Hospital Point Range Front Light

Local nameHospital Point (Range Front) Light
LocationBeverly, Massachusetts

Hospital Point Range Front Light is a historic lighthouse at the end of Bayview Avenue in Beverly, Massachusetts. It forms the front half of a range which guides vessels toward Salem Harbor. The tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Hospital Point Light Station on September 28, 1987.

Established in 1871, the beacon marks the deep water channel to Beverly, Salem and Marblehead Two bronze plaques contain historical information about the site. One plaque honors Beverly men who manned a fort at the site during the Revolutionary War, and the second describes the lighthouse and a smallpox hospital that was previously located on the site. The lighthouse was first lit in 1872 and was automated in 1947.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital_Point_Range_Front_Light

Address 1 Bayview Ave, Beverly 01915, United States

Coordinates 42°32'47.37" N -70°51'21.475" E

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