Alternate Name(s):
SOUTH HYANNIS
Type:
Year Established:
1849
Existing:
Yes
Download:
hyannis-270_7088adj.jpg (2.18 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2006
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
HYANNIS HARBOR
Latitude:
41° 38.17'
Longitude:
70° 17.33'
City / Town:
HYANNIS
U.S. State:
Massachusetts
Location County:
BARNSTABLE
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
Private owner
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1929
Year Tower Established:
1849
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Tower Foundation:
NATURAL/EMPLACED
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
42
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
19
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1849
Keeper's Quarters Style:
CAPE COD
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
Other Structures:
BRICK OIL HOUSE (1902)
OPTICS
Current Optic:
REMOVED
Original Optic Type:
OIL LAMP W/REFLECTOR
Year Original Lens Installed:
1849
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017
According to Lighthouse Friends, "On July 7, 1884, $350 was earmarked for a small beacon to range with the main light at Hyannis. This new structure was erected on the Old Colony Railroad Wharf in 1885 and when aligned with Hyannis Lighthouse, guided boats into the harbor. As the range beacon was frequently extinguished by storms, the structure had to be almost entirely rebuilt in 1886."