Rhode Island's Lighthouses are listed here by the date the original
light was established.
Date in parentheses is when present structure was built.
* Active Lights
1749 *Beavertail --- third oldest in the country (1856) 1871 Pomham
Rock
1808 *Watch Hill (1856) 1872 Fuller Rock (destroyed 1923)
1810 *Point Judith (1857) 1872 Sassafras Point Light (destroyed 1912)
1823 *Goat Island (1839 - original moved to Sandy Pt. in 1851 1872
Bullock's Point (destroyed 1939)
1826 Dutch Island (1856) 1873 Mussel Bed Shoal (destroyed 1939)
1827 *Warwick (1932) 1875 *Block Island Southeast
1828 Nayatt Point 1882 Whale Rock (destroyed 1938)
1829 *Block Island North (1867) 1882 Wickford Harbor Light (destroyed
in 1930)
1831 Poplar Point 1884 *Sakonnet
1851 *Sandy Point, Prudence Island (1823) 1886 Conanicut
1854 Lime Rock 1887 Gull Rock (destroyed 1971)
1854 Bristol Ferry 1887 *Plum Beach (private aid relit in 2004)
1863 *Conimicut (1883) 1889 Gould Island (destroyed 1960)
1870 *Rose Island (private aid relit in 1993) 1890 *Castle Hill
1871 Sabin Point (destroyed ) 1901 *Hog Island Shoal
Information compiled by Sarah Gleason, updated periodically by Rose
Island Lighthouse Foundation
Last update June 15, 2005