Sankaty Head, Nantucket Island, Nantucket, Massachusetts. County/parish: Nantucket.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1987. NRIS 87002028.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing structure.
The Sankaty Head Light is a lighthouse located on Nantucket island. It was built in 1850, was automated in 1965, and is still in operation. It is located at the easternmost point of the island, in the village of Siasconset. It was one of the first lighthouses in the United States to receive a Fresnel lens.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792341