Hospital Point Light

Hospital Point Range Front Light
US Coast Guard photo
Location Beverly, Massachusetts
Coordinates
Year first constructed 1871
Year first lit 1872
Automated 1947
Foundation Granite
Construction Brick
Tower shape Square pyramidal tower with attached house
Markings / pattern White, black lantern
Focal height 70ft (21m)
Original lens Third order Fresnel lens
Characteristic F W
Fog signal none
USCG number 1-10000

[1] [2]

Hospital Point Light Station
Location: Beverly, Massachusetts
Built: 1871
Architect: Unknown
Governing body: COAST GUARD
MPS: Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR
NRHP Reference#:

87002031

[3]
Added to NRHP: September 28, 1987
Hospital Point Range Rear Light
The First Baptist Church
US Coast Guard photo
Location Beverly, Massachusetts
Coordinates
Tower shape Church steeple
Markings / pattern White
Focal height 183ft (56m)
Characteristic F W
Fog signal none
USCG number 1-10005

[1] [2]

Hospital Point Range Front Light is a historic lighthouse at the end of Bayview Avenue in Beverly, Massachusetts. It forms the front half of a range which guides vessels toward Salem Harbor. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Hospital Point Light Station on September 28, 1987, reference number 87002031.

Hospital Point Range Rear Light is in the steeple of the First Baptist Church in Beverly.

References

  1. ^ a b "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-09-02. http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHMA.asp. 
  2. ^ a b United States Coast Guard (2009). Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. p. 82. 
  3. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.