1877 (current tower in Chatham) 1923 (current tower here)
Deactivated
1996-97 now a private aid
Focal height
120 feet (37 m)
Lens
4th order Fresnel lens (original), Carlisle & Finch DCB-224 (current)
Range
White 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi), Red 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi)
Characteristic
Alt white and red 10s
Nauset Beach Light
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area
1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built
1875
Architectural style
Gothic Revival
MPS
Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR
NRHP reference No.
87001484[1]
Added to NRHP
June 15, 1987
Nauset Light, officially Nauset Beach Light,[2] is a restored lighthouse on the Cape Cod National Seashore near Eastham, Massachusetts, erected in 1923 using the 1877 tower that was moved here from the Chatham Light.[2][3][4] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The tower is a cast-iron plate shell lined with brick and stands 48 feet (15 m) high. The adjacent oil house (where fuel was stored in the early days) is made of brick and has also been restored. Fully automated, the beacon is a private aid to navigation. Tours of the tower and oil house are available in summer from the Nauset Light Preservation Society which operates, maintains and interprets the site. The tower is located adjacent to Nauset Light Beach.
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