3071. (HABS photo lot) U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Sandwich, Massachusetts. Lot of four high quality digital prints from survey HABS MA-1266-A. 8” x 10 ½”. The Historic American Building Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) collections are dedicated to preserving America’s architectural history by gathering a diverse range of historic photographs and architectural designs of buildings throughout the country. These clear, close photos provides great detail of the Roosevelt-style station building at the Cape Cod Canal. In 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), authorized the building of 45 United States Coast Guard Stations around the country. The station house was constructed as an updated office and residential (berthing) facility for the U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station following the demolition of the original facility at a site nearby with the widening of the Cape Cod Canal in 1936. The new facility provided space for the central administrative and social support functions of the station following a standard Colonial Revival-styled module employed elsewhere by the Coast Guard for similar facilities during the period. At least one other identical station was built at Montauk, Long Island, New York. Similar-styled station houses exist in the region, including station houses at Block Island (New Harbor) and Point Judith, RI. and were built under federal New Deal WPA/PWS initiatives during the 1935-37 period. These buildings collectively represent the early 20th century function of the Coast Guard’s lifesaving stations along the New England coast. These clear, close photos provide great detail of the modified station including front exterior view, sleeping room, ladder to watch tower, interior of watch tower. Clear and close views provide great detail of this style of station. (F-) Each $28. Lot 4 digital prints. $96.