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Managing Organization:
Crown Point State Historic Site
Telephone: 518-597-3666
Website: http://www.nysparks.state.ny.us/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/nysparks/historic.cgi?p+5
Contact Address Information:
RD #1, Box 219
Crown Point
New York, 12928, United States
Notes:
This lighthouse station originally looked very similar to Windmill Point Light on the Vermont side of Lake Champlain. In 1910-1912, the lighthouse was converted into a neoclassical memorial to explorer Samuel de Champlain. It remained in use as a lighthouse until 1929. The memorial incorporates the bottom section of the original lighthouse.
Tower Height: 55
Height of Focal Plane: 83
Description of Tower: Octagonal limestone tower.
This light is not operational
Date Established: 1858
Date Present Tower Built: 1912
Date Deactivated: 1929
Current Use: Memorial tower.
Open To Public? Yes.
Directions:
The tower is located within the Crown Point State Historic Site at the Lake Champlain Bridge, four miles east of Rte. 9N and 22. Crown Point State Historic Site is open mid-May through October, Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. The site is also open Independence Day and Labor Day. Other days in the year, it is open by appointment. The grounds are open year round.
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