Merrimac River Coast Guard Station, Newburyport, Massachusetts. County/parish: Essex.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 15, 1987. NRIS 87001486.
Part of Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR (NRIS 64000282).
1 contributing structure.
The Newburyport Harbor Front Range Light is one of two historic range lights in Newburyport, Massachusetts. When it was built in 1873, it was located at Bayley's Wharf, and provided, in combination with the Rear Range Light, a critical aid for navigating into Newburyport's harbor. In 1964 the light was moved to its present location on the grounds of the Merrimack River Coast Guard Station. The stations are no longer in service, but serve as a daymark for arriving mariners.
The light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, and included in the Newburyport Historic District in 1984.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790232