Conanicut Island Light

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Conanicut Island Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	Jamestown, Rhode Island
Coordinates:	41°34′24″N 71°22′21″W / 41.57333, -71.3725Coordinates: 41°34′24″N 71°22′21″W / 41.57333, -71.3725
Built/Founded:	1886
Architect:	Unknown
Architectural style(s):	Late Gothic Revival
Added to NRHP:	February 25, 1988
NRHP Reference#:	87001698 [1]
MPS:	Lighthouses of Rhode Island TR
Governing body:	Private

Conanicut Island Light (Conanicut Island Lighthouse), built in 1886, was a lighthouse in Rhode Island. The light was built primarily to assist the ferry between Jamestown and Newport, Rhode Island. The lighthouse lies on the eastern side of Conanicut Island in the town of Jamestown, Rhode Island. The light was deactivated in 1933 and its latern was removed. In 1934 it was sold as government surplus. The lighthouse is now listed on the National Historic Register.

[edit] References and links

Lighthouse pics and info

• America’s Atlantic Coast Lighthouses, Kenneth Kochel, 1996.
• Northeast Lights: Lighthouses and Lightships, Rhode Island to Cape May, New Jersey, Robert Bachand, 1989.
• "Conanicut Lighthouse, RI," George Worthylake, The Keeper’s Log, Winter 2004.

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