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Castle Hill Light

Coordinates: 41°27′43.8″N 71°21′46.5″W / 41.462167°N 71.362917°W / 41.462167; -71.362917
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Castle Hill Light
Map
LocationOff Ocean Ave. on Castle Hill at W end of Newport Neck, Newport, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°27′43.8″N 71°21′46.5″W / 41.462167°N 71.362917°W / 41.462167; -71.362917
Tower
Constructed1890
FoundationGranite blocks
ConstructionGranite blocks
Automated1957
Height34 feet (10 m)
ShapeConical tower
MarkingsGranite lower, upper half white, black lantern
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Fog signalHorn, 1 every 10 sec.
Light
First lit1890
Focal height40 feet (12 m)
LensFifth order Fresnel lens
Range12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi)
CharacteristicIsophase Red, 6 sec
Castle Hill Light
ArchitectH.H. Richardson
Architectural styleRomanesque
Part ofOcean Drive Historic District (ID76000048)
MPSLighthouses of Rhode Island TR
NRHP reference No.88000277 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 30, 1988
Designated NHLDCPMay 11, 1976

Castle Hill Lighthouse is located on Narragansett Bay in Newport, Rhode Island at the end of the historic Ocean Drive. It is an active navigation aid for vessels entering the East Passage between Conanicut Island and Aquidneck Island. The lighthouse was completed in 1890 on property formerly belonging to the naturalist, oceanographer, and zoologist Alexander Agassiz of Harvard University. Agassiz sold the land to the United States Government for the lighthouse for $1

History

Henry Hobson Richardson drew a sketch for a lighthouse at this location which may or may not have been the basis for the actual design. The structure does not include the residence which was featured in Richardson's sketch. The keeper's house was built, and still stands, near Castle Hill Cove, a few hundred feet away.[4]

Although the lighthouse is not open to the public, the shoreline and cliff face where the lighthouse sits are accessible by several footpaths from the Castle Hill Inn and the Castle Hill Cove Marina. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 as Castle Hill Lighthouse.

List of keepers

  1. Frank W. Parmele (1890 – 1911)
  2. George L. Hoxsie (1911 – at least 1944)
  3. Manuel Soares Macedo (at least 1945).

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Rhode Island". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
  3. ^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2013. p. 165.
  4. ^ a b Rowlett, Russ (2013-03-20). "Lighthouses of Rhode Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


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