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Managing Organization:
Old Fort Niagara Association, Inc.
Telephone:
716-745-7611
Website: http://www.oldfortniagara.org/ofna.htm
Contact Address Information:
P.O. Box 169
Youngstown
New York,
14174,
United States
Notes:
The height of the lighthouse was increased by 11 feet in 1900. The lighthouse was increasingly obscured by trees; it was deactivated and replaced by a modern beacon in 1993. It is leased to the Old Fort Niagara Association. Tower Height: 61 Height of Focal Plane: 91 Description of Tower: Unpainted octagonal limestone tower, with black cast iron lantern.
This light is not operational
Earlier Towers?
1782: Tower on fort; 1823: new wooden tower on fort. Date Established: 1782 Date Present Tower Built: 1872 Date Deactivated: 1993 Optics: 1859: Fourth order Fresnel lens, still in place. Current Use: Museum. Open To Public? Yes Museum?
Fort Niagara is open from mid-April to Labor Day. The lighthouse is open on weekends only in June, and daily July 1 to Labor Day. There is a museum and gift shop in the keeper's house. Directions:
From Niagara Falls, NY, follow the Robert Moses Parkway North. From the NY State Thruway, take Exit 50 and follow I-290 West to I-190. Take I-190 North to Exit 25B and follow the Robert Moses Parkway North to the park entrance. Keepers: Edward Giddings (1823-c. 1831).
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