{"nrhp_refnum":"87002039","name":"Long Point Light Station","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Herring Cove Beach","address_restricted":false,"city":"Provincetown","county":"Barnstable County","state":"MA","lat":42.031434225000055,"lon":-70.16642054899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-09-28","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 Long Point, at the tip of Cape Cod near the mouth of Provincetown Harbor in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The surviving elements are a 38-foot brick tower and an oil house, both dated to 1875 (the oil house with a question mark).","why_significant":"The form argues the station keeps integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship. It is important in the development of aids to navigation in Massachusetts. The 1875 tower marks the tip of Cape Cod, where a warning light has stood since 1827, and works together with nearby Wood End Light.","narrative":"Long Point Light Station occupies a spit of sand at the very end of Cape Cod, at the mouth of Provincetown Harbor, completely exposed to the elements. A light first shone here in 1827, after four acres were bought in 1826. The present square, whitewashed brick tower, 38 feet high, dates from 1875 and has a ten-sided lens room and an iron stair with five landings. A brick oil house, probably of the same year, now holds the generator. The station once included a keeper's dwelling joined to the tower, a barn, a hen house and a pier, making it one of the largest such complexes in Massachusetts. During the Civil War two forts stood beside it. The light was automated in 1952, and solar panels were added in 1982. The station was listed for its integrity and its role in the development of navigation aids in Massachusetts, and for its pairing with Wood End Light.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as an unmanned, active aid to navigation owned by the Coast Guard; automated in 1952. Solar arrays were installed on the tower in 1982, and a proposed demolition of the oil house was being reconsidered in 1986.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.049486-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/7891/63789167/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/87002039.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002039/2465a3ddb6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002039/2465a3ddb6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Meatba11","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Long_Point_Light_Station.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Meatba11</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:Long_Point_Light_Station.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789167","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Point_Light","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6673081"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/barnstable-county/long-point-light-station-87002039/"}