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Photograph of Galloo Island Light
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Galloo Island Light

Built in 1820. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“Galloo Island Light is a historic lighthouse that is located the South Western side of the island of Galloo. It is found six miles off the mainland of Jefferson Country which is part of the state of New York.”

Wikipedia article Galloo Island Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 144 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1820.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Galloo Island, Sackets Harbor
  • When was it listed? August 1983
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR
  • Town. Hounsfield town
  • When was it built? 1820
  • National Register reference number. 83001682 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Storms near this property

15 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sackets Harbor, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor1 hurtTree damage in Sackets Harbor. At least 1 tree fell on a house with injuries.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$15,000Officials reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$15,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$12,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$10,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$10,000no account filed
August 2005HailSackets Harbor$5,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$2,000Trees and powerlines downed in Sackets Harbor.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$2,000Several trees and wires were reported down.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$500A tree was downed on Military Road.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$500A tree was downed along Route 3.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor-Reports of numerous trees and wires down from both social media and law enforcement across Sackets Harbor. Time estimated based on radar.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor-NWS Storm Survey revealed downburst wind damage from 7/16 in the Village of Sackets Harbor, Town of Hounsfield, Pillar Point, and the Town of Brownville. Maximum wind estimated at 80 mph. Damage length of 3.0 miles. Damage width of 4000 yards.
July 2010HailSackets Harbor-no account filed
July 2010HailSackets Harbor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson County

Maps showing this location

7 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83001682 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Jefferson CountyAll 144 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.