- Sakonnet Light
Infobox_nrhp | name =Sakonnet Light Station
nrhp_type =
caption =
nearest_city=Little Compton, Rhode Island
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 27
lat_seconds = 11
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 12
long_seconds = 11
long_direction = W
locmapin = Rhode Island
area =
built =1883
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
added =February 10 ,1983
governing_body = Private
mpsub=Lighthouses of Rhode Island TR (AD)
refnum=83000179cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]Sakonnet Light (Sakonnet Lighthouse), built in
1884 , is a lighthouse inRhode Island .The light was built in 1884 near Sakonnet Point in
Little Compton, Rhode Island on the eastern side of the state. The light was deactivated in 1954 afterHurricane Carol and was going to be destroyed, but local citizens protested, and eventually Carl and Carolyn Haffenreffer bought the lighthouse in 1961. The Friends of Sakonnet Point acquired the lighthouse in 1985 and it was reactivated by the Coast Guard in 1997. The lighthouse is now listed on the National Historic Register.References and links
* [http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=687 Lighthouse pics and info]
*America's Atlantic Coast Lighthouse, Kenneth Kochel, 1996.
*Northeast Lights: Lighthouses and Lightships, Rhode Island to Cape May, New Jersey, Robert Bachand, 1989.
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