Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Rhode Island--Ida Lewis Rock Light

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IDA LEWIS ROCK LIGHT (FORMERLY LIME ROCK)

State: RHODE ISLAND
Location: INNER NEWPORT HARBOR
Nearest City: NEWPORT
County: NEWPORT
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1854

Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1854
Is the Light Operational? YES (PRIVATE AID TO NAVIGATION)
Date Deactivated: 1927
Automated: 1927
Foundation Materials:
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: SQUARE ATTACHED TO SIDE OF BUILDING
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 13
Original Optic: SIXTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1854
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed: 1927
Height of Focal Plane: 30
Fresnel Lens Disposition: MUSEUM OF NEWPORT HISTORY
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1856
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: GREEK REVIVAL (ATTACHED)
Construction Materials: GRANITE/BRICK

Other Structures:

Current Use: YACHT CLUB - PRIVATE AID

Owner/Manager: PRIVATE OWNER

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #87001700
Name of Listing: IDA LEWIS ROCK LIGHTHOUSE (LIGHTHOUSES OF RHODE ISLAND TR)
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
NAMED FOR IDA LEWIS, FAMOUS KEEPER FOR 35 YEARS; STATION DEACTIVATED 1963, NOW A PRIVATE AID -- ELECTRIC LANTERN IN THE ORIGINAL TOWER LIT NIGHTLY FROM MID-MAY TO MID-OCTOBER

Last Modified: Tues, Mar 26 2002 10:57:02 am EDT
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