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| Nearest Town or City: | Tisbury Massachusetts United States |
| Location: | Entrance to Vineyard Haven Harbor, Martha's Vineyard. |
| Managing Organization: | U.S. Coast Guard |
| Notes: | The 1847 tower was obscured by houses, so a light on a mast was added to the tower until the present tower was built in 1891. The keeper's house closest to the lighthouse now serves as quarters for a Coast Guard family. The other house is a vacation home for people in all branches of the military. |
| Tower Height: | 45 |
| Description Tower: | White, cylindrical brick tower with black cast iron lantern. |
| Operational: | Yes |
| Date Established: | 1818 |
| Date Present Tower Built: | 1891 |
| Current Use: | Active aid to navigation, Coast Guard housing. |
| Open To Public: | No. |
| Directions: | Martha's Vineyard is accessible by car/passenger ferry from Hyannis, Falmouth, Woods Hole and New Bedford. Call the Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce at (508) 693-0085 for ferry information. Sightseeing tours of Martha's Vineyard are available from Island Transport, Inc.; call (508) 627-8687. Take Main Street from the ferry in Vineyard Haven to West Chop Road and the lighthouse. West Chop Light can also be seen from the ferries to Vineyard Haven. Map It! |
| Characteristic Range: | White light occulting every four seconds, with red sector. |
| Other Buildings: | 1.5 story keeper's house, 1881 fog signal building, 1895 oil house, 1935 garage, storage building. |
| Date Automated: | 1976 |
| Optics: | 1857: Fourth order Fresnel lens, still in use. |
| Height Focal Plane: | 84 |
| National Register: | Yes |
| Keepers: | James West (1818-1847); Charles West (1847-1869); Charles P. West (1869-c. 1909); George F. Dolby (1909-1919); James Yates (1919-?); Octave Ponsart (1946-1956) |
| Alternate Name1: | Holmes Hole Light |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Country: | United States |
| Signal: | 1882: Steam-driven fog signal. |
| Earlier Towers: | 1818: 25-foot stone tower; 1847: White conical tower; 1854: Three range lights; 1856: Range light on roof of keeper's house. |
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