Inventory of Historic Light Stations--New York--Montauk Point Light

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MONTAUK POINT LIGHT

State: NEW YORK
Location: TURTLE HILL / EAST END OF LONG ISLAND
Nearest City: MONTAUK
County: SUFFOLK
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1796

Photo courtesy of Ted Smith, September 2002

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1797
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1987
Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED
Construction Materials: SANDSTONE
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BROWN BAND MIDWAY & BLACK LANTRN
Shape: OCTAGONAL PYRAMIDAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 110
Original Optic: 13 WHALE OIL LAMPS
Year Original Lens Installed: 1797
Present Optic: DCB-224
Year Present Lens Installed: 1987
Height of Focal Plane: 168
Fresnel Lens Disposition: THIRD AND ONE HALF ORDER LENS USED BETWEEN 1904-1987 ON DISPLAY IN MUSEUM
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1897
Construction Materials:
Architectural Style:
Fog Signal Type: VARIOUS

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES, CONVERTED TO BARN 1860

Year Constructed: 1838
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: COLONIAL
Construction Materials: BRICK

Other Structures: 1860 KEEPERS QUARTERS, OIL HOUSE, STORAGE BUILDING, RADIOBEACON

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/MUSEUM IN KEEPERS DWELLING

Owner/Manager: MONTAUK HISTORICAL SOCIETY W/USCG ACCESS TO OPTIC

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

Web Site: Link

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #69000142
Name of Listing: MONTAUK POINT LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
PRE-1800 TOWER AUTHORIZED BY GEORGE WASHINGTON; BUILT BY JOHN MCCOMB, JR.; TOWER HEIGHT INCREASED 1860 TO ACCOMODATE 1ST ORDER LENS; 1860 KEEPERS RESTORED, TOWER UNDER RESTORATION

Last Modified: Thu, Dec 12 2002 2:53:02 pm EDT
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