National Register of Historic Places
Cut-off Channel Range Rear Light Station
Edgemore vicinity, Baltimore County, Maryland
The record
- Listed
- December 2, 2002
- Type
- Structure
- Address
- Sparrows Point, Edgemore vicinity
- County
- Baltimore
- State
- Maryland
- Period of significance
- 1875 to 1949
- Contributing resources
- 1 structure
- Coordinates
- 39.21617, -76.46276
- Reference number
- 02001423
The story
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The Cut-off Channel Range Rear Light Station is a light station structure at Sparrows Point, near Edgemore in Baltimore County, Maryland, built in 1886 with no particular style. It was listed in the National Register in 2002.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criteria A and C, with local-level significance in maritime history, transportation and architecture; its significance runs from 1886 to 1929, reflecting the beacons' lighting in January 1886.
Physical character
The tower rests on brick and stone pier foundations, and an iron exoskeleton frame braced by diagonal iron rods and I-beam crossbeams encloses an inner wooden tower sheathed in corrugated sheet metal. The walls and shallow, standing-seam roof are metal, painted white with a black roof, and four-over-four double-hung sash windows light the structure. The entrance keeps a half-paneled wooden door, though the tower's own door is a modern replacement.
Historical context
Work on the rear beacon and its keeper's dwelling began in September 1885 and was complete by June 1886; by 1890 brick walks connected the station's buildings and a plank walk led to the water. A 1925 plat shows a small dwelling with two porches east of the tower, though the keeper's dwelling, storehouse and privy had been demolished in the 1920s.