Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Massachusetts--Scituate Light

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SCITUATE LIGHT

State: MASSACHUSETTS
Location: CEDAR POINT / SCITUATE HARBOR
Nearest City: SCITUATE
County: PLYMOUTH
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1811

NPS photo by Candace Clifford, 1995

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1811
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: 1860-1994
Automated:
Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED
Construction Materials: GRANITE/BRICK
Markings/Patterns: SOLID WHITE W/GREEN LANTERN ROOM ROOF
Shape: OCTAGONAL
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED TO KEEPERS BY COVERED WALKWAY
Tower Height: 50
Original Optic: PAN LAMP
Year Original Lens Installed: 1811
Present Optic: FA-250
Year Present Lens Installed: 1991
Height of Focal Plane: 49
Fresnel Lens Disposition:

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1811
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: CAPE COD
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: COVERED WALKWAY

Current Use: PRIVATE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: SCITUATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY/TOWN OF SCITUATE

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

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #87001490
Name of Listing: SCITUATE LIGHT (LIGHTHOUSES OF MASSACHUSETT TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

HABS/HAER Documentation? YES, MA-2-22

Miscellaneous:
TOWER ATTACHED TO KEEPERS BY COVERED WALKWAY; TOWER HEIGHTENED 15 FEET IN 1827; TOWER WALLS REBUILT 1841, CURRENT LANTERN BUILT 1930; REACTIVATED AS A PRIVATE AID TO NAVIGATION IN 1994 AFTER 134 YEARS OF BEING OUT OF SERVICE

Last Modified: Tues, Apr 9 2002 3:02:02 pm EDT
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