Welfare Island, New York, New York. County/parish: New York.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 16, 1972. NRIS 72000876.
1 contributing structure.
Blackwell Island Lighthouse (now Roosevelt Island Lighthouse, also formerly Welfare Island Lighthouse) is a stone lighthouse built by the government of New York City in 1872. It is within Lighthouse Park at the northern tip of Roosevelt Island in the East River. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972 and was designated a New York City Landmark on March 23, 1976.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319694