Nayatt Point Lighthouse

Year Built

1828

Cost

$3,500

Type

Octagonal

Height

25 feet

Location

Barrington

Automated Year

Not Automated

First Lit

1856

Lens Type

Fourth-order Fresnel lens (1863) - Present optic: none

Fog Signal

None

Year Deactivated

1868

Color

White w/black trim

Last Keeper - Date

Davis Perry (1865 – 1868)

Description

The lighthouse and grounds are privately owned and are not open to the public.

Brief History

•  In January 1855 a storm damaged the lighthouse, it was repaired but still in very bad shape.
•  Its keepers used the Nayatt Point Keepers dwelling until 1874, when a stone keeper's dwelling was built on a pier at Conimicut Point.
•  In 1866 the Lighthouse Board received a petition from captains and ship owners asking them to close Nayatt Point Lighthouse and move its light to a stone beacon on the shoal off Conimicut Point.
•  Nayatt Point Lighthouse and keeper's dwelling were sold in 1890 for $4,500.
•  In 1997 the house was put up for sale. The asking price was $1,275,000.