Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light

Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light
	Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light, 2005
Location	Stony Pt. end of Buffalo Harbor S breakwater, Buffalo, New York
Coordinates	42°50′0″N78°52′3″W / 42.83333°N 78.86750°W
Tower
Constructed	1903
Foundation	Timber crib / concrete pier
Construction	Iron
Automated	1935
Height	43.5 feet (13.3 m)
Shape	Conical
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Light
First lit	1903
Deactivated	1993
	Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Architect	US Lighthouse Service
MPS	U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes MPS
NRHP reference No.	07001191
Added to NRHP	November 16, 2007

Last updated September 16, 2025

Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light, also known as the South Buffalo Southside Light or Buffalo South Breakwater, South Entrance Light Station, is a lighthouse at Stony Point at the entrance to Buffalo Harbor, Buffalo, New York. It was established in 1903 and deactivated in 1993. It was replaced by a nearby modern post light. The lighthouse property consists of a three-story cast iron 43.5-foot (13.3 m) decommissioned light tower topped with a lantern; one-story concrete fog signal building and an L-shaped concrete pier.^[2]

References

1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on April 4, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2016.Note: This includes Daniel Koski-Karrell (April 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2016. and Accompanying nine photographs

External links

Notice of Availability, July 23, 2008
"Vacant South Buffalo Lighthouse is for sale: 105-year-old structure being marketed first to local organizations," By Sharon Linstedt, The Buffalo News, August 26, 2008
Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society website
"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
Lighthouses of the Great Lakes

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[nris-1] 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[NysNrhpNom-2] "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on April 4, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2016.Note: This includes Daniel Koski-Karrell (April 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2016. and Accompanying nine photographs

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