Buffalo Main Light

Buffalo Main Light
Tower


Location	Buffalo River, Buffalo, New York
Coordinates	42°52′40.15″N 78°53′22.20″W / 42.8778194°N 78.8895000°W / 42.8778194; -78.8895000
Constructed	1833
Foundation	Stone molehead
Construction	Limestone and cast iron
Height	60 feet (18 m)
Shape	Octagonal
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place

Light
First lit	1833
Deactivated	1914
Focal height	23 m (75 ft)
Characteristic	F W



Buffalo Main Light
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
MPS	U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR
NRHP reference No.	84002383^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 19, 1984

Buffalo (Main) Light is a lighthouse at the mouth of Buffalo River/Erie Canal, directly across from the Erie Basin Marina in Buffalo, New York.

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History

The lighthouse was established and lit in 1833 and was deactivated in 1914. The foundation material was stone molehead and the lighthouse was constructed out of limestone and cast iron. The shape of the tower was octagonal and was 60 feet (18 m) high. The lens installed in 1857 was a third order Fresnel lens. The lens was later removed to the Buffalo History Museum.^[2]

This 60-foot-tall, octagonal limestone structure is the oldest still standing in its original location in the city of Buffalo. It replaced the original 1818 light on this site along the Lake Erie shore at the mouth of the Buffalo River. Presently, it is part of an outdoor museum located on the grounds of the United States Coast Guard Station.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

In 2010, the Coast Guard announced it would relinquish 4.6 acres (1.9 ha) of its 31 acres (13 ha) on the point and Congressman Brian Higgins obtained over $6 million to reconfigure the Coast Guard station to allow public access to the lighthouse. In April 2011, Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation approved a grant of $170,700 to repair and restore the lighthouse in anticipation of public tours. The work was completed in August 2011.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Carol Poh Miller (May 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: HAER Inventory: Great Lakes Lighthouse Survey (Buffalo Main Light)" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01.

External links

Media related to Buffalo Lighthouse at Wikimedia Commons

Buffalo Main Light - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com
Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society website
"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NY-60, "Buffalo Lighthouse, Buffalo Harbor, Buffalo River & Lake Erie, Buffalo, Erie County, NY", 2 photos, 7 measured drawings, 5 data pages, 1 photo caption page
Inventory of Historic Light Stations--New York--Buffalo (Main) Light
Buffalo Main Light, By Colt Edin & Dave Wobser
Buffalo Lighthouse, Coast Guard Base across from the Erie Basin Marina - Buffalo as an Architectural Museum website
Buffalo Light: Guardian of the Harbor, Buffalo History Works website
Buffalo Main Lighthouse
Buffalo Main Light - United States Lighthouses

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