National Register of Historic Places
Craighill Channel Lower Range Front Light Station
Baltimore vicinity, Baltimore County, Maryland
The record
- Listed
- December 2, 2002
- Type
- Structure
- Address
- 3.5 mi. SE of Fort Howard, Baltimore vicinity
- County
- Baltimore
- State
- Maryland
- Period of significance
- 1850 to 1974
- Contributing resources
- 1 structure
- Coordinates
- 39.18859, -76.39376
- Reference number
- 02001420
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The story
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The Craighill Channel Lower Range Front Light Station is a light station near Baltimore, 3.5 miles southeast of Fort Howard, that was built in 1873.
Why it's listed
It was listed in 2002 under criteria A and C, with local significance in maritime history, transportation and architecture, and its significance runs from 1873 to 1952, reflecting its 1873 construction.
Physical character
The 25-foot tower is made of cast-iron plates lined with brick and stands on a round, cement-filled cast-iron cylinder 24 feet across, with a ten-sided black lantern on top. A spiral wooden staircase reaches the watch room and lantern, and the gallery deck has a cast-iron balustrade and its original board-and-batten privy. The tower was painted white in 1885 and dark red/brown in 1961 to match the caisson, and the wooden deck was replaced with treated lumber in 1995.
Historical context
The caisson was placed on October 31, 1873, the iron work was finished in March 1874, and 675 tons of riprap went around the cylinder in 1875. In 1936 the light was put out on February 11 because of ice and relit on February 24.