Existing
Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1915
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated: 1954
- Foundation Materials: CONCRETE PIER W/WOOD PILES
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: YELLOW BRICK W/BLACK LANTERN
- Shape: SQUARE
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 48
- Original Optic: SIXTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1915
- Present Optic: 250 MM
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 52
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
- 1. Construction Date: 1837
- Description: WOODEN STRUCTURE
- Fate/Disposition: DEMOLISHED
- 2. Construction Date: 1867
- Description: COMBINATION STONE TOWER & KEEPERS QUARTERS
- Fate/Disposition: TORN DOWN
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
- Fog Signal Type: HORN (REMOVED ) / ORIG. BELL
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1915
- Number of Stories: 2.5
- Architectural Style: EARLY 20TH CENTURY
- Construction Materials: BRICK
Other Structures: 2 CISTERNS IN BASEMENT
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/MUSEUM
Owner/Manager: CITY OF KINGSTON W/ USCG ACCESS TO OPTIC
Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to
Visit for access information)
Website: LINK
National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #79001640
Name of Listing: KINGSTON/RONDOUT 2 LIGHTHOUSE (HUDSON RIVER LIGHTHOUSE
TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous:
EARLIER TOWER TORN DOWN IN 1950S; TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY OF KINGSTON IN 2002 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE
NATIONAL HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION ACT. |
