Inventory of Historic Light Stations--New York--Dunkirk (Point Gratiot) Light

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DUNKIRK (POINT GRATIOT) LIGHT

State: NEW YORK
Location: POINT GRATIOT / LAKE ERIE
Nearest City: DUNKIRK
County: CHAUTAUQUA
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1826

Courtesy Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse & Veterans Park Museum

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1875
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1960
Foundation Materials: DRESSED STONE
Construction Materials: RUBBLESTONE ENCASED IN BRICK
Markings/Patterns: UPPER 2/3S WHITE/LOWER NATURAL/RED LANTERN
Shape: SQUARE
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 61
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1857
Present Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Present Lens Installed: 1857
Height of Focal Plane: 82
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL LENS STILL IN OPERATION
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1875
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: HIGH VICTORIAN GOTHIC
Construction Materials: RED BRICK

Other Structures: CISTERN, GARAGE, STORAGE BUILDING, BARN, OIL HOUSE (1875), BANDSTAND; RELOCATED TO MUSEUM: STEEL LIFESAVING BOAT (1926), 45-FOOT LIGHTHOUSE BUOY TENDER, 50-FOOT TOWER FROM DUNKIRK HARBOR (1939), 21-FOOT TOWER FROM GRAND ISLAND, NY (1929)

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION / MUSEUM

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO DUNKIRK LIGHTHOUSE & VETERANS PARK MUSEUM

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #84002067
Name of Listing: DUNKIRK LIGHT (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT LAKES TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1976

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Wed, Apr 10 2002 4:04:02 pm EDT
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