National Register of Historic Places

Tarrytown Lighthouse

Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York
Listed
May 28, 1979
Type
Structure
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
79001649

About this property

Tarrytown Light, also known as Kingsland Point Light and Sleepy Hollow Light, is a sparkplug lighthouse on the east side of the Hudson River in Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States. It a conical steel structure erected in the 1880s. In 1979 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The need for a lighthouse to warn ships away from the shoals near the common route off Tarrytown and Ossining had been obvious by the mid-19th century. But high land values at two favored locations led the federal government to instead build it 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) offshore. It was the only family station on the lower Hudson, the only conical steel lighthouse on the Hudson to have living quarters within it rather than attached to it, and the only lighthouse in Westchester County. It remained in use until the mid-20th century; the construction of the Tappan Zee Bridge on the shoals where it stood and the development of the General Motors Tarrytown Truck Assembly plant on land reclaimed from the river to its east made the light obsolete. Today it is part of a county park, and tours are available.

Location

Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York
41.08409, -73.87383

Categories

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Sources

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When was Tarrytown Lighthouse listed on the National Register?

Tarrytown Lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 28, 1979.

What type of historic resource is Tarrytown Lighthouse?

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

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The period of significance for Tarrytown Lighthouse is recorded as the industrial era.

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