{"nrhp_refnum":"87002031","name":"Hospital Point Light Station","other_names":["Front Range Light"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Bayview Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beverly","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.54465217000006,"lon":-70.85794534299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-09-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation","Maritime History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Coast Guard-owned light station on a rocky promontory on the west side of Beverly Cove, at the end of Bayview Avenue in Beverly, Massachusetts, marking the channel into Salem Harbor. The brick tower was built in 1871-72.","why_significant":"The station is described as a good example of a secondary light and is tied to the development of aids to navigation in Massachusetts. It was established in 1871 to guide vessels into Salem Harbor and was later paired with a rear range light in a church spire. Only the tower is treated as significant because of alterations to the rest of the site.","narrative":"Hospital Point Light Station sits on a rocky headland on the west side of Beverly Cove, guarding the main channel into Salem Harbor. The point was used for a watch house in 1711, an earthwork fort in 1755 and a smallpox hospital from 1801, which gave the place its name. The town transferred the land to the federal government in 1871, and a brick tower about 40 feet high was built in 1871-72. It is painted white and topped by a ten-sided lens room with an iron dome. An oil house, a Stick Style keeper's house and an 1875 equipment building completed the original station. Later changes, especially large additions to the keeper's house in 1968, reduced the integrity of the other buildings, so only the tower is considered significant. In 1927 a rear range light was added in a Beverly church spire. The station is valued as a good example of a secondary light and for its role in navigation aids.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Stick Style/Queen Anne Revival (keeper's house); square brick pyramidal tower","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Unmanned and active as a navigation light; the keeper's house was heavily altered in 1968.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.249232-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/38/7902/63790238/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/87002031.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002031/71ca5c97a1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002031/71ca5c97a1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hospital_Point_Light,_Beverly_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hospital_Point_Light,_Beverly_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790238","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital_Point_Range_Front_Light","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15225715"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/hospital-point-light-station-87002031/"}