Inventory of Historic Light Stations--New Jersey--Cape May Light

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CAPE MAY LIGHT

State: NEW JERSEY
Location: DELAWARE BAY ENTRANCE
Nearest City: CAPE MAY
County: CAPE MAY
U.S.C.G. District: 5
Year Station Established: 1823

NPS photo by Jennifer Perunko, 2004

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1859
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1946
Foundation Materials: SURFACE ROCK
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: BIEGE TOWER W/RED LANTERN
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 157
Original Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1853
Present Optic: DCB-36
Year Present Lens Installed: 1946
Height of Focal Plane: 175
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FIRST ORDER LENS AT CAPE MAY COUNTY COURTHOUSE

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1823
Description: CONICAL TOWER
Fate/Disposition: ERODED
2. Construction Date: 1847
Description: CONICAL TOWER
Fate/Disposition: DEMOLISHED C. 1859 DUE TO POOR CONSTRUCTION

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1860
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: CAPE COD
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: STORAGE BUILDING, BRICK OIL HOUSE (1893)

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/HISTORIC SITE IN STATE PARK

Owner/Manager: STATE OF NEW JERSEY LEASE TO MID-ATLANTIC CTR FOR ARTS

Web Site: WWW.CAPEMAYMAC.ORG

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

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #73001090
Name of Listing: CAPE MAY LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1973

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Fri, Nov 05 2004 2:50:02 pm EDT
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