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The Sleeping Bear Point Life Saving Station includes four buildings: a residence, a boat house, a storage shed, and a signal tower. The residence is a two-story frame building on a cement foundation with a wood-shingled
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roof. A porch with four square columns spans the front of the structure. The nearby boat house is also a wooden frame structure, covered with vertical siding and topped with a wood shingle
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The Sleeping Bear Point Life Saving Station was constructed in 1901 by Robert J.B. Newcombe using prototype plans developed by the
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
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South Manitou Island Lighthouse Complex and Life Saving Station Historical District
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National Register of Historic Places in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
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Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Leelanau County, Michigan
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to move the station to the present location in 1931. However, during
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National Register of Historic Places in Leelanau County, Michigan
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Sleeping Bear Point Coast Guard Station Maritime Museum
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Ownership of the station was later transferred to the
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Sleeping Bear Point Life Saving Station is located in Michigan
Sleeping Bear Point Life Saving Station is located in the United States
Glen Haven, Michigan
44°54′31″N 86°2′1″W / 44.90861°N 86.03361°W / 44.90861; -86.03361
79000285
Glen Haven, Michigan
National Register of Historic Places
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
United States Life-Saving Service
Coast Guard
World War II
National Park Service
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
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hip roof
Maritime Museum


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