OLD POINT COMFORT

Year Established:
1802
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1879
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1995
Photo Credit:
Thomas Tag
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
ENTRANCE TO HAMPTON ROADS HARBOR
Latitude:
37° 00.03'
Longitude:
76° 18.26'
City / Town:
HAMPTON
U.S. State:
Virginia
Location County:
HAMPTON
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. OLD POINT COMFORT
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1802
Tower Construction Material:
SANDSTONE
Tower Foundation:
MASONRY
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
48 above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
40
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1900
Keeper's Quarters Style:
QUEEN ANNE VICTORIAN
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD FRAME
Other Structures:
GARAGE; ONCE INCLUDED A DEPOT STATION

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Original Optic Type:
11 LAMPS & 14-INCH REFLECTORS
Year Original Lens Installed:
1855
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1972
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017