Ogdensburg Harbor Light

Ogdensburg Harbor Light
	Lighthouse in 2013
Location	Lighthouse Point, St.Lawrence River, Ogdensburg, New York
Coordinates	44°41′52″N75°30′12″W / 44.69778°N 75.50333°W
Tower
Constructed	1834
Construction	Limestone
Height	65 feet (20 m)
Shape	Square
Markings	White & Grey w/ Red Lantern
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Light
First lit	1900
Deactivated	1961-2011
Focal height	21 m (69 ft)
Lens	Fourth-order Fresnel lens (original), unknown (2011)
Characteristic	Fl W 10s
	Ogdensburg Harbor Lighthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP reference No.	16000202
Added to NRHP	April 26, 2016

Last updated July 22, 2025

Ogdensburg Harbor Light is a privately owned lighthouse on the St. Lawrence River, listed on the National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program as Lighthouse to visit.^[2]^[3] and as one of New York's Historic Light Stations.^[4] In 2016 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[5]

History

An addition was made to the tower in 1900.

Cultural

The Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a collection (#1055) of souvenir postcards of lighthouses and has digitized 272 of these and made them available online. These include postcards of Ogdensburg Harbor Light ^[6] with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

1911 postcard in the Smithsonian's collection

References

↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
↑ ARLHS World List of Lights
↑ National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's Inventory of Historic Light Stations
↑ National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's Inventory of NY Historic Light Stations
↑ "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/30/16 through 5/06/15. National Park Service. May 6, 2011.
↑ "Smithsonian lighthouse postcards". Archived from the original on March 11, 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2009.

External links

Media related to Ogdensburg Harbor Lighthouse at Wikimedia Commons

Lighthouse Friends site
"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
National Park Service Historic Lighthouses
NPS Ogdensburg Light
Rudy & Alice Archived 2009-04-06 at the Wayback Machine

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

[ARLHS-2] ARLHS World List of Lights

[NPS-3] National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's Inventory of Historic Light Stations

[NPS_NY_Historic_LS-4] National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's Inventory of NY Historic Light Stations

[NRHP_listing-5] "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/30/16 through 5/06/15. National Park Service. May 6, 2011.

[postcard-6] "Smithsonian lighthouse postcards". Archived from the original on March 11, 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2009.

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Ogdensburg Harbor Light

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History

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References

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