Isaac Conro

Isaac Conro was a stonemason from New York City.

He is remembered today for having built New Jersey's Sandy Hook Lighthouse in 1764, a structure whose principal task has been from the outset to guide ships into New York Harbor. Today it is the oldest standing navigational aid of any kind in the United States. Several later towers were based upon Conro's design, although he had no hand in their construction. So solid was his work that an 1852 Congressional inquiry found Sandy Hook to be one of the three best-built lighthouses in the country.

No details concerning his personal life seem to be available.

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[http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/types/oldest.html Lighthouse Database]