Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Rhode Island--Block Island (Southeast) Light

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BLOCK ISLAND (SOUTHEAST) LIGHT

State: RHODE ISLAND
Location: MOHEGAN BLUFFS / BLOCK ISLAND
Nearest City: NEW SHOREHAM
County: WASHINGTON
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1875

HAER photo #RI-27-1 prior to 1993

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1875
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: 1990-1994
Automated: 1990
Foundation Materials: GRANITE/CONCRETE/BRICK
Construction Materials: RED BRICK
Markings/Patterns: NATURAL W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: OCTAGONAL PYRAMIDAL ATT TO DUPLEX
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 52
Original Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1875
Present Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Present Lens Installed: 1994
Height of Focal Plane: 258
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FIRST ORDER ROTATING CLASSICAL LENS (1929) TO BE ON DISPLAY IN MUSEUM
Has Tower been Moved? YES, 1993

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO REMOVED 1989

Year Constructed: 1908
Construction Materials: BRICK
Architectural Style: VICTORIAN
Fog Signal Type: HORN/ORIG. STEAM SIREN

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1873
Number of Stories: 2.5
Architectural Style: GOTHIC REVIVAL DUPLEX
Construction Materials: BRICK

Other Structures: STORAGE BUILDING, RADIOBEACON, GARAGE, MODERN BRICK RANCH HOUSE(1961); MODERN FOG SIGNAL (C. 1988); DESTROYED: CISTERNS, BOATHOUSE

Current Use: MUSEUM / ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: SOUTHEAST LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION W/USCG ACCESS TO OPTIC

Web Site:

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #90001131
Name of Listing: BLOCK ISLAND SOUTH EAST LIGHT
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Tues, Mar 26 2002 9:39:02 am EDT
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