Southwest Reef Lighthouse
National Register of Historic Places

Southwest Reef Lighthouse

Berwick, St. Mary County, Louisiana
Listed
September 11, 1991
Type
Structure
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
91001152

About this property

Southwest Reef Light is a historic lighthouse built in 1856 at the end of Southwest Reef in Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana to replace lightships which had been stationed there for ten years. It served to guide vessels around the reef and into the main channel of the Atchafalaya River. It was discontinued in 1916 after a new, shorter and deeper, channel had been dredged across the reef, making it obsolete. Point Au Fer Reef Light took over its function. It sat, rusting, in shallow water on the reef until 1987 when the town of Berwick, Louisiana paid to have it moved about 25 miles (40 km) upriver to a park in the town on the Atchafalaya River. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 as Southwest Reef Lighthouse. The location given in the title bar and the National Register box is the current location in Berwick. The location given in the upper box is its original location on the reef. Media related to Southwest Reef Lighthouse at Wikimedia Commons

Location

Berwick, St. Mary County, Louisiana
29.69393, -91.21638

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Sources

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When was Southwest Reef Lighthouse listed on the National Register?

Southwest Reef Lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 11, 1991.

What type of historic resource is Southwest Reef Lighthouse?

Southwest Reef Lighthouse is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Southwest Reef Lighthouse?

The period of significance for Southwest Reef Lighthouse is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1856.

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