{"nrhp_refnum":"87001504","name":"Wood End Light Lookout Station","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Long Pt.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Provincetown","county":"Barnstable County","state":"MA","lat":42.02035531200005,"lon":-70.19278962599998,"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 brick lighthouse tower built in 1873 and a brick oil house built in 1896, on the southerly coast of the Cape Cod \"arm\" across the harbor from Provincetown, Massachusetts. It is a former manned station, now unmanned.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the tower keeps its integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship and reflects the development of aids to navigation in Massachusetts. Together with Long Point Light, it is the only surviving pair of lights in the state still in operation. It is judged significant at the state level under criteria A and C.","narrative":"Wood End Light is a square brick lighthouse tower, 38 feet high, on a sandy stretch of the Cape Cod \"arm\" facing Provincetown Harbor. It was built in 1873 and is painted white. A small brick oil house with a slate roof, added in 1896, stands to its east. Once part of a manned station with a keeper's dwelling and storage shed, only the tower and oil house remain; the other buildings were razed in 1961 when the light was automated. The tower is identical to its sister at Long Point and has a ten-sided lens room. It remains an active aid to navigation, converted to solar power in 1981. The nomination values it for retaining its location, design, setting, materials and workmanship, and for its link to the development of navigation aids in Massachusetts. Together with Long Point Light, it is the only surviving pair of lights still operating. The site is reached only by four-wheel-drive vehicle, and access is restricted by the National Park Service.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Unmanned, active aid to navigation; converted to solar power in 1981. The keeper's dwelling and storage shed were razed in 1961, and the oil house was converted to a generator shed in 1960.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.607941-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/7891/63789163/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/87001504.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001504/446a2dfa77-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001504/446a2dfa77-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"US Coast Guard","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wood_End_Lighthouse_MA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">US Coast Guard</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wood_End_Lighthouse_MA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789163","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_End_Light","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8032192"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/barnstable-county/wood-end-light-lookout-station-87001504/"}