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Block Island Southeast Light, perched on the Mohegan Bluffs at Block Island’s southeastern corner, was built in 1874 and first lit in 1875 as both a crucial navigational aid and an unusually elaborate Gothic Revival lighthouse. Its brick tower, keeper’s quarters, and rare first-order Fresnel lens made it architecturally and technologically distinctive. Recognized on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 and as a National Historic Landmark in 1997, it survived a new danger in the late 20th century when eroding bluffs threatened its site. After deactivation, the 2,000-ton structure was moved inland in 1993 and remains preserved by the Southeast Lighthouse Foundation.
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New Shoreham, Rhode Island · United States
