ESTABLISHED |
STATION | STATE |
TOWER FATE | STATION FATE |
1716 |
Boston (Little Brewster Island) | MA |
destroyed in 1776 by during the American Revolution | active - new tower built in 1783 |
1746 |
Brant Point (Nantucket) | MA |
original wooden tower destroyed by fire in 1758 | active 7 lighthouse towers and 3 non-tower light beacons have stood at this location. The current one is from 1901. |
1749 |
Narragansett Bay | RI |
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1760 |
New London Harbor | CT |
demolished and replaced with a new tower in 1801 | active |
1764 |
Sandy Hook | NJ |
only surviving colonial era lighthouse | active |
1767 |
Charleston (Morris Island) | SC |
replaced in 1838 | inactive - current tower built in 1876 station discontinued in 1962 due to erosion |
1767 |
Cape Henlopen | DE |
deactivated in 1920s; collapsed in 1926 due to erosion | discontinued prior to collapse and not replaced |
1768 |
Plymouth Twin Lights (Gurnet Point) | MA |
destroyed by fire ca. 1800 | active - oldest wooden lighthouse in the US twin lights rebuilt 1801 & 1843; one tower removed ca. 1920 |
1771 |
Portsmouth Harbor | NH |
replaced in 1804 | active - current tower built in 1878 |
1771 |
Cape Ann (Thatcher Island) | MA |
replaced in 1861 | active - current towers built in 1861 North light discontinued 1932; reactivated as private aid to navigation in 1980s. |
1773 |
Tybee Island | GA |
destroyed in 1862 during the American Civil War | active - current tower built in 1867 |