New York City Landmark, National Register of Historic Places listed place, New York State Register of Historic Places listed place
Light
First lit
1872
Deactivated
1940
Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New York State Register of Historic Places
New York City Landmark No. 0911
Area
less than one acre
Architect
James Renwick Jr.
Architectural style
Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.
72000876[1]
NYSRHP No.
06101.000500
NYCL No.
0911
Significant dates
Added to NRHP
March 16, 1972
Designated NYSRHP
June 23, 1980
Designated NYCL
March 23, 1976
Blackwell Island Lighthouse, now known as Roosevelt Island Lighthouse, also was known as Welfare Island Lighthouse, is a stone lighthouse built by the government of New York City in 1872.[2][3][4][5] It is within Lighthouse Park at the northern tip of Roosevelt Island in the East River. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972[1] and was designated a New York City Landmark on March 23, 1976.[4]
^ ab"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^Ellen Rosenbrock; Ellen Kramer; Allen Burnham (June 15, 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lighthouse". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2009. See also: "Accompanying two photos, from 1970". Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
^"Blackwell Island, NY". New York Lighthouses. Lighthousefriends.com. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
^ abLandmarks Preservation Committee (March 23, 1976). "LIGHTHOUSE, Roosevelt Island" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 11, 2010. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
^"Lighthouse". Roosevelt Island Historical Society. June 23, 2006. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
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