Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Massachusetts--Hospital Point (Range Front) Light

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HOSPITAL POINT (RANGE FRONT) LIGHT

State: MASSACHUSETTS
Location: MAIN CHANNEL TO SALEM HARBOR
Nearest City: BEVERLY
County: ESSEX
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1872

NPS photo by Candace Clifford, 1995

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1872
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1947
Foundation Materials: GRANITE
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: SQUARE PYRAMIDAL
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 45
Original Optic: THIRD-ONE-HALF ORDER FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1872
Present Optic: THIRD ORDER
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 70
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES (MODIFIED 1968)

Year Constructed: 1871
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: QUEEN ANNE REVIVAL
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: BRICK OIL HOUSE (1871), WOOD GARAGE (1942), EQUIPMENT BUILDING (1875)

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/COAST GUARD HOUSING

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #87002031
Name of Listing: HOSPITAL POINT LIGHT STATION (LIGHTHOUSES OF MASSACHUSETTS TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
REAR RANGE IS LOCATED IN THE SPIRE OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BEVERLY

Last Modified: Tues, Apr 9 2002 10:34:02 am EDT
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