E end of Sandy Pt. on Prudence Island, Portsmouth, Rhode Island. County/parish: Newport.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 30, 1988. NRIS 88000270.
Part of Lighthouses of Rhode Island TR (NRIS 64000750).
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Prudence Island Lighthouse, more commonly known locally as the Sandy Point Lighthouse, is located on Prudence Island, Rhode Island and is the oldest lighthouse tower in the state. Sandy Point is nicknamed Chibacoweda, meaning "little place separated by a passage", because the location is a little more than one mile offshore.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41374356