Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Maryland--Thomas Point Shoal Light

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THOMAS POINT SHOAL LIGHT

State: MARYLAND
Location: CHESAPEAKE BAY / SOUTH RIVER ENTRANCE
Nearest City: ANNAPOLIS
County: ANNE ARUNDEL
U.S.C.G. District: 5
Year Station Established: 1825

NPS photo by Candace Clifford, 1998

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1875
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1986
Foundation Materials: SCREWPILE
Construction Materials: WOOD
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED ROOF & BLACK LANTERN
Shape: SQUARE ON HEXAGONAL DWELLING
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 25
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: 250 MM (SOLAR POWERED)
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 43
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FOURTH ORDER LENS IN COMMANDANTS OFFICE, CURTIS BAY YARD, BALTIMORE
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1825
Description: STONE
Fate/Disposition:
2. Construction Date: 1838
Description: STONE
Fate/Disposition: REPLACED BY OFFSHORE SCREWPILE LIGHTHOUSE IN 1875; FELL DOWN IN 1894

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: ELECTRIC HORN

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1875
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: HEXAGONAL (INTEGRAL)
Construction Materials: WOOD FRAME

Other Structures: NONE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: CITY OF ANNAPOLIS / U.S. LIGHTHOUSE SOCIETY, CHESAPEAKE CHAPTER

Open to the Public? NO

National Register Status: LISTED Reference #75000864
Name of Listing: THOMAS POINT SHOALS LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK Study

Miscellaneous:
REPLACED SHORE TOWER; LAST OF THE SCREWPILE COTTAGE STRUCTURES OF CHESAPEAKE BAY IN SITU; LAST LIGHT TO BE AUTOMATED ON CHESAPEAKE. TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY OF ANNAPOLIS IN 2004 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION ACT.

Last Modified: Tues, Dec 27 2005 1:57:02 pm EDT
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