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Managing Organization:
Greenwich Parks and Recreation Department
Telephone:
203-622-7814
Contact Address Information:
Greenwich Town Hall
101 Field Point Road
Greenwich
Connecticut,
06830,
United States
Notes:
In 1998 the Greenwich Chamber of Commerce started a campaign to restore and relight Great Captain Island Light. The fundraising effort has raised $250,000 for restoration, and the Town of Greenwich will pay the rest of the cost. In 2012 the tower was relighted. There is a resident caretaker.
Tower Height: 51 Height of Focal Plane: 74 Description of Tower: Cast iron octagonal tower on granite keeper's quarters.
This light is not operational
Other Buildings?
1868 2.5 story granite keeper's quarters (integral to tower), oil house, storage building. Earlier Towers?
1830: 30-foot stone tower. Date Established: 1830 Date Present Tower Built: 1868 Date Deactivated: 1970 Optics: c. 1838: 10 lamps and 14.5 inch reflectors; 1858: Fourth order Fresnel lens. Fog Signal: 1890: steam whistle; 1907: First class compressed air siren. Current Use: Part of town park. Open To Public? Grounds only (Greenwich residents only). Directions:
The lighthouse cannot be seen from the mainland. There is a ferry to the island for Greenwich residents only. Call (203) 622-7818 for information on the ferry. The lighthouse may be visible from some of the cruises of the schooner SoundWaters out of Stamford; call (203) 323-1978 for information. Mapquest URL: Click here to get a map to this lighthouse! Listed on the
National Register of Historic Places Keepers: John W. Smith (1830-1834); James Merritt (1834-?); James Bride (1839-1848); Benjamin Merritt (1848-1849); George W. Anderson (1849-?); Charles McIntosh (?); Alexander (?) Worden (1856-1858); Gilbert Horton (1858-1861); James Merritt (1861-1863); James Travis (?) (1863-1864); George Lusk (?) (1864); James McCulloch (1864-1871); Eliakim F. Worden (1871-1890); George Porter (assistant, 1889); Eliakim F. Worden (Jr.?) (assistant, 1891); Frank Wadley (assistant, 1891); John Latour (assistant, 1891); John Shaw (assistant, 1891-1893); William Tooker (assistant, 1891-1892); Eugene Mulligan (1890-c. 1907); Julius Young (assistant, 1895); Otto Rudolph (assistant, 1903, 1907); Morell E. Hulse (assistant, 1905); Herbert S. Knowles (assistant, 1905); Louis F. Schlitt (assistant, c. 1907); Harry H. Fisher (assistant, 1907); John Nelson (c. 1916); Adam L. Kohlman (c. late 1920s to c.1944), James Honeycutt (Coast Guard, c. 1967-1969), Andrew Lampman (Coast Guard, c. 1968), Robert C. Jenkins (Coast Guard, c. 1968), Frank B. Abel (Coast Guard Officer in Charge 1969)
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