{"nrhp_refnum":"89001407","name":"Little Cumberland Island Lighthouse","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"N end of Little Cumberland Island","address_restricted":false,"city":"St. Marys","county":"Camden County","state":"GA","lat":30.975949869000033,"lon":-81.41304290999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-08-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A sixty-foot circular brick navigational lighthouse on a six-acre site at the northern end of Little Cumberland Island, near St. Marys, Camden County, Georgia, built in 1838 by the federal government. Joseph Hastings of Boston is named as builder.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of only five surviving lighthouses in Georgia and a functional, utilitarian design typical of government-built lights. It helped guide ships into St. Andrew Sound and Brunswick harbor from 1838 until 1915. The site may also hold archaeological information, though that criterion was not claimed.","narrative":"Rising sixty feet at the northern tip of Little Cumberland Island, this brick lighthouse was completed in 1838 to mark the entrance to St. Andrew Sound. The tower tapers from twenty-two feet across at the base to eleven feet at the top, where the light was kept. It is plain, with small windows and no ornament, and was built to withstand coastal storms. The federal government bought the six-acre site in 1817 and operated the light until 1915. A keeper's cottage and other support buildings once stood nearby; the last was demolished in 1968. In 1858 the keeper guided the slave ship Wanderer through the sound. A private association bought the island in 1961 and finished restoring the tower by 1969, replacing the spiral stair with a replica. It is listed for its architecture, as one of five surviving Georgia lighthouses, and for its role in the state's maritime transportation.","period_of_significance":"1838-1915","architect_builder":"Joseph Hastings of Boston, builder.","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Restored by 1969 with a replica spiral stair, steel superstructure and jalousie windows; the keeper's residence and other outbuildings no longer exist. The tower could be relit but there are no plans to do so.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.215908-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/89001407.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207200","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Cumberland_Island_Light","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6649701"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/camden-county/little-cumberland-island-lighthouse-89001407/"}