Liston Rear Range Lighthouse

Year Built

1877

Cost

N/A

Type

Pyramidal Skeletal Tower with cylinder

Height

120 feet

Location

Delaware River

Automated Year

1976

First Lit

1877

Lens Type

Second order Fresnel lens

Fog Signal

None

Year Deactivated

N/A

Color

Black

Last Keeper - Date

Charles R. Manlove (1927 – 1933)

Description

It is the tallest lighthouse in Delaware.

Brief History

•  1906, the light was moved to its present location to guide ships down the Delaware River between Ship John Shoal light and Liston Point Delaware.
•  In the 1930s the light was electrified and the keeper's house was sold.
•  On April 10, 2012, Liston Rear Range Lighthouse was made available under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000.
•  In May 2004 Delaware River and Bay Lighthouse Foundation signed a thirty-year lease agreement with the Coast Guard to take care of the light.
•  In 2020, Ken Spicer, whose family has owned the two dwellings at Liston Rear Range Lighthouse for generations, purchased the lighthouse from Bill Collins.