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Buffalo Main Light stands at the mouth of the Buffalo River and Erie Canal, marking a key point where the river meets Buffalo Harbor on Lake Erie. First lit in 1833 to replace an 1818 light, the sixty-foot octagonal limestone and cast-iron tower served Buffalo’s busy waterfront through the canal and lake-shipping era, when the harbor was an important gateway between the Great Lakes and inland waterways. Deactivated in 1914, it remains the oldest structure still standing in its original location in Buffalo. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, it later became part of an outdoor museum after restoration and improved public access in the early 2010s.
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Buffalo, New York · United States
