Cape Henry
Lighthouse - US First Lighthouse
Cape
Henry Lighthouse, located in Cape Henry Virginia, is the first lighthouse
structure authorized, fully completed, and lighted by the newly organized
Federal Government. It is an octagonal stone structure, faced with hewn
or hammer-dressed stone -- the first of three lighthouses to be built by
John McComb, Jr. The tower was completed in October, 1792, and it was lighted
in that same month. |
