Massachusetts - Nauset Beach Lighthouse

The Nauset Beach Lighthouse is located at Eastham, MA. This light was the North Chatham Light built in 1873 until it was relocated to the beach at Nauset in 1926. The working Nauset Beach Light, with its upper half painted bright red, was automated in 1955. In the intervening years, the station was increasingly threatened by ever-eroding sand cliffs. Without the funds to relocate the station, the Coast Guard sought to decommission the light and leave the tower to its fate. However, concerned citizens quickly formed the Nauset Light Perservation Society, then raised the necessary capital to save the structure. They supervised its move out of harms way in November 1996. As of the time of my visit to this lighthouse in 2001, the National Park Service was caring for the lighthouse as a private aid to navigation. (My timing was perfect, enabling me to capture the white side of this light that shows both a red and white signal.)