Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Massachusetts--Eastern Point Light

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EASTERN POINT LIGHT

State: MASSACHUSETTS
Location: EAST SIDE GLOUCESTER HARBOR ENTRANCE
Nearest City: GLOUCESTER
County: ESSEX
U.S.C.G. District: 1 Year Station Established: 1832

Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1890
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1985
Foundation Materials: STONE
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN & RED ROOF
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 36
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1857
Present Optic: DCB-24
Year Present Lens Installed: 1994
Height of Focal Plane: 57
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FOURTH ORDER FRESNEL ON DISPLAY AT CAPE ANN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION MUSEUM IN GLOUCESTER, MA
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1951
Construction Materials:
Architectural Style: BELL TOWER
Fog Signal Type: HORN/ORIG. BELL

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1879
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: GOTHIC REVIVAL DUPLEX
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: RADIOBEACON (1931), COVERED PASSAGEWAY, "DOG BAR" BREAKWATER (1905), OIL HOUSE (1894), SHED, ASST. KEEPERS (1908)

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/COAST GUARD HOUSING IN KEEPERS

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

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

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #87002027
Name of Listing: EASTERN LIGHT (LIGHTHOUSES OF MASSACHUSETTS TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
WINSLOW HOMER LIVED HERE 1880

Last Modified: Fri, Apr 5 2002 6:08:02 am EDT
JMP

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