Block Island North Light

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Block Island North Light
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location:	New Shoreham, Rhode Island
Coordinates:	41°13′39″N 71°34′34″W / 41.2275, -71.57611Coordinates: 41°13′39″N 71°34′34″W / 41.2275, -71.57611
Built/Founded:	1867
Architect:	Unknown
Architectural style(s):	No Style Listed
Added to NRHP:	May 23, 1974
NRHP Reference#:	74000008 ^[1]
MPS:	Lighthouses of Rhode Island TR (AD)
Governing body:	FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Block Island Norh Light (Lighthouse), built in 1884, is an historic lighthouse on Block Island, Rhode Island (New Shoreham).

The first light on the site was built in 1829. The current structure at Sandy Point is the fourth lighthouse built on the site and made of granite and iron. The light was deactivated in 1973 and United States Fish and Wildlife Service acquired the lighthouse. It became delapidated and was sold to New Shoreham in 1984, and relighted in 1989. A wind generator and solar panels provide much of the power for the building. The lighthouse is now listed on the National Historic Register.

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^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).

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