Type:
Year Established:
1856
Existing:
Yes
Download:
Jones Point VA 2012 by JCC copy.jpg (796.41 KB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2012
Photo Credit:
CANDACE CLIFFORD
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
POTOMAC RIVER/JONES POINT PARK
Latitude:
° '
Longitude:
° '
City / Town:
ALEXANDRIA
U.S. State:
Virginia
Location County:
ALEXANDRIA
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
National Park Service
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1926-1995
Year Tower Established:
1856
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
NATURAL/EMPLACED
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
0
Tower Shape:
CONICAL LANTERN ON SQUARE HOUSE
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1856
Keeper's Quarters Style:
INTEGRAL
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
Other Structures:
BOUNDARY MARKER, SEA WALL
OPTICS
Current Optic:
155 MM
Original Optic Type:
FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1856
Private Aid:
Yes
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017