Old Cape Henry Lighthouse (us-virginia)
Type: building=yes
Coordinates: 36.925702207298855, -76.00792150829143
Area: 6.2626953125e-05 km²
OSM tags:
addr:city: Fort Story
addr:housenumber: 583
addr:postcode: 23459
addr:state: VA
addr:street: Atlantic Avenue
building: yes
contact:facebook: https://www.facebook.com/preservationvirginia
contact:website: https://preservationvirginia.org/historic-sites/cape-henry-lighthouse/
description: On August 7,1789, by an Act of Congress, the Lighthouse Service was established. Cape Henry, Va. became the site, not only for the government's first light tower, but was its first public works project as well.
ele: 3
gnis:feature_id: 1479255
height: 51'
heritage: 2
heritage:operator: nrhp
heritage:website: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/index.htm
historic: lighthouse
image: File:Cape Henry Lighthouse - Virginia Beach, Virginia (8596723519).jpg
man_made: lighthouse
name: Old Cape Henry Lighthouse
nrhp:criteria: (A), (C)
nrhp:inscription_date: 1966-10-15
nrhp:nhl: yes
protection_title: Preservation Virginia
ref:nrhp: 66000910
seamark:landmark:category: tower
seamark:type: landmark
source_ref: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679165
start_date: 1792