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MONOMOY POINT LIGHT

State: MASSACHUSETTS
Location: MONOMOY ISLAND OFF CAPE COD
Nearest City: CHATHAM
County: BARNSTABLE
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1823

Photo by Brian Tague courtesy Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1849
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1923
Automated:
Foundation Materials: BRICK
Construction Materials: IRON PANELS W/BRICK LINING
Markings/Patterns: RED W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CYLINDRICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 40
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1857
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 47
Fresnel Lens Disposition:

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1823
Description: LIGHT ON KEEPERS DWELLING 25 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL
Fate/Disposition: DETERIORATED
2. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1849
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: CAPE COD
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: BRICK OIL HOUSE (1894), GENERATOR BUILDING

Current Use: NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Owner/Manager: U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE - MONOMOY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUFE

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

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #79000324
Name of Listing: MONOMOY POINT LIGHTHOUSE (LIGHTHOUSES OF MASSACHUSETTS TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
IT WAS DECIDED IN 1923 THAT CHATHAM LIGHT WAS SUFFICIENT FOR AREA; STATION RESTORED IN 1988; CAPE COD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AT BREWSTER, MA, USES STATION AS AN EDUCATIONAL CENTER

Last Modified: Thur, Feb 10 2005 9:25:02 am EDT
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