National Historic Landmark · Inverness, California

Point Reyes Lifeboat Rescue Station, 1927

Added to the National Register in 1985, and a National Historic Landmark.

Point Reyes Lifeboat Rescue Station, 1927
Photos via Wikimedia Commons

The record

Property typeHistoric district
AddressDrake's Bay, Point Reyes National Seashore, Inverness, CA
CountyMarin County
ListedNov 7, 1985
Listed forCommerce, Transportation, Maritime history, Social history
Level of significanceNational
Also known asPoint Reyes Lifeboat Station
Reference number85002756
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

AddressDrake's Bay, Point Reyes National Seashore, Inverness, CA
Coordinates37.9939° N, 122.9739° W · Directions ↗
A district listing covers the streets, not the doors. Walk it freely; the buildings inside are as private as they ever were.

Explore

Map

Public land around it

Phillip Burton Wilderness ↗Wilderness, National Park ServiceAbout 3 miles away27,315 acres

Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.

Local history books for Marin County

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Guidebooks to historic places in California

Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.

Reference

Questions people ask

When was Point Reyes Lifeboat Rescue Station, 1927 listed on the National Register?

Nov 7, 1985. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

Where is Point Reyes Lifeboat Rescue Station, 1927?

Drake's Bay, Point Reyes National Seashore, Inverness, Marin County, California.

Source: National Park Service

Where is the nomination form for Point Reyes Lifeboat Rescue Station, 1927?

The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.

Source: National Archives

Sources

Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 85002756. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.