Pinyerd, David A.2023-07-262023-07-262000-06https://hdl.handle.net/1794/28590372 pagesThe core mission of the United States Life-Saving Service, later to become the United States Coast Guard, has always been to rescue the victims of shipwreck. To serve this mission, coastal rescue stations were built by the government to house men and equipment engaged in rescue operations. The first station in Oregon was built at Cape Arago in 1878. By the beginning of World War II, the government had built fifteen distinct stations at eight different ports along the Oregon Coast. The evaluation and preservation of these stations along the Oregon Coast has been negligible. This thesis explores the development of each individual station in Oregon. The preservation of each station is then examined by discussing restoration, maintenance, adaptive reuse, and interpretative possibilities for each one.enCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USRevenue Cutter ServiceUmpqua RiverCoquille RiverThesis / Dissertation