Bristol Ferry Lighthouse

Year Built

1855

Cost

$1,500

Type

Square

Height

34 feet

Location

Bristol

Automated Year

1928

First Lit

1855

Lens Type

Sixth order Fresnel Lens

Fog Signal

None

Year Deactivated

1927

Color

White

Last Keeper - Date

Arthur J. Baldwin (1916 – 1927)

Description

A square brick tower and attached keeper's dwelling.

Brief History

•  When the station opened on October 4, 1855, its beacon was a sixth-order lens that exhibited the light from an oil lamp through an arc of 220°.
•  1916, The tower was raised 6 FT. to its present height in 1916 to accommodate a cast-iron lantern room removed from the old Roundout Lighthouse on the Hudson River.
•  In 1929, the Bureau of Lighthouses held a public auction to sell Bristol Ferry. The bids were opened on April 4. Anna Santull placed the highest bid, $2,050.
•  The Bristol Ferry Lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, at which time it was a private residence.
•  In August 2022 Bristol Ferry put up for sale again and was listed at $750,000.