{"nrhp_refnum":"79001626","name":"Stony Point Lighthouse","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Stony Point Battlefield","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stony Point","county":"Rockland County","state":"NY","lat":41.24138308500005,"lon":-73.97174253499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-05-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An octagonal whitewashed fieldstone lighthouse tower completed in 1825 on a promontory on the west shore of the Hudson River, within Stony Point Battlefield, Stony Point, Rockland County, New York.","why_significant":"It is described as the last of the beacon towers still standing in the Hudson Valley. It belongs to a group of lighthouses that reflect the evolution of Hudson River shipping, touching on maritime history, architecture and transportation. The nominated boundaries also include the site of the nineteenth-century keeper's dwelling.","narrative":"Rising from a mound about 150 feet above the Hudson River and roughly 600 feet from the water's edge, this whitewashed fieldstone lighthouse was completed in 1825. The tower is octagonal, with walls two feet thick, and measures about fourteen and a half feet across at its base, tapering slightly beneath the lantern deck. Inside are a cellar, two floors and a lantern room, reached by a stairway and a ladder. Only three openings pierce the walls: the entrance, a small window above it, and a ground-level window beside the door. Over the years a cellar entrance and two wooden bell towers came and went, and the upper window was moved to the east facade by 1879. A keeper's house once stood about 100 feet away. In 1925 a new light tower, fog bell and dwelling were built at the shoreline, and the old stone light was deactivated. It is considered the last surviving beacon tower of its kind in the Hudson Valley and is part of the Stony Point Battlefield Historic Site.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is described as good to very good. The light was deactivated after a new light tower and keeper's dwelling were built at the water's edge in 1925. The tower has been part of Stony Point Battlefield Historic Site since 1946, and its present use is listed as none.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.520521-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/79001626.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001626/5e906855c2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001626/5e906855c2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Tony","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stony_Point_Lighthouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tony</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:Stony_Point_Lighthouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314508","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stony_Point_Light","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7619598"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rockland-county/stony-point-lighthouse-79001626/"}