Longport in Atlantic County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Great Egg Coast Guard Station

2301 Atlantic Avenue

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 24, 2020

1. Great Egg Coast Guard Station Marker

National Register of Historic Places Nomination form:
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Inscription. Great Egg
Coast Guard Station
has been listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Military • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 39° 18.703′ N, 74° 31.665′ W. Marker is in Longport, New Jersey, in Atlantic County. It is on Atlantic Avenue just west of South 24th Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2301 Atlantic Ave, Longport NJ 08403, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on New Jersey’s Jersey Shore.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies:

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Michael L. Cohen (here, next to this marker); High Water Mark (a few steps from this marker); The Labyrinth at Longport (approx. 0.2 miles away); Longport Veterans Monument (approx. 0.2 miles away); Capenter Walkway (approx. 1.1 miles away); Margate City Post 397 Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); a different marker also named Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Longport.

Additional keywords. United States Coast Guard, USCG

Great Egg Coast Guard Station Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 24, 2020

2. Great Egg Coast Guard Station Building

Station Ocean City, New Jersey (formerly Great Egg) image. Click for more information.

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3. Station Ocean City, New Jersey (formerly Great Egg)

United States Coast Guard website entry
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State Register of Historic Places plaque on the building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 24, 2020

4. State Register of Historic Places plaque on the building

Credits. This page was last revised on January 26, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 26, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 340 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 26, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3. submitted on July 20, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 4. submitted on July 26, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.