Wings Neck Lighthouse

Year Built

1849

Cost

$3,500

Type

Hexagonal pyramidal tower

Height

32 feet

Location

Pocasset

Automated Year

1943

First Lit

1849

Lens Type

Original Optic: Three and one Half-Order Fresnel Lens - Present Optic: None

Fog Signal

Fog Bell and striking mechanism in pyramidal tower (destroyed)

Year Deactivated

Discontinued in 1945

Color

White with Black Lantern

Last Keeper - Date

Javan D. York (1942 – 1943)

Description

The present lighthouse and keeper's house.

Brief History

•  The land where the lighthouse is built was once swampy and mosquito infested.
•  In 1902 a pyramidal wooden bell tower and 1,000-pound fog bell was added.
•  In 1923, the keeper’s house from the now automated Ned’s Point Light was floated across Buzzards Bay to become the assistant keeper’s house at Wings Neck Light Station.
•  With the activation of Cleveland Ledge Lighthouse in 1943, Wings Neck was automated with the fog signal being discontinued and the light being displayed from a skeletal tower.
•  The Lighthouse is now a vacation rental and still owned by the descendants of Frank and Irene Flanagan.