Information sheet

Year Station Established: 1833

Existing Historic Tower:

• Year Light First Lit: 1867
• Is the Light Operational? YES
• Date Deactivated: N/A
• Automated: 1965
• Foundation Materials: STONE
• Construction Materials: BRICK
• Markings/Patterns: WHITE & RED BANDS
• Shape: CONICAL
• Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
• Tower Height: 142
• Original Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
• Year Original Lens Installed: 1867
• Present Optic: DCB-224
• Year Present Lens Installed:
• Height of Focal Plane: 154
• Fresnel Lens Disposition: FRESNEL LENS TRANSFERRED TO OYSTER MUSEUM IN CHINCOTEAGUE
• Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

• Year Constructed: 1910
• Number of Stories: 2
• Architectural Style:
• Construction Materials: CONCRETE

Other Structures: OIL HOUSE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD (TOWER)/U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE (QUARTERS)

Open to the Public? YES (on setected dates by the United State Coast Guard Dist 5 Chincoteague Virginia) visitors are encouraged to call the Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Chincoteague at 757/336-2872 or the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge 757/336-6122 before driving to Assateague specifically for a lighthouse tour.

  Web Site: http://www.intercom.net/user/sped

National Register Status: LISTED Reference #73001989
Name of Listing: ASSATEAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1972

List of known Lighthouse keepers:

Mr. David Watson
Mr. Tom Moore
Mr. Frank Jones
Mr. Samuel Quillen
Mr. Edgar Hopkins
Mr. John Anderton
Mr. Walter Wescott
Mr. William Collins

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