dc.description.abstract |
The 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. |
en_US |