{"nrhp_refnum":"05001340","name":"Staten Island Light","other_names":["Staten Island Range Rear Light","Richmond Light"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"S side of Edinboro Rd., bet. 402 and 426 Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond","county":"Staten Island","state":"NY","lat":40.57593618900006,"lon":-74.14113924099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-11-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Maritime History","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 106-foot octagonal yellow brick lighthouse on a cut limestone base on Lighthouse Hill, Richmond, Staten Island, New York. It was built from 1909 to 1911 (completed 1912) by the U.S. Lighthouse Service and is the rear light of a range marking the Ambrose Channel.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an early twentieth-century brick and stone masonry lighthouse with a distinctive design not replicated in any other U.S. lighthouse, unusual at a time when most were prefabricated cast iron or steel. It is also significant for its role in the Federal system of navigational aids guiding shipping to and from the Port of New York.","narrative":"Rising 106 feet above Lighthouse Hill on Staten Island, this octagonal lighthouse has a yellow brick tower set on a gray cut limestone base. Built from 1909 to 1911 and put into service in 1912, it serves as the rear light of a range that marks the entrance to Ambrose Channel, the main shipping lane to the Port of New York. It lines up with an offshore light about five miles to the southeast. Its second order Fresnel lens, made in 1905, sits in a cast iron lantern 231 feet above sea level. Most American lighthouses of the period were prefabricated cast iron or steel, so this masonry design stands out, and its form is not repeated elsewhere. The tower has changed little since construction apart from updated electrical equipment. The original keepers' dwelling was sold into private hands in 1926 and still stands next door. The Coast Guard owns the lighthouse and operates it as an automated aid to navigation, and the city designated it a landmark in 1968.","period_of_significance":"1912 to 1955","architect_builder":"U.S. Lighthouse Service, Third District; U.S. Lighthouse Board","architectural_style":"No Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Owned by the U.S. Coast Guard and operating as an automated aid to navigation, showing a fixed white light 24 hours a day.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.618083-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_AK/05001340.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001340/0b1945a951-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001340/0b1945a951-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Scan by NYPL","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Light_House,_Richmond,_Staten_Island,_N.Y_(NYPL_b15279351-104871).tiff\" rel=\"noopener\">Scan by NYPL</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Light_House,_Richmond,_Staten_Island,_N.Y_(NYPL_b15279351-104871).tiff"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75325145","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staten_Island_Light","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2333708"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/staten-island/staten-island-light-05001340/"}