Sandy Neck Lighthouse

"The first lighthouse was built in 1826 to accommodate the increasing whaling and fishing industries coming into Barnstable. Originally made of wood, it was replaced in 1857 in the current brick structure. The light was visible for nearly nine miles. A keeper's house was built in the Queen Anne Victorian style in 1880.

By 1887, the tower started to display a nasty crack and had to be reinforced with two iron hoops and six vertical staves which still can be observed today.

In 1931 the lighthouse was decommissioned with the changing of the shoreline and decrease in the shipping industry in the area. Its lens was moved to a steel skeleton tower 200 feet closer to the tip of Sandy Neck, which was later discontinued in 1952.

The lantern was removed from the lighthouse and the property was sold into private hands.

In 2007, the owner, with the help of the American Lighthouse Foundation, was able to fund and install a new lantern (photo below shown before installation). The lighthouse was relit as a private aid to navigation used today." Quote from New England Lighthouses
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