Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Massachusetts--Three Sisters Lights (Three Towers)

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THREE SISTERS LIGHTS
(THREE TOWERS)

State: MASSACHUSETTS
Location: RELOCATED TO LOCATION CLOSE TO NAUSET LIGHT BEACH
Nearest City: EASTHAM
County: BARNSTABLE
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1838

NPS photo by Candace Clifford, 1995

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1892
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1923
Automated:
Foundation Materials: BRICK/ORIG. WOOD SLATS
Construction Materials: WOOD
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 29
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1870
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 95
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? YES

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:
2. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1875
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: GOTHIC REVIVAL
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: KEEPERS IS AT ORIGINAL SITE

Current Use: NATIONAL PARK

Owner/Manager: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

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

Web Site: Link

National Register Status: LISTED Reference #87001502
Name of Listing: THREE SISTERS OF NAUSET (TWIN LIGHTS) LIGHTHOUSES OF MASSACHUSETTS TR
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
TWO TOWERS WERE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE & RELOCATED IN 1911; THIRD WAS REPLACED BY TOWER MOVED FROM CHATHAM IN 1923; CAPE COD NS HAS ARRANGED THESE TOWERS IN ORIG. CONFIGURATION AS AN INTERPRETIVE EXHIBIT; TWO TOWERS DO NOT HAVE LANTERNS

Last Modified: Tues, Apr 9 2002 4:38:02 pm EDT
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