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The earliest lighthouse in the state was erected in 1760, but that tower, the first New London Harbor Light, was replaced in 1801, and its successor is the oldest surviving light in Connecticut, as well as the tallest. [1]
New London Harbor Light is a lighthouse in Connecticut on the west side of the New London harbor entrance. It is the nation's fifth oldest light station and the seventh oldest U.S. lighthouse. It is both the oldest and the tallest lighthouse in Connecticut and on Long Island Sound, [4] with its tower reaching 90 feet. [5]
New London Ledge Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the Thames River in the U.S. state of Connecticut, at the mouth of New London Harbor. It was built in 1909 in the Second Empire style and was automated in 1987. In 1990, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Five Mile Point Light, also known as Five Mile Point Lighthouse or Old New Haven Harbor Lighthouse, is a U.S. lighthouse in Long Island Sound on the coast of New Haven, Connecticut. Located at the entrance to New Haven Harbor , the beacon's name derives from its proximity to Downtown New Haven , about five miles (8 km) away.
The lighthouse was given to the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1934 and became a part of Seaside Park. [3] In the following years, vandals "gutted the interior" of the lighthouse. [3] In 1977, the keeper's quarters building was destroyed in a fire. [9] The first restoration effort came in 1983 when the Friends of Seaside Park restored the ...
The lighthouse is painted white and has six windows, all facing the water. [4] The lighthouse has been described as being "similar to the masonry towers built earlier, ( New London Harbor Light , New Haven Harbor ( Five Mile Point ) Light, and Faulkner's Island Light ), but Lynde Point is considered to represent the finest work of the three". [ 5 ]
Falkner Island Light, also known as the Faulkner Island Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in Connecticut, United States, on Falkner Island which is off Guilford Harbor on Long Island Sound. The lighthouse was constructed in 1802 and commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson. The lighthouse has had three keeper's houses: the original house of 1802 ...
The structure is of the same design as lighthouses at Sheffield Island in Norwalk; Great Captain Island in Greenwich; Old Field Point Light and Plum Island in New York; and Block Island North in Rhode Island. [3] It is a granite ashlar building with an octagonal tower rising above. It has a "dentillated cornice and a slate-shingled roof.