Established |
Light Station | State |
Status of Original Lighthouse | Status of Light Station |
1716 |
Boston (Little Brewster Island) | MA |
destroyed in 1776 by during the American Revolution | active - current tower built in 1783 |
1746 |
Brant Point (Nantucket) | MA |
destroyed by fire in 1758 | active - current tower built 1901 |
1749 |
Beavertail (Narragansett Bay) | RI |
first tower (wooden) destroyed by fire in 1753 second tower (brick & stone) built 1754 second tower demolished & replaced 1856 |
active - current tower built 1856 |
1760 |
New London Harbor | CT |
demolished and replaced with a new tower in 1801 | active - current tower built 1801 |
1764 |
Sandy Hook | NJ |
only surviving colonial era lighthouse | active |
1767 |
Cape Henlopen | DE |
deactivated 1924; collapsed 1926 due to erosion | discontinued (destroyed lighthouse not replaced) |
1768 |
Charleston (Morris Island) | SC |
destroyed in 1861 during the American Civil War | inactive - current tower built in 1876 station discontinued in 1962 due to erosion |
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 built in 1878 |
1771 |
Cape Ann (Thatcher Island) | MA |
replaced in 1861 | active - current twin towers built in 1861 North light discontinued 1932; reactivated as private aid to navigation in 1980s. |
1773?* |
Tybee Island | GA |
successor to two unlighted day beacons (1736 & 1742) destroyed in 1862 during the American Civil War |
active - current tower built in 1867 |
* There is some debate whether the third tower at Tybee Island was lighted from the beginning
Sources:
Lighthousefriends.com
Kevin Duffee. "A Tale Of Two Carolina Lighthouses: A Longstanding Puzzle Solved?" Keeper's Log. Spring 2020. 16-22.
George Worthylake. "Cape Henlopen." Keeper's Log. Winter 1992.