Castle Hill Light

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Castle Hill Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location: Newport, Rhode Island
Coordinates: 41°27′43″N 71°21′48″W / 41.46194, -71.36333Coordinates: 41°27′43″N 71°21′48″W / 41.46194, -71.36333
Built/Founded: 1890
Architect: Richardson,H.H.
Architectural style(s): Romanesque
Added to NRHP: March 30, 1988
NRHP Reference#: 88000277

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MPS: Lighthouses of Rhode Island TR
Governing body: COAST GUARD
Castle Hill Inn
Castle Hill Inn

Castle Hill Lighthouse is located on Narragansett Bay in Newport, Rhode Island and is an active navigation aid for the United States Coast Guard and boaters entering the East Passage between Jamestown, Rhode Island on Conanicut Island, and Newport, Rhode Island on Aquidneck Island. The lighthouse was completed in 1890 on property formerly belonging to the famous naturalist, oceanographer, and zoologist Alexander Agassiz of Harvard University. Agassiz sold land to the United States Government for the lighthouse for $1.00. After the hurricane of 1938, Mrs. Maximillian Agassiz, daughter-in-law of Alexander, sold the rest of the property to J. T. O'Connell, whose descendants are the current owners of the Castle Hill Inn and Resort. Although the lighthouse is not open to the public, the shoreline and clifface where the lighthouse sits is accessible by several footpaths from the Castle Hill Inn. The Castle Hill Lighthouse has also been and still is used as a starting and/or stopping point in numerous regattas. The lighthouse has a red light that flashes about every eight seconds during the night.

[edit] External links and references

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