Sakonnet Light
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Sakonnet Light Station
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Sakonnet Light in 2008
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| Nearest city: |
Little Compton, Rhode Island |
| Built: |
1883 |
| Architect: |
Unknown |
| Architectural style: |
No Style Listed |
| Governing body: |
Private |
| MPS: |
Lighthouses of Rhode Island TR (AD) |
| NRHP Reference#: |
83000179
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| Added to NRHP: |
February 10, 1983 |
Sakonnet Light, built in 1884, is a sparkplug lighthouse near Sakonnet Point, Little Compton, Rhode Island, on the eastern side of the state.
The light was deactivated in 1954 after Hurricane Carol and was going to be destroyed, but local citizens protested, and eventually Carl and Carolyn Haffenreffer bought the lighthouse in 1961. The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The Friends of Sakonnet Point acquired the lighthouse in 1985 and it was reactivated by the Coast Guard in 1997.
Gallery
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Sakonnet Lighthouse in 2008
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References
External links
- Lighthouse pics and info
- America's Atlantic Coast Lighthouse, Kenneth Kochel, 1996.
- Northeast Lights: Lighthouses and Lightships, Rhode Island to Cape May, New Jersey, Robert Bachand, 1989.
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