Saugerties Light, known also as the Saugerties Lighthouse, is a lighthouse on the

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north of Saugerties, New York.

History

When it was built in 1869, it replaced the earlier 1838 lighthouse. Its

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service was ended in 1954.Hudson Lights
/ref> It is currently managed by the non-profit Saugerties Lighthouse Conservancy which purchased the lighthouse in 1986 and has restored it. The conservancy manages the nature trail leading to the lighthouse, offers two

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rooms and public tours. A small museum displays artifacts of the original lighthouse and the restoration efforts, as well as the history of the Saugerties waterfront. The lighthouse keeper of 1835 was Abraham Persons. He was paid $350 for the year.Official Register of the United States, United States Civil Service Commission, 1835, pg 65 The US Coast Guard has identified Saugerties Light as one of its Historic Light Stations in New York.Coast Guard list of assets
/ref> Saugerties Light is shown on the NOAA Chart 12347.NOAA Chart 12347
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Cultural

The Archives Center at the

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has a collection (#1055) of souvenir

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s of lighthouses and has digitized 272 of these and made them available online. These include postcards of Saugerties LightSmithsonian lighthouse postcards
with links to customized nautical charts provided by

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. Saugerties Light is listed on the

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's Maritime Heritage Program list of lighthouses to visit,National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's list of lighthouses to visit
/ref> and as one of New York's Historic Light Stations.
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Notes

References

* DeWire, Elinor, "Saugerties Lighthouse." Mariners Weather Log (Spring 1994).

External links

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Official Site

Lighthouse Depot

Lighthouse Friends

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