Monomoy Point Light

41°33′33.6″N 69°59′37.4″W / 41.559333°N 69.993722°W / 41.559333; -69.993722TowerConstructed1823FoundationBrickConstructionCast iron with brick liningAutomatednoHeight14 m (46 ft) ShapeCylindricalMarkingsRed with black lanternHeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place LightFirst lit1849 (current structure)Deactivated1923LensFourth order Fresnel Lens Nearest cityChatham, MassachusettsArea4 acres (1.6 ha)Built1849Architectural styleCape CodMPSLighthouses of Massachusetts TR (AD)NRHP reference No.79000324Added to NRHPNovember 01, 1979

Monomoy Point Light^[1] is a historic light in Chatham, Massachusetts.

The station was established in 1823. The first light was a wood tower and brick lantern room on top of the keeper's house. The current tower, one of the first made of cast iron, was built in 1849.

After the opening of the Cape Cod Canal in 1914, most vessels bound from south of the Cape to the Boston area took the shorter and safer route through the canal, so there was much less traffic past the light and the light was deactivated in 1923.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Monomoy Point Lighthouse on November 1, 1979, reference number 79000324.^[2]

The keeper's house is preserved and serves today as a guest house. The Lighthouse Preservation Society, the Massachusetts Audubon Society, and The Friends of Monomoy support preservation of the lighthouse and keeper's house.^[3] It lies within the Monomoy Wilderness.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Barnstable County, Massachusetts

References

External links

• Media related to Monomoy Point Light at Wikimedia Commons
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MA-62, "Monomoy Point Light Station, Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, Chatham, Barnstable County, MA", 18 photos, 26 data pages, 3 photo caption pages