Point Reyes Lifeboat Station

Point Reyes Lifeboat Station, also known as Point Reyes Lifeboat Rescue Station, was built in 1927 by the United States Lifesaving Service (precursor to the United States Coast Guard). It used rail launched 36 foot motorized lifeboats to aid ships foundering on Point Reyes. It was a replacement to another station that was built in 1888 on a bluff overlooking South Point Reyes Beach. It remains the only unaltered instance of this type of station on the West Coast. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, and it was further declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.