Year first lit 1873 Foundation limestone Height 11 m Year first constructed 1873 | Deactivated 1935 Construction limestone masonry Opened 1873 | |
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Location Barber's Point, southeast of Westport, New York on Lake Champlain Tower shape square house with integral tower Similar Point Aux Roches Light, Stony Point (Henderson) Light, Cumberland Head Light, South Buffalo North Sid, Buffalo North Breakwat | ||
Barber's Point Light is an inactive lighthouse on Lake Champlain in New York.
History
Barber's Point was the site of a ferry operated by Hezekiah Barber, who settled the point beginning in 1785. The Lighthouse Board requested construction of a light in 1868, but construction did not begin until 1872 due to problems acquiring title to the land. The Second Empire design used for the Colchester Reef Light (as well as others in the area) was reused, but executed in blue limestone rather than the more usual granite. Because of the light's isolation the keeper was provided with a barn in which to keep a horse.
In 1935 the light was deactivated, replaced by a much taller steel tower with an automated beacon, placed at lake's edge. The old lighthouse passed into private hands and is used for a residence. A small addition in the mid-1950s left the appearance of the building largely intact, though the roof is now painted white rather than brown.
The lighthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Camp Dudley Road Historic District.