{"nrhp_refnum":"06001229","name":"Orient Point Light Station","other_names":["Orient Point Light","The Coffee Pot"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE tip of Long Island, 1.1 mi. NE of Eastern Terminus of NY 25","address_restricted":false,"city":"Orient","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":41.163415558000054,"lon":-72.22360987299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-01-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Maritime History","Transportation","Architecture","Engineering"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Offshore cast iron \"spark plug\" type lighthouse about 0.4 mile off Orient Point at the northeast tip of Long Island, Suffolk County, New York, established in 1899 and nicknamed \"the Coffee Pot.\"","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a surviving example of the standardized cast iron spark plug lighthouse design used in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. It marked Oyster Pond Reef at Plum Gut, a busy navigation choke point, and was built after years of local and congressional effort. Public objection in the 1970s saved it from demolition.","narrative":"Orient Point Light Station is a cast iron lighthouse standing in about five feet of water off the northeast tip of Long Island, marking the end of Oyster Pond Reef beside Plum Gut. Completed in 1899, it follows the \"spark plug\" design, a cylindrical caisson foundation topped by a three-story conical tower, watch room and lantern, with an overall height of 75 feet. Its brick-lined interior holds a basement and three circular rooms. Originally painted brown, it earned the local nickname \"the Coffee Pot\" and now carries a black and white daymark. Resident keepers served until automation in 1958. A settling foundation and cracked caisson led the Coast Guard to plan demolition around 1970, but public objection prompted repairs in 1973 and retention of the structure. The lighthouse is significant as a well-preserved example of a standardized lighthouse type and for its role guiding vessels through a hazardous passage.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Third Lighthouse District Engineer David Porter Heap supervised construction; cast iron parts fabricated in New York City","architectural_style":"No Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the U.S. Coast Guard and operated as an automated aid to navigation; accessible only by boat.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.37634-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_AK/06001229.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001229/e27bd3979c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001229/e27bd3979c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Erik Anestad from USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:120805-Long_Island_Lighthouses-Orient_Point-22_(7742799418).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Erik Anestad from USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:120805-Long_Island_Lighthouses-Orient_Point-22_(7742799418).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75325203","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orient_Point_Light","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7102309"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/orient-point-light-station-06001229/"}