Built in 1833. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
“Eastern Point Light is a historic lighthouse on Cape Ann, in northeastern Massachusetts. It is known as the oldest seaport in America.”
Wikipedia article Eastern Point Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 350 National Register listings in Essex County · listed in 1987 · category: District · built in 1833 · one of 2 National Historic Landmarks in Essex County.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Eastern Point Light Station between 2015 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 24 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 21 July 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | GLOUCESTER |
| 18 July 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | GLOUCESTER |
| 3 June 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 May 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 31 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 31 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 5,161 specimens collected within 10 miles of Eastern Point Light Station between 1817 and 1975: 2,077 Animalia, 1,335 Plantae, 1,018 Fungi, 321 Chromista, 299 Unrecorded, 91 Protozoa, 20 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A H HIGGINSON, A Perlmutter, A. A. Eaton and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Caloplaca murorum Th.Fr. | 1900 | Clara E. Cummings | |
 | Coluber constrictor constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 | 1817 | not recorded | Loblolly Cove, Cape Ann |
 | Lecanora tartarea (L.) Ach. | 1839 | E. Tuckerman | Manchester |
 | Ochrolechia yasudae Vainio | 1839 | Tuckerman, E. | [USA] Manchester, Massachusetts. |
 | Splachnum ampullaceum Hedw. | 1843 | A. Gray; W. S. Sullivant | Manchester |
 | Ceramium rubrum C.Agardh | 1847 | N. Pike | Cape Ann |
 | Acolium tigillare (Ach.) Gray | 1849 | s.leg. | |
 | Arthonia E.Acharius, 1806 | 1849 | Tuckerman Edward | |
 | Arthonia spectabilis Flot. | 1849 | Edward Tuckerman | Essex |
| Arthothelium spectabile A.Massal. | 1849 | William Oakes | |
 | Cyphelium tigillare (Ach.) Ach. | 1849 | W. Oakes | Essex |
| Delesseria alata (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux | 1859 | R.H. Ward | Cape Ann. |
All 5,161 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Eastern Point Light Station: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Crushed Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| John R Morse | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mc Niff-Dominic Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mcniff Co Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Morse Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gloucester, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1997 | Lightning | Gloucester | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gloucester | $30,000 | Power lines on Thatcher Road and Washington Street were downed by thunderstorm winds. A tree on Wheeler Street was downed onto a house. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gloucester | $12,000 | Multiple trees were downed in the Annisquam area. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gloucester | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs at Eastern Point in Gloucester. |
| September 2007 | Lightning | Gloucester | $5,000 | A lightning strike ignited a brush fire. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Gloucester | $3,000 | A tree and wires were downed on Washington Street. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gloucester | $3,000 | A large tree on Wheeler Street was downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gloucester | $3,000 | Trees on Washington Street were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2020 | Flood | West Gloucester | - | In Gloucester, Maplewood Avenue was flooded and impassable. |
| February 1999 | Heavy Rain | Gloucester | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Sanborn surveyors printed an index of the town's establishments at the front of each atlas. This property is named in one, read straight off the scanned sheet.
When this property was proposed for the National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is, and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain. It is reproduced in full on its own page, word for word and never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s typewriter's.
The whole case file for this property - 3,636 words, 24 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 87002027, 24 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beauport | 1.0 miles | 1976 | |
 | Hammond Castle | 1.5 miles | 1973 |
 | Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial | 2.3 miles | 1996 |
 | Puritan House | 2.4 miles | 1976 |
 | Lane, Fitz Henry (formerly known as Fitz Hugh), House | 2.4 miles | 1970 |
 | Front Street Block | 2.4 miles | 1974 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87002027 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Essex County | All 350 listed properties in this county. |
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