Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Massachusetts--Sankaty Head Light

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SANKATY HEAD LIGHT

State: MASSACHUSETTS
Location: NANTUCKET ISLAND
Nearest City: SIASCONSET
County: NANTUCKET
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1850

Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1850
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1965
Foundation Materials: BRICK
Construction Materials: BRICK/GRANITE
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED BAND MIDWAY & BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CYLINDRICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 70
Original Optic: SECOND ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1850
Present Optic: DCB-224
Year Present Lens Installed: 1987
Height of Focal Plane: 158
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL LENS MOVED TO NANTUCKET WHALING MUSEUM
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: NONE

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DESTROYED)

Year Constructed: 1849
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: DUPLEX BUNGALOW
Construction Materials: BRICK

Other Structures: OIL HOUSE (1887), 2 RANCH-STYLE KEEPERS (1960), HELICOPTER PAD

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO SCONSET TRUST

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

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #87002028
Name of Listing: SANKATY HEAD LIGHT (LIGHTHOUSES OF MASSACHUSETTS TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
ONLY LOWER PART OF TOWER ORIGINAL, FAUX LANTERN & REPRODUCTION STAIRS

Last Modified: Tues, Apr 9 2002 2:50:02 pm EDT
JMP

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