{"nrhp_refnum":"79001642","name":"Saugerties Lighthouse","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Hudson River at Esopus Creek","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saugerties","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":42.07208760200007,"lon":-73.92979464899997,"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 two-story brick lighthouse with a hipped roof on a stone pier in the Hudson River at the mouth of Esopus Creek, Saugerties, Ulster County, New York. The present structure was built in 1869 and replaced an 1835 dwelling and tower.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the oldest family station remaining along the upper Hudson. It was built in an L shape with a tower at the junction of its two wings, and its Italianate detailing is noted. Its light and fog bell warned of river hazards, and the keepers aided boatmen in trouble in an area with many industries. It is part of a thematic group covering maritime history, architecture and transportation.","narrative":"Rising from a stone pier at the mouth of Esopus Creek, this two-story brick lighthouse in Saugerties was built in 1869 to replace a dwelling and tower put up in 1835. It has a hipped roof, Italianate detailing, and an L-shaped plan with a tower where the two wings meet. Fill from the creek's north dike now makes it reachable on foot at low tide, and the surrounding marsh is considered a bird sanctuary. The station is described as the oldest family lighthouse remaining along the upper Hudson. Its light and fog bell warned river traffic of hazards, and its keepers assisted boatmen in trouble in an area of busy industry. Electricity, plumbing and heating arrived in the 1940s. The Coast Guard closed the station in 1954 and removed its fixtures and lens. A new beacon and fog signal on a steel tower replaced the old apparatus in 1972. The vacant building has since deteriorated, though its structure is rated fair.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Closed by the Coast Guard in 1954; unused since then, with deterioration and some unsafe floors. Structural condition is described as fair.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.68389-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/79001642.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001642/0259e4ce91-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001642/0259e4ce91-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dicklyon","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saugerties_Lighthouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dicklyon</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:Saugerties_Lighthouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315272","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saugerties_Light","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7427213"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/saugerties-lighthouse-79001642/"}