Race Point Light is a historic lighthouse on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It was first established in 1816, the third light on Cape Cod (after Highland Light, 1797, and Chatham Light, 1808), a rubblestone tower with one of the first rotating beacons. In 1858 the light got a fourth order Fresnel lens and, in 1874, a second keeper's quarters. In 1875, after significant deterioration of the original tower, it was replaced with an iron tower lined with brick. The original keeper's house was rebuilt as part of the project. The station was electrified in 1957. The larger keeper's house was removed in 1960 and the other was updated.The station has been restored by the Cape Cod Chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation and both the keeper's house and the whistle house are available for vacation rental.
Race Point Light was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Race Point Light Station on June 15, 1987, reference number 87001482.
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See also
- Cape Cod National Seashore
- Race Point Light Station, featured in Maritime History of Massachusetts — A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
- Race Point Lighthouse.Net
References
- ^ a b "Coast Guard Lighthouses". USCG. 2009-09-07 . http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHMA.asp .
- ^ United States Coast Guard (2009). Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey . p. 6.
- ^ a b "Lighthouses of Southeastern Massachusetts". Russ Rowlett. 2009-09-07 . http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/ma2.htm .
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2009-03-13 . http://www.nr.nps.gov/ .
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