Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light

Year Built

1903

Cost

$45,000

Type

Conical

Height

43.5 feet

Location

Stony Pt. end of Buffalo Harbor S breakwater, Buffalo

Automated Year

1935

First Lit

1903

Lens Type

Single-flashing red light

Fog Signal

None

Year Deactivated

Active

Color

First story brown. The second and third stories white. Black roof

Last Keeper - Date

John P. Gracon (1962

Description

The lighthouse is not open to the public.

Brief History

•  Both the North and South Side Lighthouses were exhibited for the first time on September 1, 1903.
•  November 12, 1904, a fog siren powered by compressed air produced by twin thirteen-horsepower engines was in readiness.
•  A radiobeacon, established adjacent to the South Side Light on April 4, 1939.
•  In July 2008, the Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Lighthouse was offered to qualified groups through the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act, passed in 2000.
•  In 2011, the deed to the lighthouse was transferred to the Buffalo Lighthouse Association, who estimated $850,000 was needed to restore the lighthouse.