Managing Organization: Private owner
Notes: This light was originally a range light with the Conover Beacon. Tower Height: 31 Height of Focal Plane: 224 Description of Tower: Square wood tower on roof of keeper's dwelling.
This light is not operational
Other Buildings? Integral two-story keeper's house. Date Established: 1856 Date Present Tower Built: 1856 Date Deactivated: 1957 Optics: 1856: Second order Fresnel lens, ?: Fourth order Fresnel lens (now on display at the Navesink Twin Lights Museum, New Jersey). Current Use: Private residence. Open To Public? No. Directions: The lighthouse is on Roebling Drive, off Kings Highway East in Chapel Hill. Keep in mind that the lighthouse is a private residence. Keepers: Richard Carhart (c. 1870s-1880s), Charles Carhart (c. 1883-1890), ? Maxson, ? Porter, Carl F. W. Anderson (Mar. 1938 -?), Richard Allen Norton (1943-1953).
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