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Cape Arago Lighthouse, Gregory Point, Charleston, Coos County, OR

Cape Arago Lighthouse, Gregory Point, Charleston, Coos County, OR

See also HAER OR-156 for footbridge leading to lighthouse Significance: Completed in 1934, the Cape Arago Lighthouse was the third light constructed at the Cape Arago Light Station that was established in 1866.... More

Cape Arago Lighthouse, Gregory Point, Charleston, Coos County, OR

Cape Arago Lighthouse, Gregory Point, Charleston, Coos County, OR

See also HAER OR-156 for footbridge leading to lighthouse Significance: Completed in 1934, the Cape Arago Lighthouse was the third light constructed at the Cape Arago Light Station that was established in 1866.... More

Faro de Punta Mulas, Punta Mulas, Isabel Segunda, Vieques Municipio, PR

Faro de Punta Mulas, Punta Mulas, Isabel Segunda, Vieques Municipio, P...

Significance: The structure was built in 1895. Its background is the capital city of Vieques, Isabel II, and the central hills of the island. Survey number: HAER PR-15 Building/structure dates: 1895 Initial ... More

Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort Lighthouse, Ingalls Road, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort Lighthouse, Ingalls Road, Hampton, Hamp...

Survey number: HABS VA-595-J National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000912

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28404, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28404, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-K Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Presque Isle Lighthouse, Peninsula Drive, Presque Isle State Park, Erie, Erie County, PA

Presque Isle Lighthouse, Peninsula Drive, Presque Isle State Park, Eri...

Survey number: HABS PA-624 Building/structure dates: 1872 Initial Construction

Presque Isle Lighthouse, Peninsula Drive, Presque Isle State Park, Erie, Erie County, PA

Presque Isle Lighthouse, Peninsula Drive, Presque Isle State Park, Eri...

Survey number: HABS PA-624 Building/structure dates: 1872 Initial Construction

Faro de Punta Borinquen, Punta Borinquen, Borinquen, Ponce Municipio, PR

Faro de Punta Borinquen, Punta Borinquen, Borinquen, Ponce Municipio, ...

Significance: The original lighthouse was built in 1889 in position 18* 29' 26" N - 67* 9' 43" W, very close to the sea in a low sandy point. In 1918 Puerto Rico experienced an earthquake which had its epicente... More

Haig Point Tabby Ruins, Haig Point Road, Daufuskie Landing, Beaufort County, SC

Haig Point Tabby Ruins, Haig Point Road, Daufuskie Landing, Beaufort C...

Significance: Before its destruction during, or soon after, the Civil War the main house at Haig Point plantation was the largest tabby domestic building erected in coastal South Carolina. Today, the north slav... More

Haig Point Tabby Ruins, Haig Point Road, Daufuskie Landing, Beaufort County, SC

Haig Point Tabby Ruins, Haig Point Road, Daufuskie Landing, Beaufort C...

Significance: Before its destruction during, or soon after, the Civil War the main house at Haig Point plantation was the largest tabby domestic building erected in coastal South Carolina. Today, the north slav... More

Haig Point Tabby Ruins, Haig Point Road, Daufuskie Landing, Beaufort County, SC

Haig Point Tabby Ruins, Haig Point Road, Daufuskie Landing, Beaufort C...

Significance: Before its destruction during, or soon after, the Civil War the main house at Haig Point plantation was the largest tabby domestic building erected in coastal South Carolina. Today, the north slav... More

Point Arguello Coast Guard Rescue Station, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA

Point Arguello Coast Guard Rescue Station, Lompoc, Santa Barbara Count...

Drawings delineated by R. Johnson, A. Borgo, 1980 Significance: The U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Station and Lookout Tower at Point Arguello, California, was established on December 17, 1936, and ceased normal opera... More

Point Arguello Coast Guard Rescue Station, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA

Point Arguello Coast Guard Rescue Station, Lompoc, Santa Barbara Count...

Drawings delineated by R. Johnson, A. Borgo, 1980 Significance: The U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Station and Lookout Tower at Point Arguello, California, was established on December 17, 1936, and ceased normal opera... More

Point Arguello Coast Guard Rescue Station, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA

Point Arguello Coast Guard Rescue Station, Lompoc, Santa Barbara Count...

Drawings delineated by R. Johnson, A. Borgo, 1980 Significance: The U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Station and Lookout Tower at Point Arguello, California, was established on December 17, 1936, and ceased normal opera... More

Faro de Punta Tuna, Punta Tuna, Emajagua, Maunabo Municipio, PR

Faro de Punta Tuna, Punta Tuna, Emajagua, Maunabo Municipio, PR

Significance: The Punta Tuna Lighthouse was constructed as a third order lighthouse that showed a white light with a group of two flashes. It served as the most eastern primary light that terminated the Island... More

Faro de Punta Tuna, Punta Tuna, Emajagua, Maunabo Municipio, PR

Faro de Punta Tuna, Punta Tuna, Emajagua, Maunabo Municipio, PR

Significance: The Punta Tuna Lighthouse was constructed as a third order lighthouse that showed a white light with a group of two flashes. It served as the most eastern primary light that terminated the Island... More

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28501, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28501, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-B Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Significance: Mona Island Light is the only existing lighthouse for which two entirely different plans were drawn between 1885-1886. The first plan called for a 2nd class light, 22 miles range light beam, 3 ke... More

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Significance: Mona Island Light is the only existing lighthouse for which two entirely different plans were drawn between 1885-1886. The first plan called for a 2nd class light, 22 miles range light beam, 3 ke... More

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28416, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28416, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-C Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28416, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28416, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-C Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, Mouth of Patapsco River, Riviera Beach, Anne Arundel County, MD

Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, Mouth of Patapsco River, Riviera Beach, A...

Significance: Built in 1856, the Seven-Foot Knoll Lighthouse was the second screwpile structure built by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. The present structure contains some elements of the original cast-iron stru... More

Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, Mouth of Patapsco River, Riviera Beach, Anne Arundel County, MD

Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, Mouth of Patapsco River, Riviera Beach, A...

Significance: Built in 1856, the Seven-Foot Knoll Lighthouse was the second screwpile structure built by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. The present structure contains some elements of the original cast-iron stru... More

Portland Head Light, Portland Head, approximately 1/2 mile East of Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, ME

Portland Head Light, Portland Head, approximately 1/2 mile East of Sho...

Site contains fog signal house, fog bells & fog whistle house. Significance: One of only four lighthouses authorized by President Washington, Portland Head Light was the first lighted by the federal government.... More

Portland Head Light, Portland Head, approximately 1/2 mile East of Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, ME

Portland Head Light, Portland Head, approximately 1/2 mile East of Sho...

Site contains fog signal house, fog bells & fog whistle house. Significance: One of only four lighthouses authorized by President Washington, Portland Head Light was the first lighted by the federal government.... More

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, East end of Lighthouse ...

Significance: Launch Complex 17 has played a key role in the American space program by supporting over 260 launches since 1957. Constructed in 1956 and 1957, the complex originally supported the Air Force's Th... More

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, East end of Lighthouse ...

Significance: Launch Complex 17 has played a key role in the American space program by supporting over 260 launches since 1957. Constructed in 1956 and 1957, the complex originally supported the Air Force's Th... More

Terrapin Tower and bridge Niagara Falls

Terrapin Tower and bridge Niagara Falls

Photograph shows a winter scene of Niagara Falls with a close view of Terrapin Tower and bridge on the American side. "G.W. Thorne 60 Nassau St., New York" retailer's blind stamp on front of card. Publisher at... More

Washington Monument as it stood for 25 years

Washington Monument as it stood for 25 years

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Gene... More

Minot's Ledge Lighthouse, Boston, Massachusetts.

Minot's Ledge Lighthouse, Boston, Massachusetts.

Title devised by cataloger. Previously captioned as: Lighthouse surrounded by water. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Light-house on Stannard's Rock, Lake Superior

Light-house on Stannard's Rock, Lake Superior

Illus. in: Annual Report of the U.S. Light-House Board, 1882, frontispiece. On print, lower right: Phototype, F. Gutekunst, Philada. Above print: U.S. Light-House Establishment, 1882.

Detroit River light-station, Michigan

Detroit River light-station, Michigan

Illus. in: Annual Report of the U.S. Light-House Board, 1885, plate opposite p. 175.

[Le phare, Cannes, Riviera]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

[Le phare, Cannes, Riviera]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Title derived from image caption. Print no. "1062". Forms part of: Views of the French and Italian Riviera in the Photochrom print collection.

[The lighthouse, Dunkirk, France]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

[The lighthouse, Dunkirk, France]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Town from the Lighthouse, Bremerhafen, Hanover (i.e. Hannover), Germany]

[Town from the Lighthouse, Bremerhafen, Hanover (i.e. Hannover), Germa...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "6747". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

Light house, Harbor Point - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Light house, Harbor Point - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012310. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Ram's i.e. Ram Island Ledge light from Cushing Island, Portland, Me

Ram's i.e. Ram Island Ledge light from Cushing Island, Portland, Me

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071511. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The Biloxi light, Biloxi, Miss. view, photochrome print postcard.

The Biloxi light, Biloxi, Miss. view, photochrome print postcard.

Copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list:The Biloxi light. Similar image (LC-D4-13538). Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53792". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More informatio... More

Portland Head Light / Ralph F. Blood.

Portland Head Light / Ralph F. Blood.

Lighthouse, Portland, Maine, with surf crashing on rocky shore in foreground. J1251 U.S. Copyright Office.

New York, New York. Children playing on the roof of the Lighthouse, an institution for the blind, at 111 East Fifty-ninth Street

New York, New York. Children playing on the roof of the Lighthouse, an...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Lighthouse gift shop, Wells, Maine

The Lighthouse gift shop, Wells, Maine

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Split Rock Lighthouse, Keeper's Cottages, Off Highway 61, 38.0 Miles Northeast of Duluth, Two Harbors, Lake County, MN

Split Rock Lighthouse, Keeper's Cottages, Off Highway 61, 38.0 Miles N...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Keepers' quaters at the Rose Island Lighthouse, which became a museum and hostel, Newport, Rhode Island

Keepers' quaters at the Rose Island Lighthouse, which became a museum ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Carol M. Highsmith - [Unidentified lighthouse]

Carol M. Highsmith - [Unidentified lighthouse]

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by th... More

15 Belgo Road, Lakeville, Connecticut

15 Belgo Road, Lakeville, Connecticut

Architect: Alfredo De Vito. Built in 1985. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsm... More

The Cape Neddick lighthouse, known locally and affectionately as the Nubble Light, built in 1879 and still in use in York, Maine. A nubble is a small outcropping of rocks by the sea

The Cape Neddick lighthouse, known locally and affectionately as the N...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

Seaside Park Lighthouse in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Seaside Park Lighthouse in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Trinidad Memorial Lighthouse in Trinidad, California

Trinidad Memorial Lighthouse in Trinidad, California

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Round Island Lighthouse stood from 1859 to 1998 on the southwest end of Round Island in the Mississippi Sound, four miles into the Gulf of Mexico in Pascagoula, Mississippi

The Round Island Lighthouse stood from 1859 to 1998 on the southwest e...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In September 1998, the lighthouse was toppled by Hurricane Georges and in 2010, the base of the structure and other lighthouse remnant... More

Aerial view of the Morris Island Lighthouse in Charleston, South Carolina. The light stands on the southern side of the entrance to Charleston Harbor, north of the City of Folly Beach

Aerial view of the Morris Island Lighthouse in Charleston, South Carol...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-6). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Block Island Southeast Light, Spring Street & Mohegan Trail at Mohegan Bluffs, New Shoreham, Washington County, RI

Block Island Southeast Light, Spring Street & Mohegan Trail at Mohegan...

Significance: The Block Island Southeast Lighthouse is significant as a primary aid to the navigation of an otherwise dangerous area, once referred to as the "stumbling block" of the New England coast. It mark... More

John Morris House, Lighthouse Road & Morris Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

John Morris House, Lighthouse Road & Morris Avenue, New Haven, New Hav...

Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Morris House, Lighthouse Road & Morris Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

John Morris House, Lighthouse Road & Morris Avenue, New Haven, New Hav...

Public domain photograph of car garage, repair shop, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Morris House, Lighthouse Road & Morris Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

John Morris House, Lighthouse Road & Morris Avenue, New Haven, New Hav...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28409, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28409, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-L Building/structure dates: 1956 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

New London Ledge Lighthouse, Long Island Sound, East of main harbor channel, New London, New London County, CT

New London Ledge Lighthouse, Long Island Sound, East of main harbor ch...

Significance: New London Ledge Lighthouse, built 1906-1909, is a rare example of a turn-of-the-century, water-bound lighthouse with a masonry, domestic design. While most contemporary lighthouses were construc... More

Connecticut--Old Saybrook, Lynde Point lighthouse

Connecticut--Old Saybrook, Lynde Point lighthouse

Wittemann Collection. No. 396. Gift; Mrs. Gladys G. Wittemann; 1958 June 12.

Hunting Island Lighthouse, Cottage HI-65, Hunting Island State Park, US Route 21, 16 miles East of Beaufort, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC

Hunting Island Lighthouse, Cottage HI-65, Hunting Island State Park, U...

Survey number: HABS SC-385-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Hawaii, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Petit Manan Light Station, 2.5 miles south of Petit Manan Point, Milbridge, Washington County, ME
Grosse Point Lighthouse, 2601 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Cook County, IL

Grosse Point Lighthouse, 2601 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Cook County, IL

2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Grosse Point lighthouse played a significant role in the development of maritime commerce on the Great Lakes. It was the leading historic navigational ai... More

Grosse Point Lighthouse, 2601 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Cook County, IL

Grosse Point Lighthouse, 2601 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Cook County, IL

2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Grosse Point lighthouse played a significant role in the development of maritime commerce on the Great Lakes. It was the leading historic navigational ai... More

Buffalo Lighthouse, Buffalo Harbor, Buffalo River & Lake Erie, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Buffalo Lighthouse, Buffalo Harbor, Buffalo River & Lake Erie, Buffalo...

Significance: This was the second lighthouse in Buffalo. Its picture is included in the seal of the city of Buffalo symbolizing the city's tradition as an important port on the Great Lakes. Survey number: HABS NY-60

Buffalo Lighthouse, Buffalo Harbor, Buffalo River & Lake Erie, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Buffalo Lighthouse, Buffalo Harbor, Buffalo River & Lake Erie, Buffalo...

Significance: This was the second lighthouse in Buffalo. Its picture is included in the seal of the city of Buffalo symbolizing the city's tradition as an important port on the Great Lakes. Survey number: HABS NY-60

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28402, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28402, East en...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28402, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28402, East en...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28402, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28402, East en...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Genessee Lighthouse, Lake Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Genessee Lighthouse, Lake Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-122 Survey number: HABS NY-228 Building/structure dates: 1822 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1863 Subsequent Work

Welfare Island, Lighthouse, New York, New York County, NY

Welfare Island, Lighthouse, New York, New York County, NY

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Coast Guard Base San Juan, Store House, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

U.S. Coast Guard Base San Juan, Store House, San Juan, San Juan Munici...

Significance: The Store House (Building 101), was constructed in 1922 for the U.S. Lighthouse Service's San Juan Lighthouse Depot, which was located at the southern tip of La Puntilla, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.... More

U.S. Coast Guard Base San Juan, Store House, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

U.S. Coast Guard Base San Juan, Store House, San Juan, San Juan Munici...

Significance: The Store House (Building 101), was constructed in 1922 for the U.S. Lighthouse Service's San Juan Lighthouse Depot, which was located at the southern tip of La Puntilla, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.... More

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28414, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28414, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-W Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, Northeast end of Portland Breakwater, Portland Harbor, South Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, Northeast end of Portland Breakwater, ...

Significance: This Greek Revival structure was first built in 1855 and rebuilt in 1875. It is constructed of cast-iron plate, its bolted joined covered by cast-iron Corinthian columns, cornices, and cresting. T... More

Fort Sumter in 1872 / photographed by S.T. Souder

Fort Sumter in 1872 / photographed by S.T. Souder

Photograph shows a view of the Fort Sumter lighthouse behind the damaged walls of the fort after the bombardment. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). "No. 72." Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanfo... More

Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Significance: This structure was built in 1826. It was bombarded by Union forces during the War Between the States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-60 Survey number: HABS FL-147... More

Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Significance: This structure was built in 1826. It was bombarded by Union forces during the War Between the States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-60 Survey number: HABS FL-147... More

Saybrook Breakwater Light, South tip of west end of Saybrook Breakwater, Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, CT

Saybrook Breakwater Light, South tip of west end of Saybrook Breakwate...

Significance: Saybrook Breakwater Light is a significant example of a prefabricated, cast-iron lighthouse built on a concrete foundation. This design was developed by the U.S. Lighthouse Board in 1873 as a les... More

Monomoy Point Light Station, Approximately 3500 feet Northeast Powder Hole Pond, Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, Chatham, Barnstable County, MA

Monomoy Point Light Station, Approximately 3500 feet Northeast Powder ...

Significance: Originally built in response to Federal period growth in coastal traffic, the Monomoy Point Light Station is now significant as an early example of cast-iron light construction for a secondary, fi... More

Hunting Island Lighthouse, Lighthouse, Hunting Island State Park, U.S. Route 21, 16 miles East of Beaufort, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC

Hunting Island Lighthouse, Lighthouse, Hunting Island State Park, U.S....

Significance: Guide to sailing vessels, used until 1933 by United States Lighthouse Service, now used as an observation platform. One of few surviving historic lighthouses in South Carolina. Survey number: HAB... More

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28503, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28503, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-Q Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatha...

Significance: The lighthouse, which was extinguished in 1909, is one of only five remaining lighthouses in the state of Georgia having withstood the battle between Union and Confederate forces on April 10-11, 1... More

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, State Highway 1, Pescadero, San Mateo County, CA

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, State Highway 1, Pescadero, San Mateo County,...

Original working drawings are located at the National Archives. Lighthouse has rotating gear, & the complex has a watch house. Significance: This was the earliest lighthouse on the west coast to have a First-ir... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

St. Croix Island National Monument, Lighthouse & Residence, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME

St. Croix Island National Monument, Lighthouse & Residence, Bar Harbor...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-59 Survey number: HABS ME-168-A

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 36003, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 36003, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-AA Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Burnt Island Light Station, Burnt Island, west side of entrance to Boothbay Harbor, Pine Cliff, Lincoln County, ME

Burnt Island Light Station, Burnt Island, west side of entrance to Boo...

Survey number: HABS ME-219 Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lake Park Lions Bridge, At Lighthouse in Lake Park, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Lake Park Lions Bridge, At Lighthouse in Lake Park, Milwaukee, Milwauk...

Significance: The Lions Bridges formed the major vehicular entrance to Milwaukee's Lake Park. Four pairs of sandstone lions rest at the ends of the stone approach railings, giving the bridges their historic na... More

Faro de los Morillos de Cabo Rojo, Los Morillos de Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Faro de los Morillos de Cabo Rojo, Los Morillos de Cabo Rojo, Cabo Roj...

Significance: Cabo Rojo Light was built in 1882 as a 3rd order light with 18 miles range that showed a white light eclipsed every minute. The present structure stands very much as it was back in 1882; although... More

Faro Isla de Culebritas, South side of Isla Culebrita, Culebra, Culebra Municipio, PR

Faro Isla de Culebritas, South side of Isla Culebrita, Culebra, Culebr...

Significance: Isla Culebrita Light was built in 1886 on the western side of Virgin Passage. In both design and importance of location the stone structure is unique. In 1888 the 4th order light showed a fixed ... More

Faro Isla de Culebritas, South side of Isla Culebrita, Culebra, Culebra Municipio, PR

Faro Isla de Culebritas, South side of Isla Culebrita, Culebra, Culebr...

Significance: Isla Culebrita Light was built in 1886 on the western side of Virgin Passage. In both design and importance of location the stone structure is unique. In 1888 the 4th order light showed a fixed ... More

Stratford Shoal Lighthouse, Long Island Sound, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, CT

Stratford Shoal Lighthouse, Long Island Sound, Bridgeport, Fairfield C...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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