Liston Range Front Light

Liston Range Front Light
Delaware
Coordinates 39°28′57.3″N 75°35′30.0″W / 39.482583°N 75.591667°W / 39.482583; -75.591667Coordinates: 39°28′57.3″N 75°35′30.0″W / 39.482583°N 75.591667°W / 39.482583; -75.591667
Year first constructed 1906
Automated 1976
Height 45 feet (14 m)
Focal height 45 feet (14 m)
Original lens Second order Fresnel lens
Characteristic white light, 3 s on, 3 s off
Admiralty number J1292
ARLHS number USA-436
USCG number

2-2445[1]

Liston Range Front Lighthouse
Location 1600 Belts Rd., Bay View Beach, Delaware
Architect Flagler, Maj. C.A.F.,; Warner and Blair
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 03001386[2]
Added to NRHP January 14, 2004

Liston Range Front Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Delaware, United States, on the Delaware River, Delaware. It is a Range light, paired with the Liston Range Rear Light, to create the Liston Range.

History

Liston Range Front Lighthouse was built in 1906. It was a 3 story wood keeper's house with a square wood cupola on top and had a second order Fresnel lens.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[2]

References

  1. The Lighthouse Directory
  2. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. Robin Bodo and William H. Duncan (May 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Liston Range Front Lighthouse" (PDF). and Accompanying 14 photos


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