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

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SODUS POINT LIGHT

State: NEW YORK
Location: SODUS BAY / LAKE ONTARIO
Nearest City: SODUS POINT
County: WAYNE
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1825

Courtesy Sodus Bay Historical Society, ca. 1992

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1871
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1901
Automated:
Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED
Construction Materials: LIMESTONE
Markings/Patterns: NATURAL W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: SQUARE
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 45
Original Optic: SIXTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed: 1871
Present Optic: THIRD AND HALF ORDER
Year Present Lens Installed: 1985
Height of Focal Plane: 70
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1825
Description: RUBBLESTONE
Fate/Disposition: OLD HOUSE AND TOWER REMOVED 1871 AND MATERIAL USED FOR 70-FOOT JETTY

Modern Tower? YES

Year Tower Constructed: 1939
Type: SQUARE PYRAMIDAL CAST IRON TOWER ON CONCRETE & STONE PIER, WHITE W/RED TRIM
Height of Focal Plane: 51

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1871
Number of Stories: 2.5
Architectural Style:
Construction Materials: LIMESTONE

Other Structures: DEMOLISHED 1939 (COMBINED LAUNDRY/2 CAR GARAGE ERECTED 1939)

Current Use: MUSEUM

Owner/Manager: TOWN OF SODUS POINT LEASE TO SODUS BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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

Web Site: Link

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #76001288
Name of Listing: SODUS POINT LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
PIER & SHORE LIGHT SERVED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM 1834 UNTIL 1901; PIER LIGHT IS IN WAYNE COUNTY PARK; DWELLING USED FOR COAST GUARD HOUSING UNTIL 1984; NOW A MARITIME MUSEUM WITH 3 1/2 ORDER LENS

Last Modified: Thu, Apr 11 2002 2:38:02 pm EDT
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