Preservation Awards: Babylon’s Oak Beach Life- Saving Station

Welcome back to the awards ceremony. Today we hit the beach to talk to Mary Cascone, Babylon Town Historian, about the Oak Beach Life-Saving Station.

Perched between the Great South Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, the station withstood the ravages of wind, rain, and Superstorm Sandy. It has been moved a few times and gone through a number of uses but still retained much of its original details when the Town began its restoration in earnest in 2013.

You’ll hear about Mary’s quest to uncover the full history of the building, the challenges of the preservation project, and the local, state, and federal support that made it all possible.

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