Monomoy Point Light

Monomoy Point Light[1] is a historic light in Chatham, Massachusetts.

Monomoy Point Light

Monomoy Point Light in 2010
Location	Monomoy Island
Coordinates	41°33′33.6″N 69°59′37.4″W
Tower
Constructed	1823
Foundation	Brick
Construction	Cast iron with brick lining
Automated	no
Height	14 m (46 ft)
Shape	Cylindrical
Markings	Red with black lantern
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Light
First lit	1849 (current structure)
Deactivated	1923
Lens	Fourth order Fresnel Lens
Monomoy Point Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Monomoy Lighthouse circa 1865
Nearest city	Chatham, Massachusetts
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	1849
Architectural style	Cape Cod
MPS	Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR (AD)
NRHP reference No.	79000324
Added to NRHP	November 01, 1979

The station was established in 1823. The first light was a wood tower and brick lantern room on top of the keeper's house. The current tower, one of the first made of cast iron, was built in 1849.

After the opening of the Cape Cod Canal in 1914, most vessels bound from south of the Cape to the Boston area took the shorter and safer route through the canal, so there was much less traffic past the light and the light was deactivated in 1923.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Monomoy Point Lighthouse on November 1, 1979, reference number 79000324.[2]

The keeper's house is preserved and serves today as a guest house. The Lighthouse Preservation Society, the Massachusetts Audubon Society, and The Friends of Monomoy support preservation of the lighthouse and keeper's house.[3] It lies within the Monomoy Wilderness.