Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Maryland--Cove Point Light

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COVE POINT LIGHT

State: MARYLAND
Location: COVE POINT / PATUXENT RIVER ENTRANCE
Nearest City: LUSBY
County: CALVERT
U.S.C.G. District: 5
Year Station Established: 1828

NPS photo by Candace Clifford, 1995

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1828
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1986
Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED
Construction Materials: BRICK W/CONCRETE COATING
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 51
Original Optic: 13 PATENT LAMPS W/PARABOLIC REFLECTORS
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Present Lens Installed: 1928
Height of Focal Plane: 45
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FOURTH-ORDER LENS (BUILT IN 1897 AND INSTALLED 1928) IS STILL IN OPERATION
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES (WOODEN FOG SIGNAL TOWER ON SITE SINCE 1901)

Year Constructed: 1950
Construction Materials: BRICK
Architectural Style: MODERN RECTANGULAR
Fog Signal Type: ELECTRIC DIAPHONE/ORIG. BELL

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1828 (ENLARGED 1883, 1925)
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: VERNACULAR DUPLEX
Construction Materials: BRICK

Other Structures: 2ND DWELLING

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/MUSEUM EXHIBIT TO OPEN MAY 2001

Owner/Manager: CALVERT COUNTY / CALVERT MARINE MUSEUM (USCG ACCESS TO LIGHT)

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site: LINK

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #73000907
Name of Listing: COVE POINT LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1970

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Wed, Mar 13 2002 3:05:02 pm EDT
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