Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light

Summary

Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light, also known as the South Buffalo Southside Light or Buffalo South Breakwater, South Entrance Light Station, is a lighthouse at Stony Point at the entrance to Buffalo Harbor, Buffalo, New York. It was established in 1903 and deactivated in 1993. It was replaced by a nearby modern post light. The lighthouse property consists of a three-story cast iron 43.5-foot (13.3 m) decommissioned light tower topped with a lantern; one-story concrete fog signal building and an L-shaped concrete pier.[2]

Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light
Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light, 2005
Map
LocationStony Pt. end of Buffalo Harbor S breakwater, Buffalo, New York
Coordinates42°50′0″N 78°52′3″W / 42.83333°N 78.86750°W / 42.83333; -78.86750
Tower
Constructed1903
FoundationTimber crib / concrete pier
ConstructionIron
Automated1935
Height43.5 feet (13.3 m)
ShapeConical
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1903
Deactivated1993 Edit this on Wikidata
Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light
ArchitectUS Lighthouse Service
MPSU.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes MPS
NRHP reference No.07001191[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 16, 2007

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Daniel Koski-Karrell (April 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying nine photographs

Further reading edit

  • Oleszewski, Wes. Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
  • Price, Scott T. "U. S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation: A Historical Bibliography". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
  • U.S. Coast Guard. Historically Famous Lighthouses (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1957).
  • Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia. Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3

External links edit

  • Notice of Availability, July 23, 2008
  • "Vacant South Buffalo Lighthouse is for sale: 105-year-old structure being marketed first to local organizations," By Sharon Linstedt, The Buffalo News, August 26, 2008
  • Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society website
  • "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
  • Lighthouses of the Great Lakes