Palmer Island Light Station
National Register of Historic Places

Palmer Island Light Station

New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Listed
March 25, 1980
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
80000433

About this property

Palmer Island Light Station is a historic lighthouse in New Bedford Harbor in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. The lighthouse was built in 1849 out of stone rubble. It was discontinued when the harbor's hurricane barrier was built in the early 1960s, as its location immediately north of the barrier was no longer an outlying danger and there are lights on either side of the barrier opening. From 1888 until 1891 it served, with Fairhaven Bridge Light, as a range light to guide vessels past Butler Flats, a rocky shoal on the west side of the entrance channel. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Palmer Island Light Station on March 26, 1980.

Location

New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts
41.62609, -70.90933

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Battles

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When was Palmer Island Light Station listed on the National Register?

Palmer Island Light Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 25, 1980.

What type of historic resource is Palmer Island Light Station?

Palmer Island Light Station is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Palmer Island Light Station?

The period of significance for Palmer Island Light Station is recorded as the early_republic era.

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