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Managing Organization:
Private owner
Notes:
This lighthouse was the first in America to be lit using natural gas (1831). The present owner displays a gas light in the tower. In April 2005, the lighthouse property went for sale on eBay.
Tower Height: 40
Description of Tower: Conical fieldstone tower.
This light is not operational
Other Buildings?
1829 fieldstone keeper's dwelling.
Date Established: 1829
Date Present Tower Built: 1829
Date Deactivated: 1859
Optics: 1829: 11 lamps and 14
Current Use: Private residence.
Open To Public? no
Directions:
This lighthouse is on NY Route 5, north of Route 394. It can be seen from a nearby marina's parking lot.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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