{"nrhp_refnum":"87002027","name":"Eastern Point Light Station","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Eastern Pt.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gloucester","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.57735383800008,"lon":-70.66395766599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-09-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation","Architecture","Maritime History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-acre light station on a rocky promontory at the eastern entrance of Gloucester Harbor, Gloucester, Massachusetts. The complex includes an 1890 brick tower, an 1879 double keeper's dwelling, a 1908 secondary keeper's house, a covered walkway, an oil house and other service structures.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the station keeps integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship and is tied to the development of aids to navigation in Massachusetts. It is described as the largest intact station in the state, preserving a period tower, keeper's house, walkway, oil house and bell tower. Painter Winslow Homer lived in the lighthouse in 1880.","narrative":"Eastern Point Light Station occupies a rocky promontory overlooking Dog Bar Reef at the eastern entrance to Gloucester Harbor. The one-acre site holds a complete set of buildings: a 38-foot cylindrical brick tower rebuilt in 1890 on its 1832 masonry foundation, a Gothic Revival double keeper's dwelling from 1879, a Shingle Style assistant keeper's house from 1908, an oil house, a long covered walkway ending in a brick building painted as a red and white daymark, and later fog signal and radio beacon equipment. The grounds are described as well integrated and massed. The station was listed as the largest intact light station in Massachusetts, retaining its period tower, dwelling, walkway, oil house and bell tower. It also has a link to the painter Winslow Homer, who lived in the lighthouse in 1880, during the years his scenes of the local maritime community became among his best known. Automated in 1986, it remains active.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival/Queen Anne double keeper's dwelling (1879); Shingle Style secondary keeper's dwelling (1908)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Active aid to navigation, automated and unmanned since 1986; the dwelling is used for Coast Guard housing. Owned by the First Coast Guard District.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:12:59.740335-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/24/7902/63790224/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/87002027.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002027/89375833c6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002027/89375833c6-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Esc861","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_point_lighthouse.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Esc861</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_point_lighthouse.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790224","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Point_Light","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5330382"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/eastern-point-light-station-87002027/"}