Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Massachusetts--Cape Cod (Highland) Light

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CAPE COD (HIGHLAND) LIGHT

State: MASSACHUSETTS
Location: EAST SIDE OF CAPE COD
Nearest City: NORTH TRURO
County: BARNSTABLE
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1797

NPS photo by Candace Clifford, 1995

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1857
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1987
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE & BRICK
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 66
Original Optic: FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1857
Present Optic: VRB-25
Year Present Lens Installed: 1998
Height of Focal Plane: 183
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FIRST ORDER FRESNEL LARGELY DESTROYED DURING REMOVAL, SEGMENTS LOCATED IN MUSEUM
Has tower been moved? YES, 1996

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1797
Description: WOODEN TOWER
Fate/Disposition: REPLACED CA. 1831
2. Construction Date: CA. 1831
Description: BRICK
Fate/Disposition: DISMANTLED CIRCA 1856

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: HORN (REMOVED)

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1857
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: QUEEN ANN
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: NEW KEEPERS (1961, RELOCATED 1996), WALKWAY ATTACHES TOWER TO DWELLING, REMOVED: RADIOBEACON, GENERATOR SHED (1857)

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/KEEPERS QUARTERS USED AS MUSEUM

Owner/Manager: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (CAPE COD NATIONAL SEASHORE) W/U.S. COAST GUARD ACCESS TO OPTIC

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

Web Site: Link

National Register Status: LISTED Reference #87001463
Name of Listing: HIGHLAND LIGHT STATION (LIGHTHOUSES OF MASSACHUSETTS TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

HABS/HAER Document? YES (MA-750)

Miscellaneous:
7TH LIGHT CONSTRUCTED BY U.S. GOVT.; SITE FOR RADIOBEACON EXPERIMENTS; MOVED IN 1996 BECAUSE OF CLIFF EROSION

Last Modified: Fri, Apr 5 2002 2:21:02 pm EDT
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