Cedar Island Lighthouse

Year Built

1839

Cost

$3,500

Type

Square

Height

30 feet

Location

Cedar Point County Park, Sag Harbor, Gardiners Bay, Long Island

Automated Year

1934

First Lit

1839

Lens Type

Sixth order Fresnel 1855

Fog Signal

None

Year Deactivated

1934

Color

Unpainted granite

Last Keeper - Date

William Henry Follett (1917 – 1934)

Description

The lighthouse is not open to the public.

Brief History

•  In 1855, the original lamp was replaced with a sixth order Fresnel lens.
•  In 1938 Cedar Island became Cedar Point when a hurricane created a sandbar that connected the island to the mainland.
•  It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
•  The oil house, built in 1902, was restored in 2004.
•  On October 31, 2013, the four-and-a-half-ton lantern room was hoisted off the lighthouse and barged to Sag Harbor Yacht Yard, where it will be restored.