Reedy Island Rear Range Lighthouse

Year Built

1839

Cost

$19,500

Type

Skeletal tower

Height

110 feet

Location

1171 Taylors Bridge Road, Taylors Bridge

Automated Year

1930s

First Lit

1910

Lens Type

Fifth order Fresnel lens (original), DCB-224 (current)

Fog Signal

None

Year Deactivated

Active

Color

Black

Last Keeper - Date

Robert B. Davidson (1927 – 1939)

Description

Skeletal tower which stands nearby is still an active aid to navigation.

Brief History

•  Contracts for fabricating and erecting the rear tower were awarded in June 1909.
•  On July 27, 1910, the lamp inside the skeletal tower was lit for the first time, and the temporary light on the pole was discontinued.
•  In 1951, the function of the front range lighthouse was replaced by an automated light on a steel tower, and by the end of that decade all the buildings at the station were gone.
•  Added to the National Historic Register in 1989.
•  On April 6, 2002 vandals set the keeper’s house on fire, destroying the structure and damaging the brick oil house nearby.