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Punta de las Figuras Light ( es, Faro Punta de las Figuras) is an historic lighthouse located in
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. It was first lit by the
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government in 1893. The light was relocated in 1938, and the structure was deactivated and abandoned. During
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, the
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was used as a lookout. After the U.S. Army abandoned the structure in 1963, the lighthouse was repeatedly vandalized. In 1969 the lens and lantern were destroyed. The lighthouse was again damaged by
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on September 20, 2017. The light housing is broken, all of the windows are boarded up, and several of the surrounding light pole fixtures are downed. The interior is currently inaccessible. The lighthouse was listed on the U.S.
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in 1981."Department of the Interior, National Park Service: National Register of Historic Places; Annual Listing of Historic Properties", (February 2, 1982), at 4951. In 2003, the Puerto Rican government rehabilitated it at a cost of two million dollars. The lighthouse is located at the entrance of the beach resort managed by the Puerto Rico National Parks Company..


See also

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List of lighthouses in Puerto Rico The lighthouses system of Puerto Rico consists of lighthouses that were built mostly during the last twenty years of the nineteenth century. These served as guides to important marine routes. In 1869 the Spanish government approved the first pl ...
* National Register of Historic Places in Arroyo, Puerto Rico


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Summary sheet
from the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office * *, National Register of Historic Places cover documentation *
Photos and drawings of Faro de Punta de Las Figuras
with the Library of Congress Historic American Engineering Record in Puerto Rico Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico Lighthouses completed in 1893 Neoclassical architecture in Puerto Rico Spanish Colonial architecture in Puerto Rico 1893 establishments in Puerto Rico {{US-lighthouse-stub