Fire Island Lighthouse
The Fire Island Lighthouse is a visible landmark on the
History
The current
It is listed as Fire Island Light, number 695, in the USCG light lists.[8]
When the lighthouse was built it was on the edge of Fire Island Inlet and marked the western end of Fire Island. However Fire Island has extended itself through accumulating sand so that the lighthouse is now nearly five miles (8.0 km) from the western end of the island at Democrat Point.[9]
The Archives Center at the
The lighthouse celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2008, the same year as the 100th anniversary of Robert Moses State Park.
Access
The lighthouse can be accessed by a short walk from
In popular culture
From 1970 to 1975, the lighthouse and its surrounding area were seen in the opening and closing credits sequences of the CBS television soap opera
Some of the final episode of season 1 of TV show The Following was filmed at Fire Island Lighthouse and surrounding buildings.[13]
Men in Black II also included some filming on the island in the immediate vicinity of the lighthouse.[14]
A 1999 Channel 4 TV series featuring Stephen Fry and called Fire Island included filming of the lighthouse.[15]
The 2008 movie What Happens in Vegas with Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher featured the lighthouse as Diaz character's favorite place.
See also
References
- ^ "Inventory of Historic Lighthouses". National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 1/25/10 THROUGH 1/29/10". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-02-05.
- ^ ARLHS World List of Lights
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Long Island, New York". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ Steven Kesselman (April 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fire Island Light Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying three photos". Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ^ Stephen Olausen and Laura Kline (January 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fire Island Light Station Historic District (boundary increase)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying 18 photos". Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ^ Light List, Volumes 1-7. United States Coast Guard.
- ^ "Robert Moses State Park/Fire Island National Seashore". Geology of National Parks. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
- ^ Smithsonian lighthouse postcards
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Guiding Light 1973 open". YouTube.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "The Guiding Light 1974 Open and Closing theme online video cutter com)". YouTube.
- ^ "IMDB The Following Filming Locations". IMDB. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
- ^ "Men In Black II film locations". movie-locations.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-28. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
- ^ "IMDB Fire Island". IMDB. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
External links
Media related to Fire Island Light at Wikimedia Commons- Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society
- Fire Island National Seashore: Fire Island Lighthouse
- Fire Island Lighthouse at Lighthousefriends.com
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