Lake Ontario, 0.5 mi. N of Oswego R., Oswego, New York. County/parish: Oswego.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 01, 2000. NRIS 00001468.
1 contributing building.
Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse is an active aid to navigation located off the coast of Oswego, New York. It was built in 1934 to replace an earlier light constructed in 1880. It stands at the end of a 2,000-foot-long (610 m) breakwater at mouth of Oswego River, extending one-half mile (0.80 km) out onto Lake Ontario. It is accessible by boat or from land over the abutting breakwater. It is open to the public for tours during the summer. It is owned by the City of Oswego and operated by the United States Coast Guard. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320861