915-Present
U.S. Lighthouse Service 1789-1939
U.S. Treasury Department *1790-1967
U.S. Navy *1917-1919; 1941-1945
U.S. Transportation Department 1967-2003
U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2003-Present
^ abOstrom, Thomas (2018). United States Revenue and Coast Guard Cutters in Naval Warfare, 1790-1918. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, Inc. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-4766-3075-5.
^Yard Facilities Master Plan(PDF). Curtis Bay, Maryland: The Coast Guard Yard. 2019. p. 8.
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U.S. Revenue Cutter Service 1790-1915
U.S. Life-Saving Service 1848-1915
U.S. Coast Guard 1915-Present
U.S. Lighthouse Service 1789-1939
U.S. Treasury Department *1790-1967
U.S. Navy *1917-1919; 1941-1945
U.S. Transportation Department 1967-2003
U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2003-Present
