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Mispillion Lighthouse, South bank of Mispillion River at its confluence with Delaware River at northeast end of County Road 203, 7 miles east of Milford, Milford, Sussex County, DE
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Mispillion Lighthouse, South bank of Mispillion River at its confluence with Delaware River at northeast end of County Road 203, 7 miles east of Milford, Milford, Sussex County, DE
Mispillion Lighthouse, South bank of Mispillion River at its confluence with Delaware River at northeast end of County Road 203, 7 miles east of Milford, Milford, Sussex County, DE
Mispillion Lighthouse, South bank of Mispillion River at its confluence with Delaware River at northeast end of County Road 203, 7 miles east of Milford, Milford, Sussex County, DE
Mispillion Lighthouse, South bank of Mispillion River at its confluence with Delaware River at northeast end of County Road 203, 7 miles east of Milford, Milford, Sussex County, DE
Mispillion Lighthouse, South bank of Mispillion River at its confluence with Delaware River at northeast end of County Road 203, 7 miles east of Milford, Milford, Sussex County, DE
Mispillion Lighthouse, South bank of Mispillion River at its confluence with Delaware River at northeast end of County Road 203, 7 miles east of Milford, Milford, Sussex County, DE
Mispillion Lighthouse, South bank of Mispillion River at its confluence with Delaware River at northeast end of County Road 203, 7 miles east of Milford, Milford, Sussex County, DE
Summary
Significance: Mispillion Lighthouse is the sole surviving wood-frame lighthouse in Delaware and is one of only three Delaware Bay lighthouses still standing on Delaware soil.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N742
Survey number: HAER DE-23
Building/structure dates: 1873 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1875 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 86002919
Tags
maritime
milford
mispillion
lighthouse
mispillion lighthouse
bank
south bank
mispillion river
confluence
delaware
delaware river
northeast
northeast end
county road
miles
sussex
sussex county
lighthouses
grendell and paul
historic american engineering record
milley
michael johannes paul
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
historic american landscapes survey
historic american buildings survey
library of congress
national register of historic places
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Milley, transmitter
Grendell & Paul, photographer
Paul, Michael Johannes, historian
Location
Milford
,
38.89038, -75.40558
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html