U.S. Coast Guard Historic District

{{short description|Historic district in South Carolina, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = U.S. Coast Guard Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = U.S. Coast Guard Historic District, Sullivans Island, South Carolina - lifesaving station quarters.JPG

| caption = Lifesaving station and quarters, March 2015

| location = Ion Ave. between Station 18 and Station 18 1/2, Sullivan's Island, South Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|32|45|27|N|79|50|33|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = South Carolina#USA

| built = {{Start date|1919}}

| added = June 19, 1973

| area = {{convert|5|acre}}

| refnum = 73001703{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

U.S. Coast Guard Historic District is a national historic district located at Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. The district encompasses three contributing buildings and one contributing structure on Sullivan's Island. The property was established as a life saving station in 1891. The district contains the station house/administration building (c. 1891), boathouse (c. 1891), garage (c. 1938), and signal tower (c. 1938), which are laid out in an L-shaped court loosely organized around the bunker/sighting station (c. 1898). Also on the property is the non-contributing Charleston Light (ca. 1962).{{Cite web | author = Elias B. Bull and Carol Stevens| title = U.S. Coast Guard Historic District| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date = January 1973| url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710059/S10817710059.pdf | format = pdf | accessdate = 2014-08-01}}{{cite web|title=U.S. Coast Guard Historic District, Charleston County (Ion Ave., Sullivan's Island)|url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710059/index.htm|work=National Register Properties in South Carolina|publisher=South Carolina Department of Archives and History|accessdate=2014-08-01}} and [http://www.palmettohistory.org/hpdistricts/us-coast-guard-historic-di.html accompanying map].

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

{{Commons category|U.S. Coast Guard Historic District}}