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Managing Organization:
Fayerweather Island Restoration Fund
Telephone:
203-334-0293
Contact Address Information:
c/o Burroughs Community Center
2470 Fairfield Ave.
Bridgeport
Connecticut,
06605,
United States
Notes:
The lighthouse was renovated in 1998. New doors and windows were installed and the tower was painted with graffiti-resistant paint. The exterior of the lighthouse is illuminated by solar power, but it does not serve as an aid to navigation. Tower Height: 40 Description of Tower: White stone octagonal tower with wood lining.
This light is not operational
Other Buildings?
Keeper's house was detroyed by fire in 1977. Earlier Towers?
1808: 40-foot octagonal tower, destroyed in 1821 hurricane. Date Established: 1808 Date Present Tower Built: 1823 Date Deactivated: 1933 Optics: c. 1838: 8 lamps with 14 reflectors, 1850: 5th order Fresnel lens. Current Use: Part of nature preserve. Open To Public? Grounds only. Directions:
The island is reached via a mildly strenuous walk across the breakwater that connects it to to the end of Barnum Boulevard in Seaside Park in Bridgeport. (Note: The island is often swarming with mosquitoes in summer.) To reach the park from the east, take I-95 South to Exit 27. Take the Univ. of Bridgeport/Trans. Center ramp and stay straight on South Avenue for 0.2 miles. Turn left onto Park Avenue and follow through the gate to Seaside Park. From the west, take I-95 North to Exit 27. Turn right onto Myrtle Avenue. Turn right onto Railroad Avenue for 0.1 miles, then turn left onto Park Avenue and follow 0.4 miles through the gate to Seaside Park. There is a charge to enter the park, but if you explain that you plan a short stay to see the lighthouse, you might be allowed in without paying. Follow Barnum Boulevard to a parking area near a fishing pier and the breakwater leading onto Fayerweather Island. It's about a 20-minute walk to the lighthouse. Listed on the
National Register of Historic Places Keepers: John Maltbie (1808-1809, died in service); Charles Isaac Judson (1809-1814?, died in service); Daniel Willson (Wilson) (1814-1816); Stephen Moore (1817-1871); Kathleen (Kate or Catherine) Moore (1871-1878); Leonard Clark (1878-1906); Mary Elizabeth Clark (1906); John D. Davis (1906-1932); Charles H. Gilmore (caretaker?, 1933-1952)
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