Rondout Light
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Location | Hudson River at Rondout Creek, Kingston, New York |
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Coordinates | 41°55′15″N 73°57′45″W / 41.92083°N 73.96250°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1838 |
Foundation | Concrete pier with wood piles |
Construction | Brick |
Automated | 1954 |
Height | 48 feet (15 m) |
Shape | Square tower with attached house |
Markings | Yellow brick with black lantern |
Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place ![]() |
Fog signal | Horn (removed) |
Light | |
First lit | 1915 (current tower) |
Focal height | 54 feet (16 m) |
Lens | Sixth order Fresnel lens (original), 9.8 inches (250 mm) (current) |
Range | 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) |
Characteristic | Flashing White, 6 secs |
Kingston/Rondout 2 Lighthouse | |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1915 |
MPS | Hudson River Lighthouses TR |
NRHP reference No. | 79001640[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 29, 1979 |
Rondout Light is a lighthouse on the west side of the Hudson River at Kingston, New York.[2][3][4]
Nomenclature
[edit]- The official name in the Coast Guard Light List is Rondout Creek Leading Light.[2]
- The National Register name, Kingston/Rondout 2 Lighthouse comes from its location in a series of day beacons and lights in Rondout Creek. Number 2 is the first on the right hand side.[2]
- The USCG history site calls it Rondout Creek (Kingston) Light.[3]
History
[edit]The first lighthouse at the entrance to the Rondout Creek was a wooden one built in 1837. It was replaced by a second lighthouse, made of sturdier bluestone, in 1867. The bluestone lighthouse was abandoned after 1915 and torn down in the 1950s. Only its circular stone foundation remains today.[5]
The current lighthouse was built in 1915, replacing the earlier 1867 lighthouse. In 1954 the light was automated and the building closed.[5] The National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act provides for the Coast Guard to declare some lighthouses surplus, and for their ownership to be transferred to historical, non-profit or local government entities following an application process and review. Nine lighthouses were identified in the fall of 2001 as part of a pilot program to transfer such lighthouses. Rondout Light was one of those nine.[6] Rondout Light was transferred from the Coast Guard to the City of Kingston in 2002.[7] It is currently managed by the non-profit Hudson River Maritime Museum.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1][8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 318.
- ^ a b "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ (2009-12-24). "Lighthouses of the United States: Downstate New York". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ a b ""Rondout Lighthouse", Hudson River Maritime Museum". Archived from the original on 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
- ^ NHLPA 2001 Transfer Pilot Program
- ^ Hudson Lights
- ^ Elise Marie Barry (February 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Kingston/Rondout 2 Lighthouse". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2010-03-20. See also: "Accompanying two photos". Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
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- Houses completed in 1938
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- Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
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- National Register of Historic Places in Ulster County, New York
- Transportation buildings and structures in Ulster County, New York
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