Sandy Neck Lighthouse

Oct. 15, 2019
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Sandy Neck Lighthouse, Sandy Neck, entrance to Barnstable Harbor, West Barnstable, Massachusetts

Originally built in 1826, current structure built in 1857, with updates to the structure made in the 1880s.  Lighthouse deactivated in 1931 and replaced with a skeleton tower light which was deactivated in 1952.

SANDY NECK LIGHT 

Location: CAPE COD 
Station Established: 1827 
Year Current/Last Tower(s) First Lit: 1857 
Operational? NO 
Automated? YES 1931 
Deactivated: 1931 
Foundation Materials: SURFACE ROCK 
Construction Materials: BRICK
Tower Shape: CONICAL
Markings/Pattern: WHITE TOWER W/BLACK LANTERN 
Relationship to Other Structure: SEPARATE 
Original Lens: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL 

Historical Information:

* 1827 – Integral tower built with $3500 Congressional appropriation.
* 1857 – Lighthouse rebuilt as a separate tower.
* 1931 – Lighthouse disestablished and replaced by a skeletal tower.
* 1933 – Property sold into private ownership.
* 1952 – Skeletal tower discontinued.
* 2007 – Lantern room restored.

 Lantern room restored.

Keepers:

* Joseph Nickerson (1826-1833)
* Henry Baxter (1833-1844)
* Thomas P. D. Baxter (1846-1862)
* Lucy Hinckley Baxter (1862-1867)
* Edward Gorham (1867-1875)
* Jacob S. Howes (1875-1880)
* Eunice Crowell Howes (1880-1886)
* Philip R. Smith (1886-1897)
* George A. Jamieson (1897-1908)
* James Jorgensen (1908-1909)
* Henry L. Pingree (1909-?)
* William L. Anderson (c. 1930)

Researched and written by Marie Vincent, a volunteer through the Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society.