Block Island South East Light
Built 1875. Added to the National Register in 1997, and a National Historic Landmark.
The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | South East Light Rd., New Shoreham, RI |
| County | Washington County |
| Listed | Sep 25, 1997 |
| Listed for | Architecture, Transportation, Maritime history |
| Level of significance | National |
| Also known as | South East Light; Southeast Light |
| Reference number | 97001264 |
| Built | 1875 · more from the 1870s |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, America's Most Endangered Historic Places |
Visiting
| Address | South East Light Rd., New Shoreham, RI |
| Coordinates | 41.1534° N, 71.5521° W · Directions ↗ |
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Map
Nearby in Washington County
Public land around it
| Block Island National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | About 4 miles away131 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
Local history books for Washington County
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Rhode Island travel guides
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Reference
Questions people ask
When was Block Island South East Light listed on the National Register?
Sep 25, 1997. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
When was Block Island South East Light built?
1875.
Source: Wikidata
Where is Block Island South East Light?
South East Light Rd., New Shoreham, Washington County, Rhode Island.
Source: National Park Service
Sources
Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 97001264. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.