Foundation Piers Opened 1866 | Tower shape Cottage Year first constructed 1866 | |
Deactivated ca. 1879No longer in existence Similar Cape Fear Light, Diamond Shoal Light, Wade Point Light, Oak Island Light, Ocracoke Light | ||
Federal Point Light was a lighthouse at Federal Point near Kure Beach in New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was an active light from about 1866 to around 1879.
Federal Point is on the inland side on the southern end of Pleasure Island, which a barrier island. It is near Fort Fisher and North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher and Kure Beach.
History
One or more lighthouses were built at Federal Point prior to the Civil War. A light tower was destroyed by Confederate troops in early 1860s.
After a new inlet opened south of Federal Point, a new lighthouse was constructed in 1866. It was a cottage-style lighthouse on piers. The light was extinguished in 1879 or 1881. A rock seawall was built in 1881 to close the inlet. The lighthouse burned in 1881.
References
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