Nauset Light
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Nauset Light is a lighthouse located in Eastham, Massachusetts. Standing 48 feet high, it is made of a combination of brick and cast iron. It was constructed in 1877 and was originally located in Chatham, Massachusetts. It was moved to Eastham in 1923 to replace a smaller, wooden lighthouse that had been decommissioned. In the 1940s it was painted red and white, to reflect its red and white beacon. In 1987, Nauset Light was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Due to coastal erosion, by the early 1990s Nauset Light stood less than 25 feet next to the edge of a cliff. In response, a group of local citizens formed The Nauset Light Preservation Society in 1993 to rescue the lighthouse. The culmination of their efforts was a relocation of Nauset Light in November 1996, to a location 300 feet west of the original one. This is where the lighthouse currently rests.
The lighthouse was originally owned and operated by the United States Coast Guard, but passed into private ownership in 1955. It was owned by local author Mary Daubenspeck until she donated the tower and grounds to the National Park Service in the late 1990s. The park service leases the tower and grounds to the Nauset Light Preservation Society, who are currently responsible for its maintenance.
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