Cape Cod style

This article is about the style of lighthouse architecture. For the American house design, see Cape Cod (house).

Cape Cod style was a style of lighthouse architecture that originated on Cape Cod in Massachusetts during the early 1800s, and which became predominant to the West Coast, where numerous well-preserved examples still exist. In such lighthouses, the light tower was attached directly to the keeper's dwelling, and centered on the roof; entry was achieved through a stairway in the top floor of the dwelling.^[1]

Alcatraz Island Light in the 1890s

Long Point Light in Provincetown, circa 1830, doubled as the first schoolhouse for Long Point, now a ghost village

West Dennis Light on Cape Cod

Old Point Loma lighthouse

No lighthouses built in the Cape Cod style exist today on the East Coast.^[1] The original Alcatraz Island Light, the first lighthouse to be built on the West Coast, was built using this style.

See also

• Cape Cod (house)