Point Judith Lighthouse

Year Built

1810 - 1816

Cost

$5,000 (original) $7,500 (replacement)

Type

Octagonal conic

Height

51 feet

Location

Narragansett

Automated Year

1954

First Lit

1857

Lens Type

Fourth order Fresnel lens

Fog Signal

Horn, 1 blast every 15 seconds

Year Deactivated

Active

Color

Lower half, white- upper half, brown - Black lantern

Last Keeper - Date

Robert A. Bauer (1961 – )

Description

Point Judith Light Station was automated in 1954, and the keeper’s house was torn down that same year.

Brief History

•  Major repairs and upgrades were applied to both the tower and the keeper’s dwelling in 1837.
•  By the early 1870s, mariners were formally requesting that the foghorn at Point Judith be changed to a fog whistle.
•  In 2000, the lighthouse underwent its first major renovation in over a century.
•  Point Judith Lighthouse was selected as one of five lighthouses to appear in 2013 on a set of stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service called “New England Coastal Lighthouses.”
•  Point Judith Lighthouse is located on what is now Point Judith Coast Guard Station.