{"nrhp_refnum":"87001503","name":"Wing's Neck Light","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Wing's Neck Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bourne","county":"Barnstable County","state":"MA","lat":41.68220641600004,"lon":-70.65989173199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-06-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation","Architecture","Maritime History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A lighthouse station on 3.6 acres at the end of Wing's Neck in the Pocasset section of Bourne, Massachusetts, at the entrance to the Cape Cod Canal. It has an 1889 wooden octagonal tower joined by a covered walkway to an 1889 keeper's dwelling.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the light retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship and is tied to the development of aids to navigation in Massachusetts. Built in 1889, it is described as the only intact wooden tower attached by a covered walkway to a period keeper's house. The site also has an 1849 stone oil house and an 1870s second keeper's house, and it has considerable scenic importance.","narrative":"Wing's Neck Light is a lighthouse station on a treeless peninsula in the Pocasset section of Bourne, Massachusetts, where Buzzards Bay meets the approach to the Cape Cod Canal. The present three-story octagonal wooden tower and its keeper's dwelling were built in 1889 after fire destroyed an earlier wooden lighthouse in 1878. A covered walkway later joined the two buildings, and the tower keeps its cast iron lantern room, a distinctive natural wood staircase and a rare copper vent. Two older buildings were added to the grounds: a stone oil house dating from 1849 and a second keeper's house from the 1870s, both floated from Ned Point in Mattapoisett. The light was listed because it is considered the only intact wooden tower connected by a covered walkway to a period keeper's house. Its integrity and scenic setting also contributed to its recognition at the state level, along with its role in the history of navigation aids in Massachusetts.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John Vina (built the original 1849 lighthouse)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as unmanned/inactive. The site has a steel skeleton tower from 1943-45 that holds radar equipment, and a boathouse converted to a dwelling.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:12:59.725255-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/61/7891/63789161/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/87001503.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001503/1fd5ccab18-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001503/1fd5ccab18-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Bruce Tuten from Savannah, Georgia, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wing%27s_Neck_Light_-_Bourne_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruce Tuten from Savannah, Georgia, United States</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:Wing%27s_Neck_Light_-_Bourne_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789161","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing%27s_Neck_Light","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8025064"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/barnstable-county/wings-neck-light-87001503/"}