Wood End Light Lookout Station
Wood End Light Lookout Station is a structure in Provincetown, Massachusetts, listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 15, 1987.
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Last checked October 31, 2026 - Location
- Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
National Register listing does not mean a place is open to the public. Parking and accessibility are shown only when verified.
History
Wood End Light Lookout Station is a historic lighthouse, located at the southwest end of Long Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts. It is located at Wood End, near the southernmost extent of the Provincetown Spit, and acts as a navigational aid to vessels on their approach to Provincetown Harbor. The Long Point Light Station, further down the peninsula at the tip of Long Point is an identical design and completed in 1875, three years after Wood End Light.
The light was first illuminated on November 20, 1872, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. In 1981, Wood End Light became the first Massachusetts lighthouse to be converted to use solar energy to power the light and fog signal equipment.
In 1896 a wooden keeper's house was built, as well as a storage shed and oil house. With the changing times and no need to man the light station, it was decided in 1961 to raze the buildings leaving just the tower and oil house.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. The official nomination form is linked under Sources.
Other listings in Provincetown
- PAUL PALMER (Shipwreck and Remains) Site · listed 2007
- Center Methodist Church Building · listed 1975
- Dune Shacks of Peaked Hill Bars Historic District District · listed 2012
- First Universalist Chruch Building · listed 1972
- Hawthorne Class Studio Building · listed 1978
- Long Point Light Station Structure · listed 1987
- Provincetown Historic District District · listed 1989
- Provincetown Public Library Building · listed 1975
- Race Point Light Station Structure · listed 1987
- US Post Office-Provincetown Main Building · listed 1987
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