Conanicut Island Light

Conanicut Island Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Conanicut Island Light in early twentieth century
Location	Jamestown, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°34′24″N 71°22′21″W / 41.57333°N 71.37250°W / 41.57333; -71.37250Coordinates: 41°34′24″N 71°22′21″W / 41.57333°N 71.37250°W / 41.57333; -71.37250
Built	1886
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
Governing body	Private
MPS	Lighthouses of Rhode Island TR
NRHP Reference #	87001698[1]
Added to NRHP	February 25, 1988

Conanicut Island Light (also known as Conanicut Island Lighthouse), built in 1886, is an inactive lighthouse in Jamestown, Rhode Island.

The light was built primarily to assist the ferry between Jamestown and Newport, Rhode Island. The lighthouse lies on the northern tip of Conanicut Island in Jamestown. The light was deactivated in 1933 and its lantern was removed. In 1934 it was sold as government surplus. The lighthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The lighthouse was used for the filming of the 2012 film, Moonrise Kingdom.^[2]

Conanicut Lighthouse

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island

Notes

References

• Lighthouse pics and info
• America's Atlantic Coast Lighthouses, Kenneth Kochel, Betken Publications; 2nd ed., 1996. ISBN 0-9640765-2-7
• Northeast Lights: Lighthouses and Lightships, Rhode Island to Cape May, New Jersey, Robert Bachand, Sea Sports Publications. 1989. ISBN 0-9616399-3-8
• "Conanicut Lighthouse, RI," George Worthylake, The Keeper's Log, Winter 2004.

Lighthouses of Rhode Island Beavertail Block Island North Block Island Southeast Brenton Reef Bristol Ferry Bullock's Point Castle Hill Conanicut Island Conimicut Dutch Island Gould Island Gull Rocks Hog Island Shoal Ida Lewis Rock Musselbed Shoals Nayatt Point Newport Harbor Plum Beach Point Judith Pomham Rocks Poplar Point Prudence Island Rose Island Sabin Point Sakonnet Warwick Watch Hill Whale Rock Wickford Harbor