{"nrhp_refnum":"79001640","name":"Kingston/Rondout 2 Lighthouse","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Hudson River and Rondout Creek","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kingston","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.92719484200006,"lon":-73.97165989199993,"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":"A brick lighthouse built in 1913 on a concrete pier at the end of a dike wall where Rondout Creek meets the Hudson River at Kingston, Ulster County, New York. It has two stories, a cellar, a watch room and a lantern room.","why_significant":"It was the largest and the last lighthouse built on the upper Hudson, replacing an 1867 granite lighthouse that proved unserviceable. It was needed after the Army Corps of Engineers extended the north dike at Rondout Creek into the river. It marks a heavily traveled spot where Delaware and Hudson Canal barges transferred cargo to river vessels. It is part of a Hudson River lighthouses group nomination covering maritime history, architecture and transportation.","narrative":"Rising from a concrete pier at the end of a dike wall where Rondout Creek flows into the Hudson River, this buff-colored brick lighthouse at Kingston was built in 1913 and went into operation in 1915. It has two stories, a cellar, a watch room and a lantern room, with a square tower on its east side lined with white glazed ceramic tile. Wood piles driven nearly thirty feet into the river support the pier. It replaced an 1867 granite lighthouse that proved unserviceable and later collapsed in the 1950s. The new building became necessary when the Army Corps of Engineers extended the north dike into the river. It was the largest and last lighthouse built on the upper Hudson. The junction was long busy with canal barges transferring cargo to sloops, steamboats and tugs. Built by L.H. Bannon of Kingston, it remains an automated working light maintained by the Coast Guard.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; builder L.H. Bannon Plumbing & Heating and Contracting Co., Kingston, NY","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Very good condition and still in use as an automated, unmanned lighthouse operated by the Coast Guard, which makes minor repairs about twice a year.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.157528-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/79001640.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001640/edf55030f6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001640/edf55030f6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John S. Hirth","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kingston_-_Rondout_2_Lighthouse_2011.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John S. Hirth</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kingston_-_Rondout_2_Lighthouse_2011.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315276","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondout_Light","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1687043"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/kingston-rondout-2-lighthouse-79001640/"}