Massachusetts - Eastern Point Lighthouse

The Eastern Point Lighthouse is located at Gloucester, MA.  -  The lighthouse at Eastern Point is the third to stand on this granite promontory. The first was a stone tower put up in 1832 to aide the great growing fleet of Gloucester fisherman. Dampness quickly worked into the structure, causing multiple problems. Keeper, Samuel Wonson, complained in 1842 that the tower "leaks in every direction." He indicated that it was "covered with ice in winter and green mold in summer" and "the rain blows in under the deck of the lantern room and runs through the walls." It had to be replaced twice - first in 1848 and again in 1890. Today's light shines from a cylindrical brick structure, 36 feet high and painted white. It is connected by a covered walkway to a two-story keeper's house which was erected in 1879 and lived in by a Coast Guard family. At the time of my visit here in 1997, this was an active lighthouse. If you click on the picture, the larger view will show the covered walkway and buildings more vivid.